International Cement Review articles tagged under : Event Reports
Tackling plastic waste management in Asia
With 12bnt of plastic waste predicted in the environment by 2050, the OPTOCE Regional Forum, held on 27-28 October 2022, discussed tackling plastic waste management in China, India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. By Dr Kåre Helge Karstensen, Palash Kumar Saha and Anneli Alatalo Paulsen, SINTEF, Norway. The two-day OPTOCE Regional Forum included more than 80 in-person attendees and 60 on...
Latin America places decarbonisation centre stage
FICEM Congress, “Green Cement & Concrete 2050”, took place in Mexico City on 23-26 May 2022, and brought together 200 industry and government representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean to discuss the techni...
Betting on cement’s future at IEEE Las Vegas
The 64th IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference and Exhibition took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, on 1-5 May 2022. Approximately 800 delegates attended the meeting and ICR was one among 125 industry exh...
Cementing Europe’s future
CEMBUREAU held its ‘Cementing Europe’s Future: Action Through Policy’ webinar on 12 October 2021. Two panel discussions looked at whether the cement industry was ‘Fit for 55 per cent’ carbon reduction by 2030 alongsi...

Decarbonising cement
Cemtech held its ‘Decarbonising the Cement Industry’ conference over Zoom on 20-23 September 2021, with attendees having the opportunity to hear from industry leading speakers spanning a range of fields linked to the...
Decarbonising Asia
Cemtech welcomed attendees to its annual Asia meeting, held as a virtual event, between 21-24 June 2021, which considered the technologies and processes required to advance the region’s transition to low-carbon cemen...

Virtual IEEE-IAS/PCA event
The 63rd IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference was held on 24-28 May 2021 as a virtual event, consisting of training workshops, technical conference, international exhibition and three plant tours. ICR, a...
Decarbonising the industry
Over 2500 delegates from 110 countries registered for Cemtech’s first virtual conference, which brought together more than 25 speakers from leading international cement manufacturers and technology suppliers to highl...
Celebrating industry excellence
Cemtech Middle East and Africa 2020 welcomed delegates from over 35 nations to the Grand Hyatt Dubai, UAE, on 16-19 February. The conference and exhibition offered a comprehensive overview of the regional cement indu...
Bringing Cemtech to Berlin
Cemtech Europe 2019 was held at the InterContinental Hotel in Berlin, Germany, on 30 September-2 October. The conference agenda explored issues around the tightening of environmental legislation worldwide, including ...
Cement Project of the Year – ICR Cement Industry Awards 2019
Cement Project of the Year – CEMEX, Mexico, with Petuum, USA Company representatives Rodrigo Quintero, Operations Digital Technologies Manager, CEMEX (Mexico) and Prabal Acharyya, Petuum (USA). Co...
Cement Plant of the Year – ICR Cement Industry Awards 2019
Cement Plant of the Year – Yanbu Cement Co, Saudi Arabia Company representatives Dr Ahmed Zugail, CEO and Amr Ahmed Nader, Strategic Planning & Performance Management, Advisor to the CEO, Yanbu Cement ...
Environmental Excellence – ICR Cement Industry Awards 2019
Environmental Excellence – w&p Zement GmbH Company representative Florian Salzer, Plant Manager, Wietersdorf, w&p Zement GmbH (Austria) Company description Part of the ALPACEM Group, w&p Zem...
Cement Grinding Plant of the Year – ICR Cement Industry Awards 2019
Cement Grinding Plant of the Year – Aliénor Ciments (Cem'In'Eu) Company representatives Sébastien Didier-Laurent, technical director, Aliénor Ciments and Cem’In’Eu (France) Company des...
ICCC and Czech cement
The 15th International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement (ICCC) will take place in Prague, the Czech Republic, on 16-20 September 2019. ICR speaks with Jan Gemrich of the Czech Cement Association and Lukas Perka of...
Cemtech travels to Thailand
Over 200 delegates converged on the Avani+ Riverside hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, to participate in this year’s Cemtech Asia conference and exhibition. At a time when global regulations on emissions are tightening, th...