Cement News tagged: Environmental
Geocycle helps Cement Australia to maximise alternative fuel recovery
During 2023 Geocycle, in partnership with Cement Australia, managed to process approximately 60,000t of solid, liquid and gaseous industrial wastes. This resource was used safely and compliantly through the cement kilns located in Railton (Tasmania) and Gladstone (Queensland). The cement producer used approximately 25,036kl of industrial waste that would otherwise have gone to landfill a...
Universities research rice husk ash as cement alternative
Researchers from ten universities across the globe are exploring the feasibility of using rice husk ash (RHA) in place of cement for manufacturing activities. The participating researchers have found the RHA has a high silica content. Therefore, when RHA is used to produce concrete, it triggers a chemical reaction with hydrates (such as calcium hydroxides). This results in the formation o...
Bath carbon capture project seeks profit from captured CO2
The carbon capture project at Lafarge Canada 's Bath Ontario, Canada, aims to make a profit. While the path to net zero will overwhelmingly come from actually cutting emissions, not capturing them, the project in Bath, aims to transforms captured CO 2 into calcium carbonate, a product that is used in pharmaceuticals, paint and packaging and can achieve prices of US$400-2700/t on the worl...
Siam Cement Group awards CCU project to JSC Co
Siam Cement Group – Cement and Green Solution Business (SCG-CGS) has awarded Japan Gasoline Co (JGC) of Japan the pre-feasibility study for a CO 2 capture and utilisation (CCU) facility for its cement plants. The study for the awarded CCU facility calls for selection of the technology licence for CCU, evaluation of the required production capacity of CO 2 capture facilities and chemical p...
Cambridge Electric Cement secures £2.25m for low-carbon cement
A British start-up, born out of the University of Cambridge, has raised GBP2.25m in seed funding to support its plans to industrialise the production of low-carbon cement. Cambridge Electric Cement (CEC) has received investment from previous investor Legal & General, as well as Cambridge Enterprise Ventures, Parkwalk Advisors, Almanac Ventures and Delph25 in a funding round spearheaded by Z...
Lhyfe and Fives sign green hydrogen agreement for decarbonisation
Lhyfe and Fives have announced the signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide a complete decarbonised offer for industry, from hydrogen production to combustion.This offer speeds up energy transition by facilitating the use of hydrogen in process industries, without needing to modify all the equipment. Lhyfe will produce and supply green hydrogen while Fives will provide optimised a...
alcemy secures US$10m funding to enter US market
Deeptech start-up alcemy has raised a US$10m funding round to scale its artificial intelligence (AI) decarbonisation solution. This news follows a recent update on alcemy’s partnership with Spenner Zement , Germany’s fifth-largest cement manufacturer. The two companies produced a low-clinker, low-carbon cement mixture in a commercial setting, a first for the industry globally. Led by Norrske...
Lindner founds Indian subsidiary
Lindner continues its expansion with the foundation of Lindner Recyclingtech Bharat (India) LLP, headquartered in Delhi, India. Together with Chirag Verma, co-owner of Lindner Bharat, and Ganesh Karankal, sales director of plastics recycling, the aim is to develop sustainable recycling solutions for the waste and plastics industry. India produces approximately 62Mta of waste every year and ...
Queens Carbon secures US$14.5m for carbon neutral SCMs
Queens Carbon is developing a technology to eliminate CO 2 emissions from the cement industry. The start-up, based in Pine Brook, USA, was recently awarded US$14.5m in funding from the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) as part of its ‘Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy Technologies with Untapped Potential’ programme. Queens Carbon will use t...
The Materials Processing Institute received GBP4.2m for EconoMISER programme
The Materials Processing Institute has received a GBP4.2m (US$5.3m) investment as part of the groundbreaking EconoMISER programme, new CEO Terry Walsh has announced. The Teesside-based Institute is a key member of the Foundation Industries Sustainability Consortium (FISC) tasked with delivering the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funded initiative to scale up sustainable technologies. ...
Titan and Sinoma CBMI sign net zero technology MoU
Titan Group and Sinoma CBMI have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore new business opportunities and drive technological innovations aimed at decarbonising and digitalising cement manufacturing. Marcel Cobuz, chair of the Titan Group Executive Committee, stated: “Our partnership with Sinoma will enhance our Green Growth Strategy 2026, benefiting both companies and advancing...
Limak Cement trials hydrogen fuel calciner tests
For the first time in Turkey, Limak Cement has successfully conducted the hydrogen-blended 50 per cent carbon-neutral fuel test at its Limak Anka cement plant with Air Liquide. The strategic collaboration with Air Liquids will explore how to develop the green hydrogen ecosystem in the path of Turkish cement sector’s transition to carbon zero production. The test is a world first, claims L...
ANRAV project completes temporary installation of OxyCal and Oxygen storage units
Heidelberg Materials reports that over the last six months significant progress has been made at its Bulgarian Devnya cement plant with the installation of the temporary OxyCal and Oxygen storage units, which are now fully integrated into the commercially operating kiln. The ANRAV project will be the multinational’s first full-chain CCUS project in eastern Europe, and will eventually co...
Low-carbon cement technology licensed to CalPortland
Solidia Technologies, Inc a pioneer and leading company in the low carbon cement and concrete market, has entered into a technology licensing arrangement with CalPortland® Co in the western US, for the licence of certain patents that enable up to a 50 per cent reduction in the carbon footprint of cement and concrete. The limited licences will allow CalPortland to use the Solidia technology i...
Dalmia Bharat to collect an additional 70,000t of RDF from Gadakana
The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corp(BMC) has announced its decision to allow Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd to collect an additional 70,000t of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) from the Gadakana temporary transit station. The RDF is produced from the waste that is processed at the site. Previously, the state government had partnered with four cement plants – Dalmia’s Rajgangpur, Siva Cement’s Kutra, ACC...
Leilac to share decarbonisation recommendations with DoE
Leilac is responding to the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) recent 'Request for Information on Transforming Industry – Strategies for Decarbonisation,' to help identify cost-effective decarbonisation pathways. Leilac, a decarbonisation project using Calix technology and Heidelberg Material 's Lixhe and Ennigerloh Nord facilities, is deploying a unique decarbonisation technology purp...