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Oficemen reports on Spain’s export competitiveness, ICR reviews North Africa and ESG Ventures Asia analyses the financial impact of decarbonisation.
In this issue
Explore the September 2025 issue of International Cement Review, the leading magazine for the global cement industry. Browse cement industry news, expert market analysis, regional reports, plant projects and technical articles covering cement production, equipment, processes and technology.
Latest news and diary dates
Industry appointments
Sustainability news
Corporate watch
Financial update
Spain: investing in sustainability
Oficemen reports on Spain's stabilising construction sector, investment in decarbonisation and rising competitiveness in the export markets.
North Africa builds future
ICR reviews the north African cement scene where modernised plants are taking shape.
Oficemen: 100 years of building the future
The Spanish cement association looks back on its centenary of challenges and achievements.
Ensuring a stable RDF supply
Molins reports on its Sant Vicenç dels Horts cement plant and its use of RDF.
Decarbonising cement: financial impact and the path ahead
ESG Ventures Asia analyses the impact of decarbonisation investments on cement producers.
Longship sets sail from Brevik
ICR visits Heidelberg Materials' launch of its Brevik carbon capture plant.
Fast forward carbon capture
KC8 Capture Technologies highlights its flagship project at Cement Australia's Gladstone cement plant.
Unlocking circularity: building smarter for a changing world
TITAN Egypt taps into fresh ways of building smarter with circular economies, net zero pathways and sustainability.
The challenge of cement industry decarbonisation
Energy Systems at DNV analyses the current options for carbon capture and the pace of development.
Oxy-fuel combustion for low-energy CCUS in cement plants
CNBM Equipment and TCIDRI report on the Weifang carbon capture, utilisation and storage project.
Rethinking cement
Ecocem introduces its ACT solution for decarbonisation with locally available supplementary cementitious material.
Circular concrete: reshaping sustainability in concrete
Sika examines the world of net-zero additives, digital platforms, AI tools and concrete recycling.
Advancing SCM innovation with steel slag
Carbon Upcycling explores the use of mechanochemical activation technology in extending the availability of ground granulated blast furnace slag for cement production.
Preparing a cement plant for carbon capture
Ramboll looks at practical measures to prepare cement plants for the carbon capture era.
AI-enabled kiln optimisation for cost-effective carbon capture
Carbon Re explains why AI is a critical enabler for carbon capture and why companies should be optimising AI now.
Add and decarbonise
Chryso North America highlights two case studies using additives to enhance cement colouration and lower limestone's carbon footprint.
Alleviating AF constraints
Dr Michael Clark considers what constraints can delay the adoption of alternative fuels at cement plants.
Heat of hydration
Arthur Harrisson investigates ways of measuring the heat of hydration and preventing the cracking of concrete.
Sustainable SCMs: circularity meets carbon capture
Christian Pfeiffer Maschinenfabrik and Heidelberg Materials demonstrate the industry's ability to recycle concrete as a supplementary cementitious material.
From concrete to clinker
Cemex and the Universidad de Monterrey study the potential for concrete recycling as a clinker substitute.
Machine learning behind AI-based real-time optimisation
OPTIMITIVE explains how AI-based kiln and mill optimisation with machine learning will minimise energy and CO2 consumption.
Temperature monitoring
HGH Infrared Technologies optimise alternative fuel substitution rates at TPI Polene with kiln thermography.
A smarter path to successful digital transformation
digiFabrika looks at how management should navigate the coming wave of digital transformation.
Controlling emissions under AF
Cinar and Amrize analyse computational fluid dynamics for better alternative fuel combustion.
Intense refractory stress in the riser duct
HASLE Refractories explores options for preventing increased coating and abrasion of refractories in the riser duct.
Product news
A conical hopper, a recyclable paper cement bag and a sensor signal light feature in Product news.
New orders
Ozinga, Parasakti Cement, Vicat and Cementon feature in New orders.