Cement News tagged: Environmental

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

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...

SaltX Technology and Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd begin EAC pre-study

SaltX Technology and Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd begin EAC pre-study

13 December 2023, Published under Cement News

SaltX Technology and Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd  have started initial work on a pilot plant for electric cement production in India. With the collaboration having been initiated in June 2023, the partnership aims to complete a joint pilot plant for electrically produced cement by 2024, incorporating SaltX's Electric Arc Calciner (EAC) technology at one of Dalmia's existing plants. SaltX's ...

PCA welcomes Concrete and Asphalt Innovation Act

11 December 2023, Published under Cement News

The US cement association, PCA, has welcomed this week's introduction of Senators Coons and Tillis’ “Concrete and Asphalt Innovation Act” and its intended goals of advancing industrial decarbonisation in the cement, concrete and asphalt sectors.  The bipartisan “Concrete and Asphalt Innovation Act” would accelerate additional research, development, and demonstration for cement through an ...

TNO report evaluates energy requirements of EU cement sector in 2050

08 December 2023, Published under Cement News

TNO has produced a study for CEMBUREAU that investigates the energy requirements in the European cement industry by 2050. In the coming years, the energy needs of the EU cement industry will evolve significantly, both due to the higher efficiency of cement kilns and to the deployment of decarbonisation technologies, which will require an increased use of electricity. TNO's report assesses t...

Catch4climate project completes construction of 60m preheater tower

08 December 2023, Published under Cement News

Scherr+Klimke AG build 60m Catch4climate preheater tower in Germany A new milestone for the pilot project "Catch4climate" has been achieved with the completion of the 60m-high preheater tower. A demonstration plant is currently being built on the site of Schwenk Zement' s  Mergelstetten cement plant in southern Germany, which will use the thyssenkrupp polysius ® pure Oxyfuel p...

Canada launches Cement & Concrete Breakthrough initiative at COP28

07 December 2023, Published under Cement News

François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and His Excellency Omar Ahmed Suwaina Al Suwaidi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have launched the Cement & Concrete Breakthrough initiative at COP28 in Dubai. This initiative reaffirms Canada’s commitment to working with countries, businesses and in...

Solidia Cement completes first production run

07 December 2023, Published under Cement News

Specialty cement producer CTS Cement Manufacturing Corp (CTS) and US-based Solidia Technologies have completed the first production run of Solidia Cement, a low-carbon cement, in North America. This is one of multiple production runs at cement sites in several countries, demonstrating the viability and scalability of this groundbreaking technology that drastically reduces the carbon footprint...

Eagle Materials enters Terra CO2 SCM agreement

07 December 2023, Published under Cement News

Eagle Materials Inc has entered an agreement granting exclusive rights to build and operate three facilities processing up to 240,000tpa of Terra CO 2 ’s Opus SCM, a supplementary cementitious material, from common quarry byproducts or other silicate-rich feeds. The facilities are earmarked for the Greater Denver market. Concrete producers and contractors in this region are preparing for ne...

Heracles Group’s Olympus CO2 project receives EU funding

06 December 2023, Published under Cement News

The EU Innovation Fund has chosen to co-finance Heracles Group ’s ( Holcim ) Olympus CO 2  capture project. The Olympus project aims to transform Heracles Group’s plant in Milaki , Greece, into a zero carbon cement plant through the use of innovative carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies. The project marks an investment of over EUR300m, of which the EU Innovation Fund will grant EUR1...

Betolar and FCP collaborate on cement-free paving

06 December 2023, Published under Cement News

Betolar, a Finnish sustainable materials technology company, and Fujairah Concrete Products (FCP) have launched a number of new products based on the cement-free Geoprime solution developed by Betolar. The two companies have been collaborating since early 2023 to bring new sustainability products to the market that can significantly reduce CO 2 emissions. According to Ville Voipio, chief comm...

thyssenkrupp Polysius and Fujairah Cement Industries sign decarbonisation MoU

04 December 2023, Published under Cement News

thyssenkrupp Polysius and Fujairah Cement Industries (FCI), UAE, intend to cooperate in the future to reduce CO 2 emissions in FCI's production lines. In particular, the potential use of alternative fuels in cement production will be examined. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai. Pablo Hofelich, CEO of thyssenkrupp Polysius ...