International Cement Review archive
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The December 2007 issue considers the Australian cement industry's performance and sustainability agenda, while charting Orascom Construction Industries' rapid international expansion. Logistics and operations coverage includes higher US freight rates, self-unloading vessels, transhipment...
The November 2007 issue examines India's economic rise, cement-capacity expansion, environmental investment and growing use of alternative fuels. Further reports cover Holcim's Indian strategy, high-capacity bucket elevators, Cemtech Prague, the Vicat group, Guatemala's cement market, the IEEE...
The October 2007 issue reviews cement and construction developments across Latin America, with particular attention to Brazil, Venezuela, Chile and Colombia. It also covers mini-plant planning, Cementos Argos's Cartagena expansion, reused storage silos, automated bagging and palletising, capacity...
The September 2007 issue surveys the Czech cement industry ahead of Cemtech Europe in Prague and assesses Spain's slowing construction and cement markets. Its technology focus explores solid recovered fuel, alternative-fuel processing and handling, oxygen-enriched combustion, cement additives,...
The August 2007 issue analyses China's cement industry, its extensive new-plant programme, environmental pressures, exports and growing multinational participation. Corporate profiles accompany reports on integrated automation at Guangzhou Heidelberg Yuexiu, the Jingyang greenfield plant, Lafarge...
The July 2007 issue visits Albania's first modern cement plant and examines multinational expansion into fast-growing emerging markets. It also covers HeidelbergCement's development in the former Soviet Union, Lafarge's sustainability ambitions, global refractory projects, natural-light...
The June 2007 issue reports on Germany's recovering cement market and environmental and process-control investment at German plants. Technical features include IEEE Charleston, dust-free bagging, XRF analysis, two- versus three-support kilns, Union Cement's 10,000tpd Ras Al Khaimah line and...
The May 2007 issue reviews Turkey's expanding cement sector, including investment by OYAK, Akcansa, Cimentas-Izmir and Nuh Cimento, together with new grinding projects. Additional coverage reports from Cemtech Middle East, considers Russian capacity investment and examines project cost curves, kiln...
The April 2007 issue assesses North American cement development ahead of the IEEE/PCA meeting, including South Carolina expansion and the effects of a slowing US housing market. It also reports on major US plant modernisations, cement terminals and loading systems, kiln-operation priorities, expert...
The March 2007 issue surveys the oil-linked Gulf economies and rapid cement-plant development ahead of Cemtech Abu Dhabi. Plant and operational reports cover UAE construction projects, maintenance strategy, cooler optimisation and upgrades, a new Pakistan sack factory and the influence of packaging...
The February 2007 issue examines Japan's balance between cement supply and demand, its growing use of alternative fuels and its treatment of chlorine-rich municipal waste. Further articles cover seaborne cement trade, industrial emissions, Lafarge's strategy, cross-border conveying and SNCR NOx...
The January 2007 issue reviews rising Nordic cement consumption, capacity expansion and terminal construction, alongside a survey of major new production projects worldwide. Technical coverage considers maintenance reliability, composite cements, kiln-burner automation, Mediterranean white-cement...