According to OneStone Consulting’s ‘White Cement Outlook 2020’, the global white cement market has seen a recovery in 2015, following several years of slow growth. “The global annual growth rates are projected to increase from 2.5% in the period 2010-2015 to an average annual growth of 3.8% by 2020 with lowest growth in China”, according to research analyst Dr. Joe Harder. In 2015 the global trade in white cement was improving, however the capacity utilisation rates of many producers are still quite slow. New projects are in the pipeline, although overcapacity issues will continue, prices continue to be under pressure and the global trade share is forecasted to decline.
The full report analyses the global white cement industry in detail and is 154 pages long.
Optimisation 2020 provides a unique online forum for cement industry professionals to hear first-hand from experts through a series of exclusive presentations from cement producers and industry experts.
World Cement Editor, David Bizley, sat down with Michael Tay, Advanced Analytics Product Manager at Rockwell Automation to discuss his recent article in World Cement.
Entitled ‘Smooth Sailing’, this article explains how machine learning can help save energy, reduce downtime and predict equipment failures, thus enabling the smooth running of cement plant operations.
The company has announced that Vertua, its first-ever net-zero carbon concrete, will soon be available in its major markets worldwide after a successful launch in Europe.
