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Europe: Cembureau has announced the launch of its Map of Innovation Projects interactive map. The feature maps past and current sustainability-enhancing projects at European cement plants. It currently displays a total of 53 different projects. It is available here.

US: Conveyor Components Company has announced its launch of Model DB, a conveyor belt rip detector. The equipment relies on a cable pull concept to trip the belt drive. Different microswitch options allow customers to choose from four circuit designs. Thus, instead of shutdown, an alarm response is possible. The supplier says that the technology offers similar performance to embedded coil devices.

Azerbaijan: Cement companies produced 3.19Mt of cement in the first 11 months of 2021, up by 3.4% year-on-year from 3.09Mt. On 1 December 2021, total cement reserves in stockpiles were 113,000t. Ready-mix concrete production rose in the first 11 months of 2021 by 2.9% to 986,000m3 from 937,000m³, while precast concrete production more than doubled to 301,000m3 from 143,000m³.