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Tarmac trials fuel conditioner innovation

The board of the directors of Tarmac ( CRH group ) is commencing a significant trial of the SulNOxEco™ Fuel Conditioner. The ground-breaking fuel conditioner is being trialled as part of Tarmac’...
News - 09 June 2022

Danucem’s Banská Bystrica plant adds alternative fuels line

Companies Ecorec Slovensko and GreenTech Slovakia have joined forces and launched a new line for the production of alternative fuels at Danucem’s ( CRH ) Banská Bystrica concrete plant, Slovaki...
News - 15 May 2022

Buzzi Unicem reports 3% uptick in cement sales in 1Q22

In the opening quarter of 2022, Buzzi Unicem saw its cement sales advance by 2.9 per cent YoY to 6.36Mt (1Q21: 6.19Mt). Ready-mixed concrete sales over the same period improved by six per cent t...
News - 13 May 2022

The cement sector can't sit back on reducing CO2 emissions

This week Credit Suisse published a revealing study entitled 'Global Infrastructure and Construction', which looks into the current state of the global cement industry's efforts to reduce carbon e...
News - 22 April 2022

CRH reports 1Q22 revenue growth of 15%

CRH has reported 1Q22 revenues establishing a growth 15 per cent, up 13 per cent LfL. The Europe Materials division grew at 18 per cent in organic terms while the Americas Materials division ...
News - 22 April 2022

Opterra orders 300GWh for renewable energy

Statkraft, Europe's largest producer of renewable energy, has signed a further power purchase agreement (PPA) with Opterra , one of Germany's leading cement manufacturers, on the supply of renewa...
News - 21 April 2022

UK cement and lime producers look to low carbon industrial clusters

This week Hanson UK (HeidelbergCement group) gave an update on its involvement in the HyNet North West industrial cluster project that will see the cement company aim to capture 0.8Mta of CO 2 ...
News - 15 April 2022

CSN prepares to rival Votorantim and InterCement

This week the Brazilian anti-trust organisation, CADE, passed Companhia Siderurgica Nacional's (CSN) first hurdle in its attempt to fully acquire the Holcim Brasil enterprise for a value of US$1.0...
News - 08 April 2022

Ukraine: times of uncertainty

Ukraine’s cement industry has been seeing off anti-dumping imports from surrounding countries while encouraging a revival in domestic and export cement capacity. However, Russia’s military invasio...
Articles - 04 April 2022

Buzzi Unicem records strong growth in Italy in 2021

Buzzi Unicem has announced its consolidated financial results of 2021 which saw cement and clinker sales rise by 6.7 per cent to 31.2Mt from 29.25Mt in 2020. EBITDA reached EUR795m and EBIT...
News - 28 March 2022