Cement News tagged: Environmental

Reon Energy to supply renewable micro grid to Yemen Cement

18 December 2023, Published under Cement News

Clean technology company Reon Energy announces a strategic partnership with Arabian Yemen Cement Co Ltd (AYCCL). Addressing the specific energy challenges of the cement sector, Reon introduced an intelligent renewable micro grid comprising a 13.5MW solar power project and a 5.59MWh Reflex battery energy storage system (BEES) powered by SPARK TM , Reon’s Intelligent Energy Management Platform...

Arabian Cement subsidiary moves a step closer to gaining waste management approval

18 December 2023, Published under Cement News

Evolve, an Arabian Cement Co (ACC) subsidiary, has successfully conducted a public hearing session, marking the initial step in obtaining environmental approvals from the Ministerial State for Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) and Waste management Regulation Authority (WMRA) for waste management.   Evolve is the first alternative fuel company affiliated with an Egyptian cement company ...

WCA endorses Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative at COP28

15 December 2023, Published under Cement News

The World Cement Association (WCA) has endorsed global government efforts to advance low-carbon cement and concrete production, announced at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai.  The commitments made by Canada, Germany, the UK and the USA, member countries of the Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative (IDDI), include adopting timebound commitments to procure...

Loesche releases its second sustainability report

15 December 2023, Published under Cement News

Grinding, automation and combustion specialist, Loesche has released its second sustainability report, detailing the company's strides towards environmental, social, and governance (ESG) excellence throughout 2022. This report not only highlights Loesche's internal sustainability strategies but also underscores the pivotal role of its innovative products and services in aiding customers' susta...

Key producers collaborate on new carbon capture technology

Key producers collaborate on new carbon capture technology

20 December 2023, Published under Cement News

Holcim , SCG-CGS , Cementos Argos and Cements Molins are collaborating with Nuada, a pure-play carbon capture company, on a next-generation carbon capture technology designed to deliver low-carbon cement. The technology involves the construction of energy-efficient filtration machines that capture CO 2 from industrial off-gases, enabling hard-to-abate sectors to reduce they carbon footp...

Cement factories in Wallonia receive decarbonisation funding boost

15 December 2023, Published under Cement News

Holcim , CBR  and  Compagnie des Ciments Belges (CBB) are among five industrial companies based in the Wallonia region of Belgium to receive a EUR346m finance package to halve their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Half of the financial package is being publicly financed by Wallonia and Europe. The cement producers will have assistance in halving their CO 2 emissions, along with steel ma...

GCCA welcomes COP28 transition deal away from fossil fuels

GCCA welcomes COP28 transition deal away from fossil fuels

14 December 2023, Published under Cement News

For the first time, a deal has been agreed at COP28, the UN climate summit, which agrees to countries moving away from the use of fossil fuels. The agreement was reached after days of negotiations in Dubai, UAE. The text recognises the need for deep, rapid and sustained reductions if humanity is to limit temperature rises to 1.5˚C above pre-industrial levels. Welcoming the agreement, Thomas...

Boral launches Circular Materials Solution

13 December 2023, Published under Cement News

Boral has introduced its end-to-end Circular Materials Solution (CMS), a system designed to manage demolition and excavation waste materials for remanufacturing, returning them as recycled building products for more sustainable commercial outcomes.  Andre Gobert, general manager and director for recycling at Boral, said the CMS system is designed to manage demolition and excavation waste ...

Exshaw residents launch lawsuit against Lafarge plant

13 December 2023, Published under Cement News

A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed against Lafarge ( Holcim ), alleging that dust from its Exshaw cement plant in Alberta, Canada, has caused a nuisance to the community. Adam Bordignon, a lawyer representing the case, said the issues residents have had to deal with regarding the plant have increased over recent years. "The production capacity of the cement plant has greatly...

Bamburi Cement to cease producing OPC

13 December 2023, Published under Cement News

Bamburi Cement  ( Tororo Cement ) will cease production of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) within its product line from 1 January 2024, as part of the company’s commitment to decarbonise its operations and provide a greener option of building materials. This landmark commitment, which comes amid the ongoing 2023 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) in the United Ara...

thyssenkrupp Polysius and Schwenk collaborate on meca-clay development

12 December 2023, Published under Cement News

thyssenkrupp Polysius and Schwenk Zement have jointly developed a new process and technology that enables the activation of any type of clay without thermal energy and fossil fuels. The two companies recently presented meca-clay in Brussels, Belgium.   The newly-developed meca-clay process enables the activation of all types of clay using only electrical energy, without the use of fossil...

CEMEX announces CO2 emissions reduction progress in Europe

12 December 2023, Published under Cement News

Following increased demand for its more sustainable product lines, CEMEX has seen sales of its cement which provides the greatest reduction in CO 2 emissions increase to now account for more than 20 per cent of sales volumes across Europe.  "Advances in product design and manufacturing technology, including the widescale use of hydrogen in our production process, has enabled this new hig...

Lafarge Canada signs steel slag agreement with CarbiCrete

12 December 2023, Published under Cement News

CarbiCrete has entered into an agreement with Lafarge Canada ( Holcim ) for the processing of steel slag, the key material in its carbon-negative concrete block technology. The Lafarge team will process the material at its St Constant-Montreal East manufacturing facility. “We are committed to reducing our environmental footprint and leading the way in sustainable construction,” expressed ...

GCCA launches Innovandi Entrepreneur Network

12 December 2023, Published under Cement News

The Global Cement & Concrete Association (GCCA) has launched the third programme in its Innovandi brand, the Innovandi Entrepreneur Network. The network brings together start-ups that are developing technologies relevant to decarbonisation across the cement and concrete value chain and enables them to network with GCCA members. The Entrepreneur Network, launched at COP28 in Dubai, UAE, will...

Carbon2Business project wins two awards at COP28

11 December 2023, Published under Cement News

Holcim has received two awards at COP28 in Dubai, UAE, for its “Carbon2Business” project in Lägerdorf, Germany, in recognition of the scalability and breakthrough innovation of its carbon capture technologies.  The first award saw Holcim named by the COP28 Presidency as an "Energy Transition Changemaker", a title awarded to companies with game-changing innovative solutions that can be scaled ...

Pakistan’s cement industry utilisation expected to hover at 57% in FY24

11 December 2023, Published under Cement News

Pakistan’s cement dispatches (ie, local sales plus exports including clinker) over the 5MFY23-24 period (July-November 2023) indicate total dispatches of 47Mt for the full fiscal year. If all goes well, this will translate into a capacity utilisation level of approximately 57 per cent. According to local media, this rate is low compared to the previous fiscal and substantially lower than in p...