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title: Tracking Cement Activity via Satellites
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4986361/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4986361
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4986361
featured: 2024-10-17
citations: unknown
topic: ML & AI Methods
---


# Tracking Cement Activity via Satellites

The study uses infrared satellite imagery and machine learning to monitor real-time economic activity in the global cement industry.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4986361
- Identifier: SSRN 4986361
- Released: 2024-06-27
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 70 (2024-10-17): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-10-17/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: ML & AI Methods

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