PETROCEM 2006 ARCHIVE: GENERAL INFORMATION

• PetroCem 2006 General Information
• PetroCem 2006 Photo

On 9 – 11 April 2006 journal Cement and its Applications held the 4th Petrocem conference – Petrocem-2006. Since it was first held in 2000 the Conference has become the largest and most effective forum of cement specialists in FSU, acquired traditions and constant participants (whose circle keeps expanding every time) of its own. While Petrocem-2000 was attended by 170 delegates, the number of delegates at Petrocem-2006 was over 380. They came from 36 countries and represented 210 companies and organizations.

Taking part in the Conference were representatives of most Russian, Ukrainian, Byelorussian and Kazakhstani cement plants, cement producers from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Germany, Greece, Georgia, Israel, Ireland, Latvia, Moldova, Portugal, Finland, France, Croatia, Uzbekistan and Switzerland. Also represented were the Cement Industry Association, Administration of St. Petersburg, largest Russian and international cement holdings. Among the participants there were many cement consumers, and especially widely represented were cement equipment producers and services and materials suppliers. This provided an ample chance for broad and fruitful contacts.

The conference agenda included 54 presentations covering varying topics. A large part of the reports was devoted to the current status in the cement industries of the world, Russia and her neighbours, and also to investment potentials. The subject matters of equipment and material suppliers’ presentations covered the current status of practically all the cements production process stages and ways of effective resource saving, environmental protection, cost reduction and satisfying consumers’ requirements. The session devoted to laboratory equipment, which presented new areas of process control, attracted a good deal of interest.

No less interest than the presentations was caused by a large exhibition with over 50 participants, which gave the delegates a chance to see product samples and company prospectuses, obtain consultations from specialists and discuss various details. It was at the exhibition where topics of interest were discussed and specific problems were solved.

As always, the conference was held at the famous Astoria Hotel and ended with a gala dinner in a sumptuous marble hall of one of the most beautiful palaces of St. Petersburg situated in Arts Square. The dinner was accompanied by a concert given by outstanding showmen.

The PETROCEM organizers are proud of their record, which shows that each consecutive Conference meets has been more successful than the previous one. A great contribution to this success is assured by an active participation of the conference sponsors – EUROCEMENT Group (Russia) as the general sponsor, as well as FLSmidth Group (Denmark); Credit Suisse Bank (Switzerland); Agroescort Company (Russia); International Cement Review journal (Great Britain).