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CEMEX launches Bio-sourced admixture range

16 January 2023, Published under Cement News

CEMEX has launched of a new range of bio-sourced admixtures designed for a reduced carbon footprint. These admixtures use natural, renewable and locally-sourced raw materials and may achieve a carbon footprint up to 70 per cent lower than traditional oil-based admixtures. Thanks to a unique production process, CEMEX’s admixtures are the first in the building materials industry to deliver these attributes while utilising bio-based raw materials, claims the company. The new range of admixtu...

Sika requests "fast track" remedy from CMA

26 October 2022, Published under Cement News

Sika AG and MBCC Group have asked the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) to consider a “fast-track” remedy to address concerns that their merger could harm the construction industry in the UK. In November 2021 Swiss firm Sika agreed to buy the German-based MBCC Group in a GBP4.5bn (US$5.1bn) deal. Sika and MBCC are the two largest UK suppliers of chemical admixtures used in the production of cement. Together they account for over half of the UK supply. Following an initial Phase ...

CHRYSO Hydipco starts production of admixtures, Algeria

20 October 2015, Published under Cement News

CHRYSO announced yesterday that its Algerian subsidiary has started production of CHRYSO® admixtures from its new industrial facility in Algiers. In 2014, CHRYSO set up a joint venture with its Algerian partner Hydipco to boost the former's business development on the domestic market with a strong local team and modern production capabilities, according to the company. The Algiers industrial facility has been operational since mid-2015. It has enabled the new subsidiary, CHRYSO Hy...