The November 2021 issue of Global Cement Magazine has a strong focus on sustainability ahead of the COP26 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, UK. This includes Global Cement's comprehensive review of ongoing CO2 capture, storage and utilisation projects in the cement sector, a look at the environmental performance of the German cement sector in 2020 and a call to action from India's Udaipur Cement Works regarding the importance of joined up approaches to data analysis.
There's also a look at the cement sectors of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, plus a look at how robotic assistants could revolutionise on-site installation of cement-based boards.
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During these challenging times of climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic, discussion of Industry 4.0 and the power of analytics is like spreading a breeze of hope through the global cement sector. However, despite the high number of discussions regarding the use of analytics for various business activities, the successful implementation rate in much of the global cement sector, including in India, is still marginal. This can be due to an unwillingness to look beyond day-to-day operations and low awareness of the potential of digital solutions, as well as a lack of appreciation of the fact that resources are finite. In the longer term this will make continuing with current ‘business as usual’ practices unsustainable.
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Here, Global Cement looks at the cement sectors of the six states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), with an analysis of production, a run-down of news from 2021 and, finally, a look ahead to the future of cement in the region.
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