Cement News tagged under: Western Europe
Heidelberg Materials Hellas in partnership with Sympower12 April 2024, Published under Cement NewsGreece-based Heidelberg Materials Hellas is working with energy specialist Sympower to “unlock and monetise” the cement producer’s energy-intensive equipment. According to Sympower, the partnership marks a significant step in accelerating Greece’s energy transition and strengthening its electricity grid. By utilising three of Heidelberg Materials Hellas’ cement mills and one of its raw mills, Sympower will optimise their energy flexibility and provide their capacity to Greece’s balanci... |
Betolar scoops Finnish innovation award12 April 2024, Published under Cement NewsBetolar has won the Finnish Chemical Society’s Circular Economy Innovation Award in recognition of its chemistry business idea that offers both environmental and economic benefits. Betolar's method, industrial waste and side streams can be converted into low-carbon building materials for the needs of mining and construction. This geopolymer-based building material can reduce the carbon footprint by using standardised industrial side streams, such as fly ash and blastfurnace slag. Produc... |
RHI Magnesita to acquire Resco Group11 April 2024, Published under Cement NewsRHI Magnesita has announced plans to acquire US-based Resco Group, a manufacturer of alumina and refractories. The deal is reported to be worth up to US$430m, says Reuters. According to RHI Magnesita, the move will accelerate its growth in alumina-based refractories and enable it to offer its US customer base an improved range of products. “The acquisition advances our 'local for local' production strategy and will shorten supply chains, improve our speed of reaction, and increase the se... |
Aggregate Industries announces Port of Liverpool Super Shed11 April 2024, Published under Cement NewsAs part of a long-term plan to support increased demand for cementitious products across the UK construction market, Aggregate Industries (AIUK) has announced a significant investment into a new ‘super shed’ at the Port of Liverpool. Owned by the UK’s second-largest port operator, Peel Ports Group, the substantial new import facility will facilitate the storage of more than 40,000t of cementitious products at any one time. AIUK ( Holcim Group ) has made a long-term commitment to the ... |
Local authority spending underpinning Italian cement demand10 April 2024, Published under Cement NewsItalian cement output started the year strongly, expanding 14 per cent YoY in January 2024, according to the Italian concrete association, Federbeton. This follows a seven per cent expansion in December 2023. Import and export data, which lag production data by one month, show grey cement imports increased by 10 per cent YoY to 126,803t in December 2023, with a total CIF value of EUR11.9m or EUR94/t as value per tonne, up from EUR87/t in November. For 2023 as a whole, import volumes were u... |
Saint-Gobain acquires Canada-based Bailey Group09 April 2024, Published under Cement NewsSaint-Gobain has entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of The Bailey Group Companies, consisting of Bailey-Hunt Ltd and its subsidiaries, a privately owned manufacturer of metal building solutions for light construction in Canada, for CAD880m (US$651.8m) in cash. Bailey is a leading player in metal framing in Canada, posting sales of CAD532m in 2023. With a 75-year history, it operates 12 manufacturing plants across Canada and has been a long-standing partner of Saint... |
Heidelberg Materials France to close two plants05 April 2024, Published under Cement NewsCiments Calcia , part of Heidelberg Materials France , is closing two of its plants as part of a restructuring programme. The two sites due to close are in Beffes (Cher) and Villiers-au-Bouin (Indre-et-Loire), both of which are scheduled to shut in October 2025. According to Heidelberg Materials France, the restructuring is the result of a significant decline in cement sales resulting from weak construction demand in the country. Sales volumes fell six per cent in 2023, after first dec... |
Holcim acquires concrete construction systems specialist Tensolite05 April 2024, Published under Cement NewsHolcim has signed an agreement to acquire Tensolite, a leading manufacturer of innovative precast and pre-stressed concrete construction systems with US$22m of net sales in 2023 and a strong presence in fast-growing Latin American markets. With plants and a distribution network across Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, Tensolite will expand Holcim’s Solutions & Products portfolio and strengthen its geographical footprint. Oliver Osswald, region head Latin America, said: “By acquiring Ten... |
Brenntag acquires Lawrence Industries05 April 2024, Published under Cement NewsBrenntag Specialties, a leader in chemicals and ingredients distribution based in Germany, has acquired Lawrence Industries Ltd, an independent specialties distributor in the UK. The move is designed to strengthen Brenntag Specialties’ position in the UK and Ireland, as well as expanding Brenntag’s Material Science portfolio across the coatings, adhesives, sealants, construction, polymer and rubber industries. Founded over 50 years ago, Lawrence Industries is a technically-driven, inde... |
Scott Bros and Teesside University join forces on on low-carbon concrete04 April 2024, Published under Cement NewsUK-based aggregates firm Scott Bros is working with Teesside University to run trials to see by much it can reduce the OPC content in concrete. The company, which specialises in recycling material into aggregates for the construction industry, has been investigating uses for filter cake, which is a byproduct from its wash plant, which converts construction and waste into sand and aggregate. The use of low-value filter cake as alternative binder could enable concrete producers to reduce the... |