ICR’s December issue will close the year by looking at one of the fastest-growing cement markets in southeast Asia. The Philippines’ cement market has seen many changes in the last few years, with new entrants and importers trying to play a part in the country’s ‘Build, Build, Build’ infrastructure programme. Holtec Engineering assesses the country’s prospects for growth and main influences on cement demand in its market report.

The issue also features plant expansion reports from Philippine producers, Republic Cement and LafargeHolcim, as well as a project to restore an ESP unit for a raw mill in the Philippines.

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Elsewhere, ICR delivers a smart plant technology review. Leading experts CBMI and Osisoft are among the suppliers that are enabling cement factories to go digital, while McKinsey & Company outlines its vision for the 21^st Century cement plant.

New expansion kings
Pakistan’s growing cement sector is also examined, as demand and capacity changes in the north and south of the country are discussed.

DG Khan Cement provides a case study of its 9000tpd Hub cement plant, which is currently adding a 10MW WHR plant and a 30MW CFP power plant.

Askari Cement’s Nizampur plant, Pakistan, also receives a new CTP Team Srl bag filter.

In addition, LafargeHolcim’s Shurovo cement plant in Russia celebrates its 150^th anniversary while Ladce Cement Slovakia analyses risk and opportunities in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Technical themes include: