Cement news 2018

ABB, a technology leader in electrification products, robotics, and industrial automation, has announced a €100 million investment for an innovation and training campus in Austria.

Schneider Electric has introduces the new Industrial Internet of Things-enabled Modicon M580 safety controller, offering improved real-time security, safety, efficiency, reliability and profitability to industrial operations.

E Instruments International has launched the new E8500 Plus portable emissions analyser.

Plans to cofire alternative fuels at the Mungret cement plant in Limerick have been approved by the Irish national planning board.

Independent UK building materials company, Breedon Group, has acquired Lagan Group in a deal worth £455 million.

CDP states that cement companies urgently need to more than double their emissions reductions or risk missing climate goals.

A reduction of direct carbon dioxide emissions by 24% could be achieved by 2050 due to a combination of technology and policy solutions.

Indian cement production continued its positive start to the year in February 2018, recording levels well ahead of the same period in 2017.

India’s Wonder Cement has ordered two move vertical mills from Gebr. Pfeiffer, bringing the company’s total to seven.

Building an up-to-date digital picture of a plant can provide hidden treasures in terms of plant optimisation, maintenance, and upgrade.