Cement News tagged: Environmental

Holcim signs power agreement with Berde Renewables

31 October 2023, Published under Cement News

Holcim Philippines has signed a power purchase agreement with Berde Renewables, a distributed energy platform of I Squared Capital. Holcim will use solar rooftop projects on its Bulacan and La Union plants with a combined capacity of 5.5MWp and an annual generation of approximately 7.8GWh. Holcim Philippines president and CEO, Horia Adrian, said the project is a significant decarbonis...

Sublime Systems receives 90% CO2 reduction validation

30 October 2023, Published under Cement News

Sublime Systems has announced a screening life cycle assessment (LCA) validating that its ordinary Portland cement (OPC) replacement process can eliminate more than 90 per cent of the global warming potential of cement manufacturing. Climate Earth, the leading provider of environmental product declarations (EPDs) for the concrete industry, conducted this LCA according to a widely-accepted...

WCA director calls for industry to decarbonise now

27 October 2023, Published under Cement News

The World Cement Association’s (WCA) Director, Ali Emir Adiguzel, addressed a gathering of distinguished industry leaders on Tuesday at the WCA's 6 th Annual Conference, taking place in Dubai on 24-25 October. During his speech, he highlighted the current state of the global cement industry, emphasising the challenges it faces. Mr Adiguzel underlined that the industry is grappling with a sign...

Alternative fuel plant achieves 75,000t of valorised waste in first-year

24 October 2023, Published under Cement News

Cementos Molins celebrates the first year of operation of its alternative raw materials plant, located within its facilities in Barcelona, Spain, with a significant milestone. The company has announced that the plant has successfully valorised more than 75,000t of non-hazardous construction and demolition waste, as well as other non-hazardous industrial waste, in its first anniversary. Cem...

Milk and sugar with your cement?

Milk and sugar with your cement?

19 October 2023, Published under Cement News

Researchers in Melbourne are trialling adding coffee grounds to concrete to eliminate waste. Each year Australia produces around 83,000t of ground coffee and chaff, the majority of which ends up in landfill producing methane and other greenhouse gases as it decomposes.  A team of scientists at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) are now trying to put the surplus coffee ground...

Heidelberg Materials celebrates start of ANRAV.beta CCUS project

19 October 2023, Published under Cement News

The start of construction for the pilot carbon capture installation at Heidelberg Materials ’ plant in Devnya was celebrated   this week,   in the presence of Milena Stoycheva, Bulgaria’s Minister of Innovation and Growth, and representatives of Heidelberg Materials and the local community.  The ANRAV.beta unit is a key next step in the implementation of the company’s large-scale ANRAV ...

Fauji Cement Co solar facilities could yield annual savings of PKR2.1bn

Fauji Cement Co solar facilities could yield annual savings of PKR2.1bn

17 October 2023, Published under Cement News

BMA Research has focussed on and discussed how Fauji Cement Co Ltd (FCCL) will progress and reap the benefits of various measures to improve profitability. The research house believes that FCC saw an enhanced focus on its production efficiencies through green technologies. After its recent installation, the company enhanced its solar production capacity to 40MW. With the potential to generat...

Republic Cement to use plastic waste as fuel

12 October 2023, Published under Cement News

Republic Cement & Building Materials Inc , a member of the Aboitiz Group, has partnered with household and personal care products manufacturer ACS Manufacturing Corp in a bid to reduce plastic pollution. The cement maker said in a statement that, under this partnership, ACS will be disposing of their qualified residual waste through ecoloop, Republic Cement’s official co-processing and resour...

Lafarge Canada's Exshaw plant signs 38.5MW solar power project

09 October 2023, Published under Cement News

Lafarge Canada Inc ( Holcim )  and ATCO Ltd announced that they have entered into a 12.5-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA). Under this agreement, Lafarge’s Exshaw cement plant will receive 100 per cent of the solar energy produced by the 38.5MW Empress Solar project, meeting 34 per cent of the plant’s power requirements through 2036. "We’re continually assessing ways we can r...

Cement 2 Zero project completes trial melt

06 October 2023, Published under Cement News

The first trial melt has been completed as part of the innovative Cement 2 Zero project, which aims to develop the world’s first zero-emissions cement on an industrial scale. The collaborative project is seeking to advance the decarbonisation of the construction, cement and steel sectors by ensuring the process can be scaled up from laboratory to pilot plant. Partner organisations include the ...

Cementos Molins completes Sant Vicenc dels Horts modernisation

06 October 2023, Published under Cement News

Cementos Molins celebrated the inauguration of its upgraded facilities in Sant Vicenç dels Horts , Barcelona, Spain, on 5 October 2023.   The event witnessed the presence of the Minister of Business and Labour of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Roger Torrent. The company's investment exceeding EUR6.6m encompasses a comprehensive office building renovation, the installation of 1455 self-co...

GGBS slag cuts 408Mt of CO2 from UK's OPC production in 2022

05 October 2023, Published under Cement News

In 2022, around 38.5Mt of ferrous slag were produced in the European Union and the UK. Approximately, 99 per cent of this could be used primarily as a building material and in fertilisers. This means that the by-products of the steel industry have substituted more than 1.1bnt of natural rock in the period from 2000-22. In addition, the use of granulated blastfurnace slag, replacing Portland ce...

JSW Cement begins EV pilot project

04 October 2023, Published under Cement News

India-based JSW Cement has acquired five electric trucks from the Murugappa Group as part of a pilot project to transition to the use of EV trucks. According to JSW Cement, the trial is being carried out on the route of manufacturing operations in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. “JSW Cement has procured the current EV trucks from Murugappa Group. Upon successful completion of the pilot pro...

CEMEX and Star Cement collaborate to recycle concrete waste

03 October 2023, Published under Cement News

CEMEX UAE , has signed a cooperation agreement with Star Cement Co LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of UltraTech Cement Ltd , India which aims to recycle concrete waste in the construction industry. Through the partnership, the companies will deploy new solutions to manage and reuse concrete waste by using advanced and environmentally-safe practices. Furthermore, CEMEX will provide low-carb...

CCUS technology has GB4bn investment potential for UK economy by 2030

03 October 2023, Published under Cement News

Accelerating deployment of carbon capture and storage in the UK could secure around GBP40bn (US$48.7bn) of inward investment by 2030, a new study of the technology’s potential reveals. The Carbon Capture and Storage Association’s (CCSA) new Delivery Plan has examined the pipeline of potential projects across the United Kingdom to identify the economic opportunities available and threats to suc...

DOE funds C-Crete Technologies US$2m to develop cement-free concrete

03 October 2023, Published under Cement News

C-Crete Technologies is developing a method for using carbon dioxide captured at industrial sources or from the air as an ingredient in its cement-free concrete, in work accelerated by US$2m of funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE). "The DOE funding will help propel C-Crete's already eco-friendly product into the exceptional category of carbon-negative building materials, possibly ...