Cement News tagged: Environmental
Votorantim Cimentos reports decarbonisation progress
Votorantim Cimentos ended 2022 with positive results in its decarbonisation journey. Globally, the company emitted 579kg of CO 2 /t of cement produced, a three per cent reduction compared to 2021. Between 1990 and 2022, Votorantim Cimentos reduced its CO 2 emissions per tonne of cement produced by 24 per cent. In 2022 Votorantim Cimentos’ thermal substitution rate through co-processing ...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Osaka Gas sign CCUS value chain feasibility study
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) and Osaka Gas Co Ltd have signed an agreement for a feasibility study on a project to develop a CO 2 value chain for carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), including transporting CO 2 captured in Japan to overseas, utilising it to produce e-methane, a synthetic gas produced through methanation, and storing it underground. The proj...
Dalmia Cement to burn 5000t of baled plastics in Ariyalur kilns
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) will be using 5000t of baled plastics to fire its cement kilns in Ariyalur following a memorandum of understanding with Greater Chennai Corp (GCC). The priority of the corporation is reducing the amount of plastics dumped as legacy waste in Kodungaiyur and Perungudi, according to Commissioner Gagandeep Singh Bedi and Chief Engineer of Solid Waste Management, N Mahesan...
Hanson UK wins planning permission for new Padeswood SRF facility
Flintshire Council's planning committee has granted permission for a new solid revered fuel (SRF) facility at Heidelberg Material 's subsidary Hanson UK ’s Padeswood cement site, which represents a GBP4m (US$4.95m/EUR4.55m) investment and will safeguard 177 jobs. The development will be in an area currently used to park trailers, with an internal access road, and an electricity subst...
Canacem-Mexico-FICEM 2030 roadmap launched
At FICEM Hoja de Ruta 2023, the Canacem-Mexico-FICEM 2030 roadmap “Towards a Low Carbon Economy” was launched by Mexico's national cement chamber, CANACEM, in collaboration with FICEM. The roadmap outlines Mexico's cement industry commitments to climate change mitigation and is aligned with the UN's 2030 Agenda to maintain global warming below 2˚C compared to pre-industrial levels. S...
First FLSmidth FUELFLEX® Pyrolyzer installed at Mannok
FLSmidth has celebrated the installation of its FUELFLEX ® Pyrolyzer at Mannok Cement , Ireland. The world’s first FUELFLEX ® Pyrolyzer has been successfully been in operation at the Mannok plant since July 2022. Mannok now controls NO x emissions without needing to use ammonia water and increase alternative fuels utilisation, thus putting the plant firmly on the path to achieve...
Hanson UK enters CCS due diligence and negotiation phase
Hanson UK ( Heidelberg Materials ) has progressed to the due diligence and negotiation phase in its bid to install carbon capture technology at its Padeswood cement works in Flintshire through the UK Government's Phase-2 cluster sequencing programme. The announcement represents another important step forward for the construction sector in its ambition to reach net zero. If funding...
Carbon4Minerals targets CCS and carbon-negative materials
The Carbon4Minerals project consortium, composed of 14 partners from seven European countries, is a collaborative effort to develop innovative technologies for CO₂ capture and use in the production of carbon-negative minerals for high-value construction products, with the potential to reduce CO₂ emissions by 80-135 per cent compared to cement-based reference materials. The core concept ...
Lafarge Canada installs EV chargers as part of net zero goals
Lafarge Canada has installed two electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at its Innovation Hub at Winterburn, as part of the company's sustainability goal to reduce indirect carbon emissions from sources. Following the installation of EV chargers at the Kent Avenue ready-mix site in Vancouver, Lafarge's Innovation Hub in northern Alberta's prairie region is Lafarge’s first location in the...
JK Lakshmi Cement joins RE100 and EP100 climate initiatives
In a major move to make its production process carbon-free and contribute to creating a sustainable future, JK Lakshmi Cement has joined RE100, a global corporate renewable energy initiative to ensure meeting 100 per cent electricity demand through renewable sources. The company has committed to meeting this target by 2040. With this step, the company has become the fourth cement firm globa...
CEMEX trials truck discharge equipment
CEMEX UK is trialling an industry-first discharge system for cement, which can be fully powered by electricity to substantially reduce fuel use and subsequent emissions. The idea for this new discharge equipment came from Nigel Ponton, national fleet engineer for the UK business. He worked with supplier Gardner Denver to create the system, which is mounted onto the tractor unit and simply re...
Carbonaide raises EUR1.8m to make manufacturing concrete carbon negative
Carbonaide, a spin-out company from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland that enables the manufacture of carbon-negative concrete, has raised EUR1.8m in seed funding led by Lakan Betoni and Vantaa Energy. Carbonaide is building the world's first industrial pilot production line at its factory in Finland that can make carbon-negative concrete using industrial side streams and carbon cap...
DG Khan Cement completes solar power plant in Punjab
Khalid Chohan, company secretary of DG Khan Cement Co Ltd ( Nishat Group ), informed the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on 27 March 2023 that the company has completed the construction and installation of an on-grid solar power plant of 6.952MW at its site in Khairpur , Chakwal district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The plant has a capacity of 2.11Mt and uses mixed power generation...
Salonit Anhovo expands solar power plant
Slovenia-based cement producer, Salonit Anhovo , is expanding its rooftop solar power plant by 1.5MW. The installation on the roof of the company’s cement plant near Anhovo is already the largest of its kind in Slovenia at 2.2MW. Ljubljana-based Interenergo, a subsidiary of Austrian energy company Kelag, has been awarded the contract for the expansion. According to Balkan Green Energy Ne...
CEMBUREAU supports EU's Net Zero Industry Act
The EU cement industry has an ambitious decarbonisation agenda, which requires the deployment of breakthrough decarbonisation technologies and zero-carbon energy as soon as possible. Therefore, CEMBUREAU supports the Net Zero Industry Act as a significant opportunity to scale up investments in carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) and other clean technologies. In particular, the...
Solidia Technologies to expand SCM capacity
Solidia Technologies, a leading provider of decarbonisation technologies and sustainable solutions to the construction and building materials industries, is expanding production capacity of its proprietary Supplementary Cementitious Material (SCM), a key component used in concrete, at its headquarters in San Antonio, Texas. Solidia’s high-performing, engineered SCM product improves the dur...