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FLSmidth to complete ThyssenKrupp Mining acquisition in August

12 August 2022, Published under Cement News

FLSmidth has announced that all conditions and requirements for the acquisition of thyssenkrupp’s Mining business (TK Mining) have been met. In accordance with the sale and purchase agreement, final closing of the transaction will take place on 31 August 2022. All regulatory clearances have been obtained without imposition of any competition related remedies. The combination of FLSmidth and TK Mining will create a leading global mining technology and service provider with operations fro...

Cementir's revenue totals EUR805m in the 1H22

28 July 2022, Published under Cement News

Cementir's  revenues from sales and services reached EUR805.2m (US$821.7m), an increase of 21.2 per cent compared to EUR664.5m in the 1H21. The increase in revenue is mainly due to price increases reflecting higher costs of fuel, electricity, raw materials, transport and services. EBITDA reached EUR154.7m, up 15.9 per cent from EUR133.5m in the 1H21.  During the first six months of 2022, Cementir’s cement and clinker sales volumes amounted to 5.4Mt, dropping by 0.8 per cent compared to t...

Aalborg Portland plans to reduce CO2 emissions by DKK1.6Mt in 2030

17 June 2022, Published under Cement News

Aalborg Portland ( Cementir group ) claims it has significantly increased its climate ambitions with a new roadmap that sets a ceiling on emissions in 2030. The new plan will ensure CO 2  reductions of 1.6Mt in 2030. The new target is a total emission of no more than 600,000t by 2030, which means that almost 1.6Mt of CO 2  emissions must be cut. Aalborg Portland's new climate plan builds on the agreement that the cement producer entered into with the government in 2020 o...

Cementir's 1Q22 regional results boosted by domestic cement sales

09 May 2022, Published under Cement News

In the1Q22 Cementir’s regional revenues were boosted by Danish sales that reached EUR109m, up 17.7 per cent compared to EUR92.6m in the 1Q21, thanks to sustained demand in all business activities and the increase of sales prices, said Cementir. Cement volumes on the domestic market, both grey and white, increased by around 20 per cent due to growth in all the main market segments, due to favourable weather conditions and the start of new infrastructure projects. Exports of white cement,...

FLSmidth sees strong 1Q22 revenue growth

05 May 2022, Published under Cement News

FLSmidth has reported strong revenue growth in the first quarter of 2022, driven by a high order backlog. Organic group revenue advanced by 23 per cent YoY over the three-month period. Including currency effects, revenue was up 27 per cent to DKK4706m (US$669.65m), primarily due to a 56 per cent increase in capital revenue. Group EBITA improved by 59 per cent to DKK302m, while the group EBITA margin increased from 5.1 to 6.4 per cent.    According to the company, much of the revenue growth ...

FLSmidth forms ECOClay partnership to fully electrify clay calcination

27 April 2022, Published under Cement News

To further decarbonise the cement industry, FLSmidth and a series of leading industry experts have formed a new partnership called ECoClay TM . To reduce CO 2 emissions from cement production by up to 50 per cent, the ECoClay partners will develop and commercialise the technology needed to replace fossil fuels in the calcination of clay by fully electrifying the process.  Current clay calcination processes have gained momentum in recent years – especially with FLSmidth’s flash calciner sys...

FLSmidth and AVEVA sign global digital solutions and service partnership agreement

08 April 2022, Published under Cement News

FLSmidth and AVEVA have signed a global partnership to deliver cutting-edge digitally enabled solutions and services to the mining industry. The agreement will accelerate the digitalisation of mining operations and allow miners to benefit from improved performance and productivity globally. With the new partnership, FLSmidth will work with AVEVA, using AVEVA's technology to securely integrate and provide various digitally enabled services to customers. AVEVA PI System will serve as the...

Mannok Cement hosts research team from Denmark

28 March 2022, Published under Cement News

Mannok Cement has hosted a team of six senior student researchers from the Technical University of Denmark. The students are part of a project, which also includes FLSmidth and Rockwool, to make cement production more sustainable by reducing the use of fossil fuels as well as CO 2 and NO x emissions at the cement plant. Led by FLSmidth’s research and development specialist and project manager, Lars Skaarup Jensen, the students collected data and analysed their newly-developed technolog...

FLSmidth receives further clearance for acquisition of thyssenkrupp mining business

23 March 2022, Published under Cement News

FLSmidth has now received regulatory clearances from the Australian, South African, Peruvian and Chilean authorities for its acquisition of thyssenkrupp's mining business. This is in addition to approvals already received from Canada and Morocco amongst others. All clearances to data have been without imposition of any competition related remedies, says the Denmark-based company in a statement. FLSmidth Group CEO Mikko Keto commented: “Receiving regulatory clearances in such important min...

FLO2R is strengthening its product focus for the cement industry

23 March 2022, Published under Cement News

Kim Koldsø has joined the FLO2R team. Mr Koldsø brings on more than 20 years of specialised gas analysis product and process knowledge and hands-on experience from the cement industry, and therefore is the perfect addition to its organisation and pursuit of better gas analysis solutions, according to the company. FLO2R is deeply engaged in developing new and more powerful process gas analysis solutions to the cement industry. Solutions which will make the cement industry capable of ha...