Cement industry

Cement is the second most consumed material on Earth after water and indispensable for infrastructure, housing and development worldwide

Sector Overview

The challenges of the sector are the reduction of emissions, including alternative fuels, clinker substitution, energy-efficiency improvements, carbon capture technologies, and low-carbon cement products.

Market size: The global cement market was valued in the hundreds of billions of USD—with estimates around $384–475 billion in 2025 depending on the source.

Cement manufacturing is highly carbon-intensive, responsible for roughly 7–8% of total global COā‚‚ emissions.

Key Drivers

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Energy

Energy volatility & decarbonization pressure

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Costs reduction

Cost competitiveness through efficiency

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Decarbonization

Demand for low-carbon

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Technology

Digitalization of production systems

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Increasing of throughput rate

Growth

Key drivers like energy volatility and the digital maturity gap create vital opportunities for AI-driven energy optimization.

OptibatĀ® empowers manufacturers to achieve superior cost competitiveness and meet low-carbon targets by successfully digitalizing production systems in this critical market.

Potential use cases for OptibatĀ® 7

Use cases

Description

Energy Type

Rationale

Use cases

Kiln

Description

Raw meal is heated to ~ 1,450 °C to form clinker through chemical reactions.

Energy Type

Thermal

Rationale

Most energy consumption and CO2 emissions

Use cases

Vertical mill

Description

It's designed for pulverizing cement raw meal, cement clinker, slag, coal, fly ash, limestone, and other hard grinding material...

Energy Type

Electrical (+ waste heat)

Rationale

More energy-efficient than traditional ball mills, widely adopted in modern plants.

Use cases

Ball mill

Description

Grinds material by rotating a cylinder filled with steel balls, where size reduction occurs through impact and attrition.

Energy Type

Electrical

Rationale

Most energy consumption and CO2 emissions

How it works

OptibatĀ® 7 continuously learns from real-time data to optimize set-points, maximizing production while autonomously minimizing energy consumption and carbon emissions.

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Return Of Invesment

Data based on OptibatĀ® customers across all industries.

Other industries that use OptibatĀ® 7

Cement

10% Typical increasing of throughput rate

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8% cost reduction

Metal

6% energy consumption reductionĀ 

Petrochemical

Reduction in yearly COā‚‚ emissions of 2,410 Tons per asset optimized

Paper

8% cost reduction