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Loesche releases its second sustainability report

15 December 2023, Published under Cement News

Grinding, automation and combustion specialist, Loesche has released its second sustainability report, detailing the company's strides towards environmental, social, and governance (ESG) excellence throughout 2022. This report not only highlights Loesche's internal sustainability strategies but also underscores the pivotal role of its innovative products and services in aiding customers' sustainability endeavours. At the core of Loesche's ethos lies a steadfast dedication to enhancing proce...

Holcim's CCUS project scoops COP28 awards

14 December 2023, Published under Cement News

Holcim has received two awards at COP28 in Dubai for its Carbon2Business project in Lägerdorf, Germany, in recognition of the scalability and breakthrough innovation of its carbon capture technologies. The first saw Holcim named by the COP28 Presidency as an 'Energy Transition Changemaker' - a title awarded to companies with game-changing innovative solutions that can be scaled to accelerate decarbonisation. For the second, Carbon2Business was selected as Germany’s 'outstanding project' in...

thyssenkrupp Polysius and Schwenk collaborate on meca-clay development

12 December 2023, Published under Cement News

thyssenkrupp Polysius and Schwenk Zement have jointly developed a new process and technology that enables the activation of any type of clay without thermal energy and fossil fuels. The two companies recently presented meca-clay in Brussels, Belgium.   The newly-developed meca-clay process enables the activation of all types of clay using only electrical energy, without the use of fossil fuels. With meca-clay, the potential of mechano-chemistry – that aims at making green chemistry bey...

Carbon2Business project wins two awards at COP28

11 December 2023, Published under Cement News

Holcim has received two awards at COP28 in Dubai, UAE, for its “Carbon2Business” project in Lägerdorf, Germany, in recognition of the scalability and breakthrough innovation of its carbon capture technologies.  The first award saw Holcim named by the COP28 Presidency as an "Energy Transition Changemaker", a title awarded to companies with game-changing innovative solutions that can be scaled to accelerate decarbonisation. For the second award, the Carbon2Business was selected as Germany’s “...

Catch4climate project completes construction of 60m preheater tower

08 December 2023, Published under Cement News

Scherr+Klimke AG build 60m Catch4climate preheater tower in Germany A new milestone for the pilot project "Catch4climate" has been achieved with the completion of the 60m-high preheater tower. A demonstration plant is currently being built on the site of Schwenk Zement' s  Mergelstetten cement plant in southern Germany, which will use the thyssenkrupp polysius ® pure Oxyfuel process for CO₂ capture and is scheduled to go into operation at the end of 2024. The polysius ® pu...

Loesche GmbH acquires hydraulic company

27 November 2023, Published under Cement News

Loesche GmbH has successfully acquired the valuable know-how of the renowned company RuhfusSystemhydraulik. In the past, Ruhfus was a reliable supplier of high-quality hydraulic solutions and a valued, long-standing business partner of Loesche. Ruhfus Systemhydraulik, a developer of hydraulic systems and components, was forced to file for insolvency due to economic challenges. Loesche regrets the insolvency of Ruhfus Systemhydraulik but at the same time sees the opportunity to retain and fu...

Can Germany's construction sector avoid collapse?

17 November 2023, Published under Cement News

This week the Financial Times cited that the growing collapse in the German housebuilding sector could spread through the wider economy. Germany's construction sector has plummeted since January 2023, dropping 47 per cent for newbuilds compared with the average in the last two years, despite Chancellor Olaf Scholz's annual build target of 400,000 flats. A 14-point action plan by the federal government may not be enough to stimulate the construction sector quickly enough to prevent the IMF fr...

Northern Region Cement awards EPC contract for new line

07 November 2023, Published under Cement News

KHD Humboldt Wedag and AVIC have been awarded a major EPC contract for engineering, equipment supply, construction, commissioning and site services for a new 3500tpd production line for Northern Region Cement Co , Saudi Arabia. The plant will be located in Iraq and marks a total investment of around US$139m.  KHD Humboldt Wedag will design and deliver the plant with the latest sustainability-driven technologies, while AVIC, KHD’s parent company, will complete the EPC project in a record ...

Heidelberg Materials named as Summit mystery bidder

24 October 2023, Published under Cement News

Just weeks after it was reported that Summit Materials had entered into an agreement to merge with the US operations of Cementos Argos , Heidelberg Materials is allegedly lining itself up to acquire Summit Materials. According to Bloomberg, Summit Materials has rejected two takeover bids from an “unnamed party” in recent weeks, which has since been revealed as Germany-based Heidelberg Materials. With Argos USA home to four integrated cement plants, around 140 ready-mixed concrete p...

Heidelberg Materials raises full-year outlook

23 October 2023, Published under Cement News

In the course of preparing its quarterly statement for the first nine months of 2023, Heidelberg Materials has announced preliminary 3Q23 results above current capital market expectations. Capital market expectations are based on the average values of the latest estimates of financial analysts, compiled by Vara Research on 18 October 2023. Preliminary financial figures from the cement producer’s quarterly statement for January to September 2023 show: Preliminary revenue amounts to EU...