UNIDO International Center for Materials Technology Promotion

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►¡®Seminar on Cement Cleaner Production for Developing Countries¡¯ held during June 4-June 23, 2008 in Beijing, China

Introduction

The seminar on cement cleaner production for developing countries, organized by the Ministry of Commerce, People¡¯s Republic of China, sponsored by ICM.

Altogether 29 representatives from 14 countries attended the conference, coming from various government ministries and local departments (see the following table) in cement and environmental protection sector.

No.

Participating Organization

1

Ministry of Family, Youth, Sports and the Environment, Barbados

2

Ministry of Industry and Commerce(M/C/DGI), Benin

3

Ministry of Industry, Cote d'Ivoire

4

Mugular, Ethiopia

5

Fiji Industries Ltd., Fiji

6

National Center for Construction, Urban development &Public Utilities, Mongolia

7

Ministry of Construction and Urban Development, Mongolia

8

Department of Standardization and Technical Regulation, Mongolian Agency for Standardization and Metrology, Mongolia

9

Ministry of Industry(1)£¬Myanma Ceramic Industries

10

Ministry of Industry(1)£¬Thayet Cement Factory, Myanma Ceramic Industries

11

Ministry of Industry(1), Kyaukse Cement Factory(1), Myanma Ceramic Industries

12

Ministry of Industry(1)£¬Kyangin Cement Factory, Myanma Ceramic Industries

13

Hasly Consult Int.LTD., Nigeria

14

Ministry of works and transport, Kaduna State, Nigeria

15

Ministry of National Economy, Palestine

16

Atbara cement company, Sudan

17

Strategic and Projects Committee, National Fund for Promotion of Medical Services; Shawahig cement factory, Sudan

18

National Directorate of Environment Services, Timor Leste

19

Secretart State For Environment, Timor Leste

20

Ministry of Works and Transport, Uganda

21

Industrial Sagety Techniques and Environment Agency-Ministry of Industry & Trade, Vietnam 

22

Vietnam Institute for Building Materials -Ministry of Construction, Vietnam

23

Sino Zimbabwe Cement Company, Zimbabwe

24

Ministry of Industry and International Trade, Zimbabwe

Outcome
Cement industry consumes a large amount of resources and energy and causes much pollution, China cement industry has expedited the pace of structural adjustment and industrial upgrade, and carried out a lot of R&D and practices on cement cleaner production. Now these vast experiences have been accumulated to help other countries, together to promote the global sustainable development via suck seminars.

This seminar was aiming to proving an opportunity to share cement cleaner production technology and it did greatly promote the sustainable development, and provide a platform for international cooperation in cement sector.

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