The May 2017 issue of Global Cement Magazine has a wealth of features on the North American cement sector to coincide with the IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Conference taking place in Calgary, Alberta, including reviews of the Canadian and US cement sectors, a report from Lafarge Canada's Exshaw plant and interviews with the PCA President Jim Toscas and its Chief Economist Ed Sullivan. The issue also contains a look at cement sector strategy and technical articles on pneumatic conveying, kiln inlet measurement, grinding, slag and fans.