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Decarbonising the industry

02 November 2020, Published under Cement News

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 highlight the latest advances in a wide range of decarbonisation-related topics. Cemtech’s first virtual conference was held on 21-24 September 2020 With major cement producers such as LafargeHolcim declaring their commitment to carbon neutrality by 2050, Cemtech’s first ...

Calcined clays are redefining the cement sector

30 October 2020, Published under Cement News

This week, Cemtech reviewed recent advances in clinker reduction technologies in its latest webinar. A top-quality line-up of leading experts saw Professor Karen Scrivener of EPFL, Joel Maia, CEO of FCT Combustion and Leo Fit, product manager of activated clays at thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions (TKIS) outline how they see the future development of clinker reduction, from the introduction of LC3 cements to the different equipment required to calcinate clays and how to source the best clays...

Experiences with alternative fuels

12 June 2020, Published under Cement News

This week Cemtech hosted a live webinar on best practice for alternative fuels (AF) with renowned speakers from VDZ, FLSmidth and W&P Zement explaining how the cement industry has been developing its AF substitution rates in Europe. Starting the webinar was Dr Volker Hoenig, managing director of VDZ, which represents the German cement industry, discussed the evolution of AF in Germany. He stressed the most important aspects of using AF were the four core elements of: transparency, quality c...

GCCA hosts webinar forum on Global Health & Safety

29 April 2020, Published under Cement News

The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) held its first Global Health & Safety Forum (webinar) on World Day for Safety at Work. The forum consisted of five presentations with coverage of GCCA's guidelines and sustainability toolbox, road and driving safety, contractor management, occupational health, and hotspot activities and countries.  The forum, which attracted more than 300 participants for the two sessions, included an update on how the GCCA's members were responding to the...

Cement sector recovery scenarios and the SE Asian focus

24 April 2020, Published under Cement News

Cemtech held its second webinar on the impact of COVID-19 on the cement industry this week. The webinar featured several leading industry speakers, including Paul Roger, MD, Building Material Division, Exane BNP Paribas (UK), and Manas Tamotia, partner, LEK Consulting (Singapore). This newsletter summarises the key points from the webinar. The global cement market outlook Paul Roger outlined that lockdown meant different things in different countries. In some countries construction i...