International Cement Review articles tagged under : Interviews

11 March 2024

Medcem’s global expansion

Turkey’s Medcem has invested in both its production facility and export capability with a view to expand its reach on a global scale. ICR chats to Mehmet Ali Ceylan, CEO, Medcem about the company’s plans to establish an international terminal network and what steps it is taking to decarbonise its operations. By ICR Research, UK. Mehmet Ali Ceylan, CEO of Medcem, speaks with ICR about...

18 January 2024

Cement2Zero

To support cement industry decarbonisation, researchers at the University of Cambridge, the University of Warwick and Imperial College London are developing the fundamental science behind Cambridge Electric Cement, ...

02 October 2023

The pathway for graphene-powered green cement

In the race for low-carbon cement and concrete, interest in First Graphene Ltd’s  proprietary PureGraph® additive brand has been gaining traction. With the focus now moving upstream, Michael Bell, CEO and MD of the A...

18 September 2023

Capturing carbon at Hanson UK Padeswood

ICR speaks with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)’s General Manager of the Decarbonisation Business in EMEA, Mitsuaki Kato, and Hanson UK, regarding Hanson UK’s Padeswood carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. ...

Turkey’s low-carbon contributions 12 September 2023

Turkey’s low-carbon contributions

The past few years have seen changing trends in the Turkish cement sector. As the country looks to the road ahead, Volkan Bozay, CEO of Turkish cement manufacturers association TürkÇimento, discusses the cement indu...

08 June 2023

Rising to the climate challenge

As investors, governments and society raise the bar for decarbonisation in the cement industry, Pablo Hofelich, CEO of thyssenkrupp Polysius GmbH, discusses conventional and innovative approaches to climate change mi...

Sintek's growth and vision 09 May 2023

Sintek's growth and vision

Turkey-based Sintek Group continues to build on its strength both at home and overseas in the areas of project development, turnkey engineering, logistics and R&D. Onur Atakay, founder partner of the group, speaks to...

25 April 2023

Innovative SCMs for the US

Eco Material Technologies is the leading national supplier of fly ash and supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) in the USA with the largest footprint and supply base in the market. CEO Grant Quasha speaks to IC...

13 March 2023

Holcim Maya plant: achieving next level operational performance

Last year, Holcim El Salvador completed the modernisation and reactivation of its Maya cement works. Equipped with Industry 4.0 technology, it has become one of the first facilities to benefit from Holcim’s ‘Plants ...

12 July 2022

Pisco for Peru

Caliza Cemento INKA is active in the Peruvian cement and concrete sector and has been supplying the country’s central region with cement since 2007. Now the company is looking forward to bringing its Pisco grinding p...

03 May 2022

The Cemex way to the future

Cemex is one of the biggest cement producers worldwide, with leading positions in cement, aggregates and ready-mix. ICR caught up with CEO Fernando A González for a wide-ranging discussion covering everything from th...

29 March 2022

Success in adversity

Union Cement Company (UCC), a subsidiary of Shree Cement (India), operates one of the UAE’s largest cement plants. Located in Ras Al Khaimah, adjacent to one of the world’s largest limestone quarries and Mina Saqr p...

14 March 2022

Ecocem: supporting Europe’s Green deal

Since its foundation in 2003 Ecocem has been a driving force in establishing the use of low-carbon cement using slag as a key raw material. ICR spoke with its Managing Director, Conor O’Riain, about the company’s dev...

01 March 2022

Decarbonisation and grinding innovation

Christian Pfeiffer (Germany) is one of the leading suppliers for grinding and separation technologies to the global cement industry. Martin Paterson, managing director, discusses the latest trends in cement manufactu...

22 February 2022

Waste to fuel for the UAE

The Emirates RDF production plant in Umm al Quwain, UAE, has received much attention since its launch. Designed to power the local cement industry with refuse-derived fuel (RDF), Jori Kaaresmaa, senior process specia...

14 February 2022

Africa’s 2022 trading outlook

As the African cement sector begins to adjust to a post-pandemic climate, Harpreet Duggal, CEO of trading company Black Rock Cement, UAE, and former CEO of Dangote Cement Tanzania, shares his expert opinion on the ou...