Cement News tagged: Environmental

Heidelberg Materials and UK Government plan Padeswood carbon capture principles

27 March 2024, Published under Cement News

Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance Lord Callanan visits Heidelberg Materials’ Padeswood cement works  Heidelberg Materials has signed a statement of principles with the UK Government’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero for its planned carbon capture plant at Padeswood cement works.  The agreement marks a milestone for the project and Heidelberg...

TARA and Promac boost LC3 commercial programme with MoU

27 March 2024, Published under Cement News

Technology and Action for Rural Development (TARA) organised an LC 3 Celebration Day at its Head Office in New Delhi, India, on 19 March 2024. The event, supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, was kick-started by the signing of an MoU with PROMAC engineering. PROMAC engineering will cater to cement companies in India and across the globe to provide them a turnkey solut...

ABB and Captimise sign MoU for European CCUS projects

27 March 2024, Published under Cement News

ABB and Captimise are extending their collaboration to drive the adoption of cost-effective carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) technologies in the cement industry. Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the two companies will develop screening, feasibility and front-end engineering and design (FEED) studies for European projects. The initiative will support cement producers in ...

Heidelberg Materials Italy signs clean energy PPA

27 March 2024, Published under Cement News

Heidelberg Materials Italy ( Italcementi ) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with OX2, Europe’s leading producer of renewable energy. The PPA covers the supply of an average of 36.6-51.2GWh of clean energy over a seven-year period from 2025-2032. The majority of the energy will be sourced from OX2’s Stornarella wind farm near Foggia, Italy. The wind farm, which was purchased by ...

Cemvision raises EUR10m in landmark climate tech seed round

Cemvision raises EUR10m in landmark climate tech seed round

22 March 2024, Published under Cement News

In the largest known green cement seed round to date, Sweden-based Cemvision joins forces with its compatriot investors Polar Structure and BackingMinds, and SF-based Zacua Ventures. BackingMinds and Polar Structure have invested the largest share of EUR10m, with Zacua contributing an additional amount for Cemvision to further develop its alternative to traditional Portland cement, reducing CO...

Successful kiln lift at Mergelstetten's catch4climate project

21 March 2024, Published under Cement News

A 700t crane was used to lift the kiln into position at Mergelstetten cement plant, Germany, for the ‘catch4climate’   CO 2 capture project on 7 March 2024. The four European cement manufacturers Buzzi SpA ( Dyckerhoff GmbH ), Heidelberg Materials AG , Schwenk Zement GmbH und Co KG and Vicat SA joined forces in In 2019 to start the research company CI4C GmbH & Co KG to jointly reali...

Track and trace system for cement and auxiliary products in Pakistan

Track and trace system for cement and auxiliary products in Pakistan

21 March 2024, Published under Cement News

The Federal Board of Revenue of the Government of Pakistan (FBR) is seeking applications for the grant of five-year licence(s) under Licensing Rules, 2019, of track and trace system/solution (TTSS) for electronic monitoring of cement and auxiliary products manufacturers and importers in Pakistan. The licensee(s) will be responsible for the end-to-end installation and operation of a TTSS con...

Aalborg Portland reduces its CO2 emissions by more than 0.5Mta in 2 years

20 March 2024, Published under Cement News

Aalborg Portland reported a reduction in its CO 2 emissions by 274,512t in 2023, representing a 13.9 per cent decrease compared to 2022, when 1,981,749t of CO 2 were emitted. Over the past two years, the company has successfully reduced its CO 2 emissions by 543,394t (-24.1 per cent), marking significant progress towards its goal of cutting emissions by 1.6Mt of CO 2 by 2030, compared...

Geoclean launches two new waste management plants

20 March 2024, Published under Cement News

ACC and Ambuja Cements ’ ( Adani Group ) sustainable waste management company, Geoclean, has opened two new facilities. The Ambuja Marwar Pre-processing and Co-processing Facility will convert 220,000t of waste into alternative fuels, increasing the Marwar cement plant’s thermal substitution rate (TSR) to 15 per cent, according to the company. The new facility marks a collaboration bet...

EPA recognises ENERGY STAR cement plants

20 March 2024, Published under Cement News

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognised 103 manufacturing plants that earned the agency’s ENERGY STAR certification in 2023, an accolade reserved for manufacturing plants in the top 25 per cent in terms of energy efficiency in their sector. Of the 11 cement plants receiving this year's accolade, Ash Grove ’s Seattle plant was recognised for its efforts to save energy by ...

Alumtek Minerals delivers breakthrough in SCM production

19 March 2024, Published under Cement News

Alumtek Minerals (AM) has recently completed research and development on bauxite residue waste, commonly known as ‘red mud’. Most notably, AM has developed a supplementary cementitious material (SCM) meeting the stringent Australian Standard AS3582.4. The company is now actively seeking joint venture partners to propel this innovative solution to the next level, demonstrating its commitment to...

TPI Polene Power targets 100% renewable fuel use by 2026

21 March 2024, Published under Cement News

Thailand’s largest waste-to-energy (WTE) project developer and operator TPI Polene Power (TPIPP) aims to cut coal usage as it strives for 100 per cent renewable fuel use by 2026. According to Pakkapol Leopairut, the company’s executive vice-president for accounting and finance, the company will reduce its coal usage by 63.3 per cent YoY from 872,000t this year to 320,000t of coal in 2024. ...

Holcim delivers electric block train vehicles to logistic partners

18 March 2024, Published under Cement News

Early March saw the ceremonial handover of the first all-electric block train in the fresh Holcim branding to the producer’s logistics partner Bernhard Gehle Baustoffe GmbH. Because Gehle has concluded a corresponding electricity contract, the vehicle is mainly charged with green electricity. In addition to a lively exchange between the dispatcher, drivers and suppliers, the focus was ...

PyroGenesis signs contract for plasma torch project

18 March 2024, Published under Cement News

Canada-based PyroGenesis, a specialist in advanced plasma processes, has signed a contract with a US structural materials company to design and build a system tailored for laboratory-scale cement production applications. The system will include a plasma torch, a refractory furnace, and the required gas, power, and cooling components and peripherals. The system was contracted to provide the cl...

CEMEX to use solar power for Caracolito plant

15 March 2024, Published under Cement News

CEMEX Colombia will source 42,865MWh of electricity per year for its Caracolita plant in Colima from Celsia's new 19.9MWac solar farm in Ibague upon commissioning of the new solar farm. The alternative power source will replace 25 per cent of the cement plant's electricity. "[S]upplying our main cement plant in Colombia with solar energy will be a decisive step in our strategy to take advant...

Heidelberg Materials investigates ammonia as hydrogen carrier

15 March 2024, Published under Cement News

Heidelberg Materials UK is working with Cranfield University to explore the use of ammonia as a hydrogen carrier, which is then ‘cracked’ to create hydrogen fuel for use in cement plants. Ammonia is already in widespread use so there are existing infrastructures and protocols in place to ensure it is stored and transported safely, which poses one the key challenges for hydrogen adoption. Thi...