January 2026

January 2026

The January 2026 issue of Global Cement Magazine features an interview with the incoming World Cement Association (WCA) CEO Philippe Richart, profiles of the Top 10 global cement producers in 2026 and an update on CemGreen’s CemTower process for low-emission clay-calcination.

There’s also an in-depth interview with Haver & Boecker, which celebrated 100 years of its machinery division in 2025, and a visit to Venti Oelde, as well as a report on the first UK industrial trial with EN-197-6 cements that contain recycled concrete fines. This issue’s regional takes us to Australia and New Zealand, while there’s also a report from TürkÇimento’s 18th International Technical Seminar and - last but not least - the winning entries from the Global Cement Photography Competition 2026.

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Dear Readers
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Issue introduction

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Global Cement Photography Competition 2026
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 06-01-2026

All the best entries from Global Cement’s hotly-contested annual competition.

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Philippe Richart: WCA CEO
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 06-01-2026

Global Cement recently sat down with Philippe Richart, the new CEO of the World Cement Association...

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Top 10 Producers 2026
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 06-01-2026

The upcoming Global Cement Directory 2026 records 4.13Bnt/yr-worth of total global integrated cement production capacity. 10 producers share 1.91Bnt/yr (46% globally, up from 39% in 2025) – as listed in the profi les below.

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CemTower hits its stride
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 06-01-2026

Conventional clay calcination technologies, while contributing to a reduction in the embodied CO2 of cement products, are generally thermally-ineffi cient and may result in inconsistent product quality. The CemTower®, developed by CemGreen®, aims to disrupt this status quo by providing cement producers with a low-cost, high quality, self-produced supplementary cementitious material (SCM).

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