February 2023

February 2023

The February 2023 issue of Global Cement Magazine looks at the trend of cement manufacturers sub-contracting non-core activities - 'X' as a Service, with technical contributions concerning refractories, optimisation, clay calcination and syngas as an alternative fuel.

The issue's national reports come from two large - and growing - markets in the Americas: Brazil and the United States.

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Dear readers
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Issue introduction

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X as a Service
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With non-core tasks absorbing increasing amounts time for cement producers, Xavier d’Hubert looks at the trend towards ‘X’ as a service for the cement sector...

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Visiting the Fives FCB Research & Testing Center
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Global Cement recently visited the Fives FCB Testing & Research Center, close to its headquarters in Noyelles-lès-Seclin, near Lille, France. Loïc Pottier, Senior Area Sales Manager and Jean-Michel Charmet, Pyroprocessing Product Manager, welcomed Paul Brown for discussions and gave a tour around the facility, with a focus on clay calcination.

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Predictive maintenance solution prevents costly downtime
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Cemex Polska's Chełm plant has adopted the OPTIME CM wireless condition monitoring solution from Schaeffler Lifetime Solutions for the comprehensive monitoring of its machines. The solution has already proven its worth, just a few months after installation.

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Syngas from sewage sludge
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The use of sewage sludge as an alternative fuel in cement kilns will be banned in Switzerland from 2026 and in Germany from 2029 due to upcoming phosphorous recovery legislation. With these countries acting as bellwethers for European waste handling trends, has the time come for the widespread gasification of sewage sludge?

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