Cement News tagged: Environmental
CalPortland Senior Environmental Affairs Director appointed to California Desert Advisory Council
CalPortland has announced that Desirea Haggard, senior director of environmental affairs, has been appointed to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) California Desert District Advisory Council for a three-year term. Ms Haggard will represent the energy and mineral development interests. The California Desert District Advisory Council provides advice to the BLM’s California Desert Distric...
GEA participates in successful carbon capture trials at Phoenix Zementwerke
Düsseldorf-based technology group GEA has announced its carbon capture portfolio for the cement sector and other high-emission industries, aimed at making decarbonisation both efficient and cost-effective. The company also said its solutions have shown remarkable results in practical trials conducted at the Phoenix Zementwerke pilot plant in Beckum , Germany, reducing CO 2 emissions in ...
Holcim invests in digital construction tech company
Holcim invests in Nanolike, an innovative company bringing new logistics solutions to the building industry. Nanolike’s pioneering technology optimises the way building materials are stored, distributed and delivered, enhancing service quality, delivery efficiency and environmental responsibility. The investment builds on Holcim’s commitment to build better with less through innovative digit...
Heidelberg Materials partners UNTHA in Zuari Cement project
Heidelberg Materials has revealed a new single-step alternative fuel production line in India, with the help of UNTHA shredding technology. The system has been installed at the Yerraguntla cement plant in Andhra Pradesh, owned and operated by Zuari Cement (Heidelberg Materials Group). This well-known Indian firm has a cement manufacturing capacity of 7.1Mta. Handling both pre-sorted and...
CEMEX joins UN Forward Faster initiative
CEMEX has reaffirmed its commitment to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through a series of collaborative efforts that seek to accelerate progress and inspire others in the private sector. Among these efforts are CEMEX’s participation in the UN’s Forward Faster initiative. Launched in September 2023 during the UN General Assembly week, the Forward Faster initiative aims to br...
Lafarge Canada bets on ITCs to boost clean energy investments
Lafarge Canada ( Holcim Group) is among the companies counting on investment tax credits (ITCs) for its plant in Exshaw, Alberta, Canada, where it has a plan to capture 1Mta of carbon emissions. "Having ITCs in place in Canada... will certainly help the project's business case and in ensuring investment in decarbonisation occurs in Canada," the company's two heads of sustainability s...
Lafarge Greece uses Artevia® for Smart Park landscape
The discount Smart Park in the Spata region of Attica is the first hybrid discount park in Greece with a total surface area of 9.1 acres, of which three have been landscaped into green areas. The industrial aesthetics and the innovative design of the space were highlighted with the architectural Artevia ® Desactive concrete, which covered more than 10,000m 2 . “The Artevia ® architectur...
CRH gains AAA rating for ESG performance
CRH has received an ‘AAA’ rating from MSCI Inc, a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community, for its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. MSCI evaluates how companies manage their ESG risks and opportunities relative to peers, and CRH has been recognised as an industry leader. According to CRH, it has achieved...
Sublime Systems achieves ASTM C1157 performance designation
Sublime Systems™ receives ASTM C1157 performance designation for Its ultra-low carbon cement, clearing the Path to commercialising fossil-fuel-free cement at scale. This industry standard specifies performance requirements across parameters including strength development, durability, and low shrinkage and cracking, and is being increasingly adopted as the industry moves towards performance...
Carbon Upcycling secures US$26m funding to assist scaling up
Carbon Upcycling, a leader in circular decarbonisation solutions for hard-to-abate sectors, has just closed a US$26m Series A round, co-led by BDC Capital’s Climate Tech Fund and Climate Investment. The Calgary-based decarbonisation company is part of a growing Canadian cohort of innovators bringing technology to scale to reduce the high greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint of cement and concrete. ...
TITAN expands investment in Rondo Energy
TITAN has expanded its existing investment in Rondo Energy, a US-based pioneer in zero-carbon industrial heat solutions. In collaboration with other global leaders, TITAN's contribution has empowered Rondo Energy to secure an impressive US$60m in funding. This infusion of capital is primed to speed up the rollout of Rondo Heat Batteries worldwide and transform the global energy storage marke...
Saipem launches its first industrialised product for carbon capture
Saipem has launched Bluenzyme™, an innovative pre-engineered line of CO 2 capture solutions based on the proprietary enzymatic technology “CO 2 Solutions by Saipem”, with the release of the first industrialised product, Bluenzyme™ 200, a ready-to-use package aimed at small and medium emitters, which has a nominal capture capacity of 200tpd of CO 2 . The “CO 2 Solutions by SAIPEM” techno...
CEMEX receives first Putzmeister iONTRON ready-mix trucks
CEMEX will start delivering ready-mixed concrete to German construction sites with zero exhaust emissions during the start of September 2023. CEMEX has received two all-electric iONTRON mixer trucks at the site of construction equipment manufacturer Putzmeister in Wandlitz, Brandenburg, in Germany. The two vehicles are the first from the manufacturer Putzmeister to be delivered to CEME...
US DOE awards C-Crete Technologies US$950,000 for green concrete funding
The US Department of Energy has awarded C-Crete Technologies US$950,000 to expand the types of materials it can use to make its revolutionary cement-free concrete. The use of locally-available feedstocks will eliminate the need for long-distance shipping, allowing the company to further decrease CO 2 emissions associated with its already exceptionally eco-friendly concrete. The DOE fundin...
C-Capture visited by UK Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
C-Capture, UK developers of innovative, next generation carbon capture technology, welcomed a visit from the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer to their headquarters in Leeds on 8 September. Rachel Reeves MP visited the cleantech company to explore the pivotal role C-Capture’s solvent-based technology can play in mitigating climate change. C-Capture’s proprietary solvent-based technology ...
CIMAF constructing calcined clay plant in Burkina Faso
CIMAF , part of the Omnium des Industries et de la Promotion (OIP) group, is constructing a calcined clay quarry 60km northwest of the existing CIMAF Bobo Dioulasso grinding plant and installation of an additional calcined clay processing line. In 2021 the group began development of a new Corporate Sustainability Framework which includes a group decarbonisation programme with the ai...