Special reports

In the first three months of 2019, Argos, a cement company of Grupo Argos, reported a balance sheet with significant improvements in its figures and key indicators.

This makes HeidelbergCement the first company in the cement sector, and one of currently only about 200 companies worldwide, to have approved science-based targets.

Operators of belt conveyor systems can prevent material losses by correcting the belt tracking. Flexco offers a number of belt trainers for this purpose, one of which is the PTEZ.

Azerbaijan's Norm Cement Plant is the largest cement producer in the South Caucasus with production capacity of 5000 t of clinker per day and 2 million t of cement per year.

The meeting was held on 9 May at the Palatin Kongresshotel Wiesloch, Germany.

World Cement spends five minutes with... Philippe Fonta, Founder and CEO of SCRUM Consult.

Dangote Cement PLC, Africa’s largest cement producer, has announced unaudited results for the three months ended 31 March 2019.

According to a report from global ratings agency Moody's, Chinese cement production has fallen from a peak in 2014 but will hold steady through 2020.

CRH has announced that it has entered into arrangements with J&E Davy to repurchase ordinary shares on CRH’s behalf for a maximum consideration of €350 million.

As part of a commitment to conserving and enhancing biodiversity across all business areas, building materials supplier CEMEX has worked with its employees to complete wildlife surveys at 23 quarries across the UK

David Chereb and Colin Sutherland, SC Market Analytics, present an outlook for cement in the US.

Scott Hazelton, IHS Markit, presents an outlook for construction markets in China.

Ricardo González, Global Bulk Technologies, presents a guide to mobile clinker shiploaders.

Eriez Metalarm metal detector sold to MMD Mineral Sizing (Europe) Ltd for the HALO Trust’s landmine removal efforts in Africa.

World Cement asks Philipp Leutiger, Chief Digital Officer at LafargeHolcim, how digitalisation is changing the cement and construction industries.