Cement News tagged under: Cemex
CEMEX releases a new logo16 March 2023, Published under Cement NewsCemex has unveiled an updated brand in line with its ongoing evolution to help the world reach the next frontier of sustainable living, by becoming a more agile, innovative and approachable company. Cemex’s logo, changing for the first time in over 30 years, presents a fresher, closer, and more dynamic visual identity while maintaining key elements of the company’s legacy and storied 117-year trajectory. It reflects several transformative changes that the company has undergone in recent y... |
Modifying Germany's carbon capture plans10 March 2023, Published under Cement NewsAs a leading industrial nation in the EU, Germany's carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) strategy is key for the succesful reduction of European CO2 emissions. The German government has targeted net zero to be reached in 2045 and the cement sector is expected to play an important part in this drive. Progress is underway with cement industry CCUS projects at Mergelstetten and Rohrdorf featuring in the news. However, there is a concern about adequate underground storage of captured CO... |
CEMEX extends VeryNile plastic waste initiative01 March 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe CEMEX and VeryNile initiative have expanded the scope of the partnership to reach the CEMEX Egypt's hometown of Assiut. This comes after the success achieved by their partnership in cleaning the Nile River from plastic waste in Cairo and Giza governorates. The expansion process included contracting a group from the local fishing community from Assiut who collected four loaded trucks of plastic waste from the Nile during their first month. Following the waste hierarchy, CEMEX will us... |
CEMEX España enters CCU agreement with ETFuels27 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsCEMEX España has signed an agreement with the green fuel producer ETFuels to transform CO 2 from the CEMEX cement plant in Alicante , Spain, into green fuels. Under the agreement, ETFuels will combine up to 450,000tpa of captured CO 2 with green hydrogen to produce more sustainable fuels in the form of green methanol (e-methanol). “Our goal of reaching zero net CO 2 emissions is achievable, and will be driven by collaboration and innovation,” said Fernando González-Olivieri, CEO, ... |
CEMEX signs ETFuels agreement24 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsCEMEX has signed an agreement with green fuels producer ETFuels, to transform CO 2 from CEMEX’s Alicante cement plant in Spain into green fuels. Under this agreement, ETFuels will combine up to 450,000tpa of captured CO 2 with green hydrogen to produce more sustainable fuels in the form of green methanol (e-methanol). CEMEX is evaluating several strategies and partners to perform CO 2 capture for this project. “Our goal of reaching net-zero CO 2 emissions is achievable and will b... |
CEMEX records 41% fall in European CO2 emissions23 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsCEMEX achieved a milestone 41 per cent reduction in the CO 2 emissions generated by its European cement business in 2022. A fifth of the total reduction attained since 1990 happened in the last two years, with a drop of over 12 per cent from 2020 performance. Sergio Menendez, regional president for CEMEX Europe Middle East Asia, commented: “We are very proud to have reached a 41 per cent reduction in CO 2 emissions generated by our European cement business, and this is all thanks to the... |
Solar MEAD project receives US$3.2m funding20 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsSynhelion has announced that the US Department of Energy awarded US$3.2m to Solar MEAD, a joint project headed by CEMEX, Sandia National Laboratories,and Synhelion, which aims to decarbonise cement production. Solar MEAD aims to replace the use of fossil fuels with concentrated solar thermal (CST) energy in clinker production. CEMEX and Synhelion have been collaborating to introduce CST in the cement production process, achieving the first successful laboratory-scale demonstrative pil... |
CEMEX links ARS programmes to sustainability goals09 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsCEMEX has announced that all its accounts receivable securitisation (ARS) programmes are now linked to CEMEX’s sustainability-linked financing framework, which is aligned to the company’s ambitious sustainability goals within its Future in Action programme. The framework references three climate action KPIs: net CO 2 emissions per ton of cementitious material; power consumption from clean energy sources in cement; and alternative fuels rate. The annual performance in these metrics... |
CEMEX Philippines signs biosolids partnership08 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsCEMEX Philippines and Manila Water Co recently signed a partnership allowing the use of biosolids as alternative fuels, a first in the Philippines and a major accomplishment in helping address climate change in alignment with the Philippine government’s policy. Biosolids are organic materials coming from a sewage treatment process. Wastewater undergoes full treatment and clean water is discharged to rivers, and byproducts such as biosolids can be turned into useful resource, such as ... |
CEMEX's Lyons plant under pressure to close07 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsCEMEX's Lyons plant in Colorado, USA, is coming under pressure to close from local protestors seeking that county officials revoke the cement plant’s land use privileges. Environmental activists have targeted the plant and won a decision that saw Boulder County decline a mining permit renewal for the plant in 2022. CEMEX had asked for a long extension of the mining permit, and in exchange offered to transfer hundreds of acres of land for open space that would have connected popular park... |