Cement News tagged under: decarbonisation
Carbon Re launches decarbonisation white paper05 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsCarbon Re has launched its white paper - ‘Levers of Change’ - to serve as a compass for navigating the regulatory and commercial factors steering decarbonisation efforts in cement production. According to the company, the white paper provides information for stakeholders to assess the landscape and identify actionable strategies within their specific contexts. At the heart of the paper is an exploration of six crucial decarbonisation levers relevant to the cement industry: standards... |
Bamburi Cement builds two solar power plants04 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsBamburi Cement is building two solar photovoltaic power plants, which will provide up to 30 per cent of the cement producer’s total power requirement. According to Market Screener, this marks the largest commercial solar project ever initiated by a cement company in Kenya. The project with MOMNAI Energy Ltd, an independent power producer, will include two plants with capacities of 14.5MW and 5MW, located in Bamburi’s Mombasa and Athi River sites, respectively. Mohair Kapoor, CEO, B... |
Holcim joins Circularity Task Force at COP2804 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsHolcim has become a founding member of the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s (SMI) Circularity Task Force, launched at COP28 in Dubai, to accelerate the world’s shift to a circular economy. The task force aims to close essential material loops to advance climate action, while preserving nature’s resources and planetary boundaries. This commitment adds to Holcim’s leadership in circular construction, a driver of its decarbonisation journey, which includes the goal of recycling more than... |
Betolar to speak on sustainable alternatives to cement at COP2801 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsAt COP28 UAE, Finnish sustainable materials technology company Betolar is tackling one of the largest sustainability issues of our time: how to reduce climate impacts of the construction industry and decarbonise the sector by replacing concrete with sustainable alternatives to one of the world's largest sources of carbon emissions, cement. Betolar is disrupting the concrete sector with scalable, circular alternatives to cement, used in applications such as the world’s lowest-emission hollo... |
Heidelberg Materials launches its evoZero brand30 November 2023, Published under Cement NewsUnder its new evoZero brand, Heidelberg Materials is introducing the world’s first carbon captured net-zero cement to customers in Europe. evoZero achieves its net-zero footprint through the application of carbon capture and storage technology at the Heidelberg Materials plant in Brevik , Norway, without compensation from credits generated outside the company’s value chain. “The launch of our unique evoZero products is a paradigm shift in the decarbonisation of our sector,” says Dr Domin... |
Taiwan Cement expands its European footprint29 November 2023, Published under Cement NewsTurkey's Army Pension Fund, OYAK , has reached a preliminary agreement to sell its stakes in two cement companies to Taiwan Cement Corp for a total of about EUR673m. OYAK is selling a 20 per cent stake in Oyak Denizli Cement of Turkey to Taiwan Cement, valuing the company at EUR1.3bn (US$1.42bn). Taiwan Cement estimates it will pay EUR193.4m for the stake, increasing its ownership to 60 per cent, a filing from the Taiwanese company confirmed. Taiwan Cement had purchased a 40 per cent s... |
First Graphene successfully completes Phase 2 Trial at Breedon Cement29 November 2023, Published under Cement NewsFirst Graphene has successfully completed the second phase of graphene-enhanced cement trials in collaboration with Breedon Cement Ltd at the cement producer’s Hope Cement Works. The Phase Two trials used 4t of grinding aid containing PureGRAPH ® to produce an additional 600t of graphene-enhanced cement at the production scale. The focus was on the optimisation of dosing methods at an increased graphene loading level, with the resulting formulation change in the grinding aid. The stage bu... |
CO2NTESSA’s net-zero vision27 November 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe CO 2 NTESSA project will implement an innovative carbon capture (CC) technology at NEXE’s cement plant in Našice, Croatia. The existing plant will be modified based on the polysius® pure oxyfuel process, enabling it to capture more than 700,000tpa of CO 2 and a store it onshore in the Bockovci-1 saline aquifer. By NEXE Group, Croatia. The co2ntessa project will see the implementation of oxyfuel-based carbon capture at NEXE’s cement plant in Našice, Croatia (© NEXE) NEXE ... |
Aalborg Portland's CCUS plant to get Royal inauguration24 November 2023, Published under Cement NewsAalborg Portland (Cementir Group) is preparing to welcome His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Denmark on 27 November for the official inauguration of its new CO 2 capture plant, an EU-supported collaboration called ConsenCUS. The project will test new technology for carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) that aims to reduce the energy consumption and ensure a better utilisation of the collected CO 2 . The new CCUS plant, which will initially have the capacity to capture up t... |
Building emissions can be reduced 70% by digital technology24 November 2023, Published under Cement NewsRetrofitting buildings using a digital-first approach is the best pathway to decarbonisation, according to new research from Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation. Buildings represent an estimated 37 per cent of global carbon emissions and as about half of today’s buildings are still likely to be in use in 2050, experts claim that the sector must urgently reduce operational carbon emissions, by making buildings more energy efficie... |