Cement News tagged: Environmental

CEMEX Europe makes strong progress with EPD certificate roll-out

30 November 2023, Published under Cement News

Global building materials supplier CEMEX is proud to announce that it will soon have obtained Type III Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) certificates for the cements it produces across its European network of cement plants. CEMEX ’s Future in Action climate action strategy is backed with science-based targets, aligned to the 1.5˚C scenario, and using EPD certificates is an efficient an...

Fecto Cement Ltd is in discussion to install solar plant

28 November 2023, Published under Cement News

According to AHL Research, Fecto Cement Ltd (FECTC) management held a corporate briefing session on 24 November to discuss the FY22-23 and 1QFY23-24 financial results and future outlook. The management is in discussion of installing additional solar plants to become cost-efficient. In FY22-23 The company generated about 42 per cent of its power through captive plants, and the rest was taken ...

Building emissions can be reduced 70% by digital technology

24 November 2023, Published under Cement News

Retrofitting 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 t...

Cementos Molins signs sustainability-linked loan

16 November 2023, Published under Cement News

Cementos Molins of Spain has signed a second novation of its sustainable syndicated financing, which was originally formalised in 2019 with a first novation completed in 2021. This second continues to be classified as a "sustainability-linked loan" and extends the maturity by another two years until December 2028, maintaining the amount to EUR300m divided between a term loan of EUR75m and a ...

JK Lakshmi Cement prepares for calcined clay cement production

JK Lakshmi Cement prepares for calcined clay cement production

16 November 2023, Published under Cement News

JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd  is poised to become the first cement company in India and across Asia to start commercial production of Portland calcined clay limestone Cement (IS 18189:2023) or LC3. This is a milestone achievement since most of the cement will be supplied to Noida International Airport (NIA). This will reduce the carbon footprint of the airport project which is in collaboration with ...

Materials scientists call for wider adoption of low-carbon cement

15 November 2023, Published under Cement News

Convening at a symposium in Paris hosted by Ecocem , Europe’s leading low-carbon cement technology business, scientists shared latest research papers on low-carbon cement technologies, and focussed on ideas and materials which can accelerate decarbonisation of the sector. The meeting called for the cement and construction sectors to urgently adopt low-carbon cement technologies to radically r...

CEMEX Poland agrees renewable energy contract with Statkraft

CEMEX Poland agrees renewable energy contract with Statkraft

15 November 2023, Published under Cement News

CEMEX Poland has entered into a long-term contract with Statkraft for the supply of green electricity from renewable sources, which is confirmed and secured by the purchase of a Guarantees of Origin (GOs). The contract is based on the Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA) formula and covers energy supplies over a period of eight years starting 1 January 2025. The signed contract is expec...

LETA provides US$3.8m funding for PACER technology

10 November 2023, Published under Cement News

Low Emission Technology Australia (LETA), an investor in technologies critical to reducing carbon emissions from industry, has committed AUD6m (US$3.8m) to support a new carbon capture solution for clinker production. In a statement, LETA announced a partnership with Australian developer KC8 Technologies for the PACER (Potassium Carbonate Absorption for Clinker Emissions Reduction) initiati...

US General Services Administration to spend US$2bn on low-carbon building materials

09 November 2023, Published under Cement News

The US General Services Administration (GSA) plans to spend US$2bn from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to purchase cement and other building materials with substantially lower embodied carbon emissions, according to the Sierra Club. The building materials will be used to build and retrofit hundreds of government facilities in 150 projects across 39 states, Washington DC and Puerto Rico. T...

PCA urges EPA to revisit air quality proposal

07 November 2023, Published under Cement News

The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has urged the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reconsider enforcing a proposed lower, fine particulate matter (PM) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). Under the NAAQS programme, the proposed rule would lower the primary (health-based) annual fine particulate matter (PM2.5) standard from the current level of 12µg/m 3 to within a range...

TPI Polene Plc achieves 5-star corporate governance rating

07 November 2023, Published under Cement News

Both TPI Polene Plc (TPIPL) and TPI Polene Power Plc (TPIPP) have achieved the five-star “Excellent” rating of its Corporate Governance Practices for the year 2023 as assessed by both the Institute of Directors (IOD) and the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and as published in their “Report of Thai Listed Companies for the Year 2023” (CGR 2023). This marks the first time that both TPIPL and ...

ClimeCo leads development of low-carbon cement protocol

03 November 2023, Published under Cement News

ClimeCo, a leading global sustainability company, recently leveraged its industrial and methodology expertise to lead the development of Climate Action Reserve’s (CAR) new US Low Carbon Cement Protocol. The protocol establishes a first-of-its-kind pathway to generate voluntary carbon credits from the production of novel and under-utilised alternative cementitious materials (ACMs) and suppleme...

Holcim signs power agreement with Berde Renewables

31 October 2023, Published under Cement News

Holcim Philippines has signed a power purchase agreement with Berde Renewables, a distributed energy platform of I Squared Capital. Holcim will use solar rooftop projects on its Bulacan and La Union plants with a combined capacity of 5.5MWp and an annual generation of approximately 7.8GWh. Holcim Philippines president and CEO, Horia Adrian, said the project is a significant decarbonis...

Sublime Systems receives 90% CO2 reduction validation

30 October 2023, Published under Cement News

Sublime Systems has announced a screening life cycle assessment (LCA) validating that its ordinary Portland cement (OPC) replacement process can eliminate more than 90 per cent of the global warming potential of cement manufacturing. Climate Earth, the leading provider of environmental product declarations (EPDs) for the concrete industry, conducted this LCA according to a widely-accepted...

WCA director calls for industry to decarbonise now

27 October 2023, Published under Cement News

The World Cement Association’s (WCA) Director, Ali Emir Adiguzel, addressed a gathering of distinguished industry leaders on Tuesday at the WCA's 6 th Annual Conference, taking place in Dubai on 24-25 October. During his speech, he highlighted the current state of the global cement industry, emphasising the challenges it faces. Mr Adiguzel underlined that the industry is grappling with a sign...

Alternative fuel plant achieves 75,000t of valorised waste in first-year

24 October 2023, Published under Cement News

Cementos Molins celebrates the first year of operation of its alternative raw materials plant, located within its facilities in Barcelona, Spain, with a significant milestone. The company has announced that the plant has successfully valorised more than 75,000t of non-hazardous construction and demolition waste, as well as other non-hazardous industrial waste, in its first anniversary. Cem...