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ClimeCo leads development of low-carbon cement protocol03 November 2023, Published under Cement NewsClimeCo, a leading global sustainability company, recently leveraged its industrial and methodology expertise to lead the development of Climate Action Reserve’s (CAR) new US Low Carbon Cement Protocol. The protocol establishes a first-of-its-kind pathway to generate voluntary carbon credits from the production of novel and under-utilised alternative cementitious materials (ACMs) and supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs). Funds generated by these credits will be used to incentiv... |
Holcim signs power agreement with Berde Renewables31 October 2023, Published under Cement NewsHolcim 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 decarbonisation milestone, “reducing our carbon footprint by more than 20 percent since 2018, with our focus o... |
Sublime Systems receives 90% CO2 reduction validation30 October 2023, Published under Cement NewsSublime 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 industry method, avoiding controversial and unproven offset methodologies frequently used to enable... |
WCA director calls for industry to decarbonise now27 October 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe 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 significant surplus, saying: "We have enough cement for the next 25 years." While it was anticipated ... |
Alternative fuel plant achieves 75,000t of valorised waste in first-year24 October 2023, Published under Cement NewsCementos 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. Cementos Molins ' alternative raw materials plant, which covers an area of over 3250m 2 , was inaugurat... |
Milk and sugar with your cement?19 October 2023, Published under Cement NewsResearchers 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 grounds to better use, adding them to cement, water, gravel and sand to produce cement. According to the W... |
Heidelberg Materials celebrates start of ANRAV.beta CCUS project19 October 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe 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 project in Bulgaria, which was announced in early 2023. As the first full-chain CCUS project in east... |
Fauji Cement Co solar facilities could yield annual savings of PKR2.1bn17 October 2023, Published under Cement NewsBMA 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 generate 60GWh annually, the solar facilities could yield annual savings of PKR2.1bn (US$7.63m). In tand... |
Republic Cement to use plastic waste as fuel12 October 2023, Published under Cement NewsRepublic 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 resource recovery group. “ACS is proud to enter into this partnership with Republic Cement and ecol... |
Lafarge Canada's Exshaw plant signs 38.5MW solar power project09 October 2023, Published under Cement NewsLafarge 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 reduce our environmental impact while actively pursuing sustainable solutions within our operations,”... |