Cement News tagged under: UK
WCA appoints new directors01 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe World Cement Association (WCA) has appointed three new Directors: Fabien Charbonnel, CEO of Cem’In’Eu , Xu Gang, chairman of the Board of Maweni Limestone, VP and head of Overseas Area of Huaxin Cement Co Ltd , parent company of Maweni Limestone , and Kevin Lunney, COO of Mannok Holdings DAC. The appointments were agreed in a unanimous vote at the WCA General Assembly Meeting, which took place virtually this month. In addition, both Mohammed Ali Al-Garni, CEO of Saudi Cement, a... |
MPA calls for electrification push by UK government12 January 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe Mineral Products Association (MPA) has welcomed the UK government’s announcement of the new Energy Bill Discount Scheme (EBDS), extending the Energy Bill Relief Scheme. The broad support available through the EBDS encompasses most of the products manufactured by MPA members, including aggregates, asphalt, cement, concrete and industrial minerals. However, the MPA says the proposed support may not be sufficient to maintain the competitiveness of UK manufacturing should prices return to th... |
Hanson awards contract for CCS plant at Padeswood20 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsUK-based Hanson , part of Heidelberg Materials , has awarded a contract to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering to deliver the preliminary front-end engineering design for a CO 2 capture plant at Hanson’s Padeswood cement plant in Flintshire, north Wales. Once operational it will capture 800,000t of CO 2 and store it in spent gas fields off the coast of northwest England. According to Hanson, it hopes to have the carbon capture and storage (CCS) plant up and running by 2027 with ... |
Teesside University to develop Mevocrete project16 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsAcademics from the University are collaborating with industry partners on a GBP7.6m (US$9.24m) project entitled ‘Mevocrete’, aiming to develop a new form of concrete made from the by-products of the steel and chemical industries. Teesside University has won funding from Innovate UK to work with Material Evolution to help the business scale up its technology to create a full scale on-site facility for cement production using waste steel slag at Teesworks. The resulting product from the ... |
GCCA welcomes three new member companies12 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsThree more companies have joined the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), PT Souls Bangun Indonesia TBK , Fletcher Building Ltd and Norm Cement . By joining the GCCA they have demonstrated their commitment to reaching net zero by 2050, in line with the GCCA Industry Roadmap for Net Zero concrete. PT Souls Bangun Indonesia TBK operates four cement plants, producing about 14.8Mta of cement. Oepoyo Prakoso, corporate environment and sustainability manager from PT Solusi Bangu... |
New UK cement plant gets green light08 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsA new GBP40m (US$48.8m), 0.5Mta cement plant at Sheerness Docks in Kent, UK, has been given the go ahead. Despite a petition against the plant receiving over 1000 signatures, Kent County Council unanimously approved the plans on 7 December 2022. Councillors assured local residents that noise from the new plant will be closely monitored and the movement of trucks during the night would be restricted to once a month with residents receiving a warning in advance. The council also said that i... |
WBA claims few science-based biodiversity assessments are carried out06 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe World Benchmarking Alliance’s (WBA) new Nature Benchmark has analysed around 400 companies on their operations impact on nature and biodiversity, including many from the construction and mining sector. The top 10 construction material companies have been ranked 1-10 for their reduced impact on nature and biodiversity: 1. Holcim , 2. CEMEX , 3. Siam Cement Group , 4. Owens Corning, 5. CRH , 6. Cementos Argos , 7. Heidelberg Materials , 8. Saint-Gobain , 9. Asia Cement Corp ,... |
WCA's CEO responds to WWF EU ETS free allocation analysis05 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsIan Riley, CEO of the World Cement Association, has responded to recent analysis from the World Wildlife Fund on the EU ETS emissions over the examined period (2013-21), when more than half of the emissions (53 per cent) were handed out to polluters for free through the so-called ‘free allocation’ scheme. These free permits to pollute were worth EUR98.5, more than all the revenue that EU countries earned through selling regular allowances, stated the WWF. The WWF argues that while th... |
SigmaRoc to install Aqualung carbon capture unit30 November 2022, Published under Cement NewsSigmaRoc has signed an agreement with Aqualung Carbon Capture AS, a leading membrane carbon capture and separation technology provider, to install SigmaRoc’s first carbon capture facility in the first quarter of 2023. The agreement will allow for the installation of a carbon capture membrane technology solution across all SigmaRoc’s operational kilns following initial installation at one kiln in Nordkalk, Finland. The technology is modular, tested and scalable, allowing for a phased and s... |
Breedon on track to deliver record earnings25 November 2022, Published under Cement NewsBreedon Group reported that trading conditions remained supportive in the second half, enabling the company to fully recover rising input costs through robust pricing and disciplined cost management. In the four months to October 2022 group revenue expanded by 16 per cent YoY, resulting in a revenue of GBP1186m in the year to date, up 14 per cent YoY and 12 per cent on a like-for-like basis. In Great-Britain the group delivered a strong operational performance and advanced strategically.... |