India: Sustainable roofing specialist Visaka Industries has acquired a 20-year patent for production of ATUM, a roofing system consisting of cement boards with integrated solar panels. The company says that the product, which has been in development since 2016, is both insulative and capable of generating up to 28W/m2 of power.

Pakistan: France-based Schneider Electric will provide a ‘comprehensive electrification solution’ to improve the efficiency and sustainability of cement production at DG Khan Cement’s 3.2Mt/yr integrated Hub cement plant in Karachi, Balochistan. Hub cement plant general manager Arif Bashir said, “Our goal is to monitor and manage power across our infrastructure efficiently, find electrical faults sooner, fix issues quicker and achieve a faster return on investment. Schneider Electric’s energy efficiency solutions that will improve our performance.”

Brazil:The largest Brazilian cement producer, Votorantim Cimentos, has recently awarded an order to AUMUND Ltda, São Paulo, for the replacement of a pan conveyor at its Xambioá plant in the state of Tocantins.The most significant technological improvement presented by the AUMUND Bucket Apron Conveyor in this project is the reduction in dust. The BZB is the ideal solution for conveying on a steep incline, and the customised buckets, with a width of 510 mm, efficiently prevent wasteful spillage of dusty material into the environment.

China:Huijin dry-fog dust suppression system is customized design，Rotating equipment to achieve continuous water supply，suppress the dust at starting point，no secondary transport pollution，specially For inhalable dust up to 10 μm，The dust suppression effect is as high as 90%，Less investment in dry-fog dust suppression equipment，Fully automatic operation，Low operating and maintenance costs.