Cement News tagged under: Cemex
Solar kiln scaled to industrially-viable levels07 August 2023, Published under Cement NewsCEMEX and Synhelion have announced a significant milestone to develop fully solar-driven cement production by scaling their technology to industrially-viable levels. This includes the continuous production of clinker, the most energy-intensive part of cement manufacturing, using only solar heat. At the beginning of 2022, the companies announced the first-ever successful production of solar clinker in a small-scale batch process pilot. Advancing from that stage to production under pla... |
CEMEX and Ecocem start concrete trials at Heathrow Airport04 August 2023, Published under Cement NewsCEMEX is partnering Heathrow Airport and Ecocem on a trial to explore the viability of lower-carbon concrete at the site. Following a series of lab and plant trials, the trial has been designed to test the concrete’s durability and longevity in a true to life airport setting. Initially two lower carbon solutions will be tested: a Pavement Quality Concrete (PQC) equivalent mix containing 50 per cent GGBS, and a zero-clinker product. The lower carbon concrete will be trialled at t... |
CEMEX grows sales by 10% in 2Q2328 July 2023, Published under Cement NewsCEMEX has reported its 2Q23 results with a 10 per cent growth in sales to US$4566m, a 29 per cent increase in operating EBITDA to US$961m, and an EBITDA margin expanding by 3.3 percentage points to 21.1 per cent. With these results, CEMEX is close to its goal of recovering 2021 margins, set in 2022 in response to unprecedented inflation. Net sales in Mexico increased 14 per cent in the 2Q23 to US$1298m, while operating EBITDA increased nine per cent to US$399m. EBITDA margin declined 1... |
InterCement assets in Brazil and Argentina are on other players' radar21 July 2023, Published under Cement NewsAccording to Valor, InterCement assets are being valued by local and global players. The operations of Loma Negra, Argentina, are being looked at by CEMEX , Pacasmayo and Argos . Loma Negra has nine plants and 45 per cent of the market. According to Valor, the Brazilian operation could raise the interest of Buzzi, Vicat, Votorantim, CSN, Titan and Mizu. However, no official comment has been made from the parties in the article. In Brazil InterCement has a total production c... |
CEMEX celebrates 25 years of Patrimonio Hoy20 July 2023, Published under Cement NewsPatrimonio Hoy, the flagship of CEMEX ’s social impact strategy, celebrated 25 years of transforming people's lives on 19 July, 2023. Launched in Mexico in 1998, the programme aims to provide access to “dignified, resilient housing” by offering expert building advice, access to micro financing, and building materials. By the end of 2022, the Patrimonio Hoy programme had benefitted 650,000 families, representing over 3m people. According to the company, it was “born from a deep understan... |
CEMEX participates in UK Government’s Net Zero Council Meeting12 July 2023, Published under Cement NewsCEMEX represented the cement and concrete sector at the latest meeting of the UK Government's high-level Net Zero Council, which took place at Artillery House in Whitehall on 10 July 2023. This group brings together government ministers, the investment community and real-economy company representatives from a range of sectors, to look at industry roadmaps to net zero and how to deliver them. Lex Russell, MD of CEMEX UK 's Materials business, is a member of the council, which is co-chai... |
CEMEX's conservation programmes gain WHC certification11 July 2023, Published under Cement NewsCEMEX programmes across ten locations worldwide have earned the Wildlife Habitat Council’s (WHC) Conservation Certification. The recognitions were unveiled during the WHC Conservation Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Each year, the WHC Awards recognise programmes and projects demonstrating excellence in corporate conservation. Special recognition was given to CEMEX’s El Carmen Nature Reserve, which received the WHC’s Desert Project of the Year award for its work to protect and restore... |
CEMEX hits Vertua milestone in Colombia07 July 2023, Published under Cement NewsCEMEX has reached a sales milestone for its Vertua net zero CO₂ concrete in Colombia, surpassing 100,000m 3 of the product, enough to fill 40 Olympic-sized swimming pools. According to CEMEX, this achievement showcases progress towards the company's ambitious goal for its Vertua lower-carbon cement and concrete products to reach more than half of all cement and concrete sales by 2025. Vertua lower-carbon and net zero concrete are part of a range of materials with measurable sustainabl... |
CEMEX's Regenera expands Mexican operations03 July 2023, Published under Cement NewsCEMEX ’s circular waste management business, Regenera, is expanding its operations in Mexico with the opening of a new facility in partnership with leading waste collection company PASA. The partnership between Regenera and PASA will support the Mexican city of Puebla’s efforts to become a zero-waste city. Puebla’s solid municipal waste will be sorted at the new joint facility. After separating out all recyclable waste, the remaining waste will substitute fossil fuels at CEMEX’s nearby... |
Cemex and WtEnergy awarded EUR4.4m grant28 June 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe European Union has awarded Cemex and WtEnergy a EUR4.4m grant for the implementation of a novel waste-to-fuel technology utilising synthetic gas at its Alicante cement plant in Spain. The project has been catalogued as “the first of its kind” for the cement industry by the European Union. The Clyngas project has the potential to reduce over 400,000t of CO 2 equivalent emissions over a decade at the Alicante plant. The committee responsible for awarding the grant lauded the project ... |