Special reports

Rule 3 - Exhaust your administrative remedies, but have an end game.

Rule 2: Know your target audience and their pressure points

Rule 1: You can't go half speed

Introducing our latest series of special reports, which shares Titan America’s approach to concrete advocacy.

Terry Smith, Lubrication Engineers, Inc., examines toxicity testing for industrial lubricants.

Rick Bohan and Andy O’Hare, Portland Cement Association, USA, discuss the amendments made to the standard’s rules for compliance over the last year. This is an abridged version of the full article, which appeared in the January 2013 issue of World Cement. Subscribers can view the full article by logging in.

Hard evidence of devastating market conditions is found in the demolition data, as the ultimate tool to cut capacity is applied to the final frontier

Will winter create the long-awaited demand, or will more VLCC tonnage have to be idled or be demolished?

BIMCO explains how wheat has disappointed and coal is creating opportunities for dry bulk shipping, while erosion of ship values is causing problems.

The first part of BIMCO’s December Shipping Market Overview & Outlook takes a look at macroeconomics. Peter Sands explains how slow growth, a still weak financial system, continued fiscal issues in the US and EU and a lack of consumer confidence blur the prospects of recovery.

Lafarge has re-established apprenticeship schemes at two of its UK plants.

An interim report detailing the UK cement industry’s environmental performance in 2011 has been published, indicating that improvements have been made.