Special reports

NCB International Seminar on Cement, Concrete, and Building Materials was held on 5 – 8 December at the Manakshaw Centre in New Delhi, India.

The construction sector should be at the centre of regulatory efforts to mitigate global carbon emissions, argues Bernard Mathieu of LafargeHolcim.

LafargeHolcim’s new CEO has announced a strategic review of the company’s business to focus on simplification of the building materials giant, as well as cost reduction.

China will drag down average cement consumption growth over the next five years, as the country continues to battle overcapacity, counterbalancing a rosier outlook elsewhere.

Global demand for oil well cement will show subdued growth to 2022, as crude oil prices remain low.

Pressure from clients will be a key driver in lowering emissions in the construction and building materials industries.

CARBOLITE GERO, ELTRA, RETSCH and RETSCH Technology offer high-quality solutions for heat treatment, elemental analysis, sample preparation and particle sizing of a vast range of products in the cement industry.

Increasing demand and higher regulatory scrutiny will put pressure on the global sand mining industry.

Irish Cement’s plans to cofire alternative fuels at its Mungret cement plant have met with stiff local opposition. Local journalist, Nick Rabbitts, explains why.

A TEC has successfully launched a mobile version of its grinding mill to demonstrate the benefits of A TEC’s grinding technology.

Indonesia’s construction sector will grow 7% per year over the next decade – although the growth will be regionally uneven and challenged by land acquisition delays.

Doug Millington-Smith, Freeman Technology, UK, discusses the influence of the surface treatment of cement powders on their flow properties.

Amy Duncan, Dos Santos International, USA, discusses the sandwich belt high angle conveyor, and its application in the cement industry.

Alan Simmons, CalPortland, USA, describes the construction of a storage dome in difficult ground conditions to house bulk cement imports at the Port of Anchorage.

Zhang Jie and Gavin Ding, Nanjing Zhongcai Cement Spare Parts Co., China, explain how the sealing device is one of the most important components of a rotary kiln.