Special reports

Edward George, Head of Soft Commodity Research at Ecobank, reports on the tremendous growth of the cement industry in Middle Africa (abridged).

Robin Harpe, Cemcon International, Inc., USA, talks through some of the key steps for designing a succession plan to ensure that an organisation has access to the talent required for continued success.

As reported earlier this month, Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne (EFPL) has developed a new low-carbon cement. The following is a report from EPFL with further details.

Hector T. B. Medeiros, Sergio E.A. Filho, Clara E. Mata, and Mikaella B. Oliveira, 3M, discuss the use of glass microspheres (or bubbles) in the cementing and completions process.

In the second part of this abridged article, T. Abbas, Cinar Ltd, UK, looks at future trends for coal, clean coal initiatives, and how these will affect the cement sector.

T. Abbas, Cinar Ltd, UK, discusses the changing role that coal plays within the cement industry.

Balan Velan, Scorpio Engineering Pvt. Ltd, India, outlines methods for effective and low cost cement distribution in India.

After discussing how the cement industry can attract potential employees to careers in the industry, Robin Harpe looks at how companies can ensure that they retain this talent in the long-term.

Part 2 of the article from Antti Heikkilä, Gasmet Technologies explains how continuous mercury monitoring provides operators with an opportunity to improve environmental performance and demonstrate compliance.

Antti Heikkilä from Gasmet Technologies highlights the challenges faced by mercury monitoring in cement kilns and explains how a new continuous mercury monitoring system addresses these issues.

Robin Harpe, Cemcon International, Inc., discusses ways in which the cement sector can attract young talent into the industry, including the use of marketing and social media initiatives.

Siemens Industry worked with Lafarge Tarmac at its Tunstead cement plant to provide independent consultancy support to the site’s engineering team and help ensure compliance with safety-led requirements.

In this follow up to her previous article on the benefits of having a LinkedIn profile, Robin Harpe takes a closer look at networking strategies and best practice when using this social media platform.

Robin Harpe, Cemcon International, Inc, discusses the advantages of setting up a LinkedIn profile for networking purposes, searching for jobs, and sharing knowledge with other cement industry professionals.

A new research study from Siemens Financial Services reports that there is an estimated £10 billion trapped in the UK manufacturing industry between 2014 and 2018 due to the outright purchase of equipment and machinery.