The Cement Plant of the Future

In our present times, cement goes  as far as demand, production costs and transport permits, but in the future, the plants will be based on the criteria of CO2 production. In order to decrease the CO2 generated by transport, plant size will depend on the demand for cement in a radius not greater than 300 km.

 However, cement can be shipped economically and with a low carbon footprint by sea and inland waterway over great distances, greatly extending the competitive radius of cement plants with access to waterborne shipping lanes.

Read rest of the article in the CemWeek Magazine, Issue 29.