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Aditya Birla Group will consider buying Holcim's Indian assets

26 April 2022, Published under Cement News

Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairperson of Aditya Birla, is reportedly looking at ways to make a bid for ACC Ltd and Ambuja Cements that Holcim intends to divest, according to The Economic Times. UltraTech Cement ( Aditya Birla Group ) may look to expand its leading position in the market as any producer that picks up the Holcim assets in India will automatically become a contender to UltraTech Cement , as Holcim is the second-largest player in the Indian cement sector. However, analysts bel...

Holcim records 1Q22 net sales growth of 20%

25 April 2022, Published under Cement News

Holcim announced net sales amounted to CHF6440m (US$6.72bn) in the 1Q22, up 20.1 per cent from CHF5362m recorded in the 1Q21. The company achieved double-digit net sales growth in Solutions  & Products, driven by its roofing business sales, to achieve net sales of CHF5bn. Cement volumes reached 46.1Mt in the 1Q22, down 2.6 per cent on 47.3Mt recorded in the 1Q21. Sales of aggregates reached 51.5Mt up from 48.5Mt in the 1Q21, a rise of 6.1 per cent. Ready-mix volumes increased to 10.9...

JSW Group in discussions to raise funds to bid for Holcim's Indian operations

22 April 2022, Published under Cement News

Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Group has initiated discussions with private equity (PE) firm Carlyle to join forces and back its bid for Holcim ’s Indian cement operations, said people aware of the matter.   Holcim Group is reputedly looking to exit India 17 years after its entry, putting its twin listed arms of Ambuja Cements  and ACC Ltd up for sale as part of a global strategy to focus on core markets.   JSW, one of the strong contenders for the acquisition, is busy organising b...

Holcim publishes agenda for 2022 AGM

12 April 2022, Published under Cement News

The Holcim annual general meeting will take place on 4 May 2022 at 10am CEST at company headquarters in Zug, Switzerland. In accordance with applicable Swiss COVID-19 legislation, it will be held without the presence of shareholders, making safety a priority again for this year’s AGM. The Board of Directors invites shareholders to submit their questions in advance regarding the Holcim 2021 Integrated Annual Report and the AGM. Climate report In line with Holcim's commitment to lead it...

ACC Ltd receives first fly ash consignment from Vedanta Aluminium

11 April 2022, Published under Cement News

Vedanta Aluminium has supplied its first rake consignment of 4000t of fly ash from Jharsuguda unit to one of the plants of ACC Ltd for the production of low-carbon cement. In cement manufacturing, every tonne of fly ash used can help save around 700-800kg of carbon emissions and at least 340l of water. "At Vedanta Jharsuguda, we use high-quality coal which results in better quality fly ash, and we are delighted to be ACC Cement's supplier of choice in this regard, given that its pare...

MAN Truck & Bus Schweiz supplies Holcim Switzerland

06 April 2022, Published under Cement News

MAN Truck & Bus Schweiz AG has again handed over vehicles to its long-standing customer Holcim Switzerland. This time the vehicles will be used by Holcim Gravel and Concrete Ltd at its Mülligen site. The two powerful MAN TGS 18.510 4x4H BL semitrailer tractors, which not only have a switchable Hydrostatic HydroStatic Front Axle Drive HydroDrive ® , but are also equipped with all kinds of safety equipment, pull a three-axle tipper semitrailer from Schmitz Cargobill AG.

Calcined clays: making a global impact

01 April 2022, Published under Cement News

This week FLSmidth announced that it would be supporting the largest calcined clay installation in the world in Ghana for CBI Ghana at its Accra plant. It is a good time to look at how many of these calcined clay projects are now underway and how much investment is being placed in this carbon reduction technology. CBI Ghana's project instantly excites because it is billed as currently the largest calcined clay project in the cement industry. The grinding capacity will increase by 120 per ...

Lafarge Algeria exports 0.9Mt in 1Q22

01 April 2022, Published under Cement News

Holcim -owned Lafarge Algérie has exported nearly 0.9Mta of cement and clinker in the first quarter of 2022. The volume represents an 87 per cent rise when compared with the 1Q21, when 482,000t of products were exported. A considerable volume of clinker as well as white and grey cements were exported from Oran, Mostaganem, Jijele, Annaba and Skikda. This includes 30,000t of white cement, shipped from the port of Oran to Mexico and Guatemala. In addition, Lafarge Algérie also delivered 3...

Essential reference explores the cement industry’s digital transformation

01 April 2022, Published under Cement News

  Intelligent and sustainable cement production A new publication providing an in-depth exploration of the digital transformation of cement production with practical insights for its application has been launched. Edited by Anjan Kumar Chatterjee and published by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Intelligent and Sustainable Cement Production - Transforming to Industry 4.0 Standards is the perfect place to start in terms of understanding the potential for and means of the di...

Holcim, thyssenkrupp and Berlin University participate in amine scrubbing project

31 March 2022, Published under Cement News

thyssenkrupp Uhde, Holcim and the Technische Universität Berlin have partnered up in a joint project to investigate the use of a novel amine scrubbing technology for carbon capture. The goal is to significantly reduce CO 2  emissions from existing cement plants and at the same time utilise the captured CO 2  for other applications. In concrete terms, this includes the development of new mass transfer process equipment that is more efficient and resilient to contaminations. The project is be...