International Cement Review articles tagged under : Environment
Decarbonising construction with calcined clay
One of the ways Holcim is decarbonising construction is by increasing the use of calcined clays to further develop the company’s ECOPlanet low-carbon cements and enable large-scale low-carbon construction. The first ECOPlanet calcined clay cement was launched in La Malle, France, in 2021, with multiple additional product launches planned in 2024. By Amith Kalathingal and Rémi Barbarulo, Holci...
From bio-waste to green hydrogen
The cement industry, a major contributor to global carbon emissions, is under significant pressure to adopt more sustainable practices. WtEnergy Advanced Solutions is addressing this challenge through the HYIELD pro...
Building the CO2 infrastructure for Germany’s cement sector
The decarbonisation of the cement and lime industries requires the construction of infrastructure to enable the transport of the captured CO 2 to its storage or utilisation sites. In a new study, VDZ analyses the s...
Meeting the low-cost NOx reduction challenge
In anticipation of stricter future emissions regulations, Taiheiyo Engineering Corp has been developing various cement kiln NO x reduction technologies. The most recent breakthrough combines the company’s new NO x ...
Factory in the forest
At its 5Mta Hualien plant in Taiwan, Asia Cement showcases its new circular economy solutions as well as its biodiversity restoration programme. The company’s drive for sustainable operations ranges from finding saf...
Indonesia: strengthening its green agenda
As the Indonesian cement market returns to growth, driven by an expanding economy, the country’s cement industry is developing its plants to become more sustainable. By ICR Research, UK Indonesia’s industry le...
Driving sustainability across North America
A multi-faceted commitment to reduce environmental impact, optimise resources and meet rising demand has resulted in some creative and operationally impressive projects across Heidelberg Materials’ US and Canada por...
Biomass: fuel of the future
The use of biomass is a significant step forward in the decarbonisation of the cement industry. The last decade has seen the introduction of a range of biomasses in the kilns of Cementos Argos, which sees it as a fu...
Emissions and impacts of waste at disposal sites
With population increase comes greater waste generation. This results in a series of environmental, climate and health impacts at disposal sites, such as leachate and gas emissions. The study presented below describ...
Cementing your lead: cement industry in net-zero transition
To reach net-zero emissions by 2050, cement producers will have to invest heavily, but innovative technologies could provide at least a partial solution. By Fabian Apel, Johanna Hoyt, Francisco Marques, Sebastian Rei...
Business models for utilisation of non-recyclable plastics in the Indian cement industry
Co-processing of plastic and other municipal solid wastes provides a safe and cost-effective way of dealing with waste in India and supports the country’s drive to adopt a circular economy approach. By Dr Gaurav Bha...
Heidelberg Materials’ journey to net-zero
Heidelberg Materials is investing in multiple projects to achieve its ambitious target of reducing its CO 2 emissions by 47 per cent by 2030. From its first carbon capture and storage (CCUS) project at the Brevik pl...
The quest for carbon neutrality
The cement industry will only be able to achieve its aspirations to reduce carbon emissions and address climate change by executing several strategies simultaneously. Resha Watkins, president, aggregates and sustaina...
Protecting natural water resources in the cement sector
At the Santa Rosa cement plant in Colombia, CEMEX has adopted a sustainable approach to its production process. Instead of relying on water from the Teusacá River, the plant utilises rainwater and surface run-off, em...
Votorantim Cimentos’ green credentials
As part of Votorantim Cimentos’ decarbonisation strategy, the company has become a pioneer in the promotion of Brazil’s first Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for cement and concrete products. The EPDs provi...
Unlocking opportunities
Thailand’s dumpsites contain close to 190Mt of low-quality plastic waste, comprising mainly degraded and aged materials that pose challenges in terms of economically viable recycling methods. SINTEF looks at the pote...