Asia & Pacific Rim

The two leading representative bodies of the global cement industry have signed a milestone agreement to help accelerate decarbonisation of the sector across the world.

The pilot plant is to be built at TCC's Hoping plant and integrated into the existing production line.

Imran Akram, IA Cement, provides a summary of the Cement 2024 research report, which details expected trends, risks, and trade flows for the cement industry in 2024.

Managing Director Jayakumar Krishnaswamy of Nuvoco Vistas Corp. Ltd has provided a year-end quote for the state of the Indian cement industry in 2023.

CRH plc, together with the Barro Group, have entered into an agreement with Adbri Ltd relating to a potential transaction to acquire Adbri.

The World Cement Association (WCA) has endorsed global government efforts to advance low-carbon cement and concrete production, announced at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai.

For the first time, a deal has been agreed at COP – the UN climate summit, which agrees to countries moving away from the use of fossil fuels.

Claudio Piccino, Simon Welzmiller and Raphael Yerly, Thermo Fisher Scientific, illustrate how analytical techniques in the cement industry enhance quality control and efficiency.

The GCCA has launched the third programme in its Innovandi brand, the Innovandi Entrepreneur Network.

John Terembula, FLSmidth, discusses ways to reduce the clinker factor using existing technologies and materials.

Global technology intelligence firm ABI Research explains that this has driven a surge in digitalisation investment.

Ten of the world’s largest concrete companies and cement plants in a collective acknowledgement for action.

Asian carbon emitting companies will see consistent negative margins in the next decade if they do not decarbonise, a new report from Imperial College Business School has concluded.

This establishes Fauji Cement Company’s position as the third largest cement producer in Pakistan.

Nikos Nikolakakos, CEMBUREAU, explains the concept of co-processing and how it will help to improve the cement industry’s sustainability.