Cement News tagged under: WCA
WCA welcomes Hoffmann Green Cement as corporate member12 September 2023, Published under Cement NewsHoffmann Green Cement Technologies has joined the World Cement Association (WCA) as its latest corporate member. Founded in 2014, Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies’ founders began their business with the intention to drive the construction sector's environmental evolution by producing the world’s first low-carbon cement and offer a replacement to traditional cement. This initiative was successful, and gained recognition by the French President, Emmanuel Macron, who celebrated its achieve... |
Institut Semen dan Beton Indonesia becomes an Affiliate Member of WCA01 September 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe World Cement Association (WCA) announced it is welcoming the Jakarta-based engineering specialist and industrial research consultancy firm, Institut Semen dan Beton Indonesia (ISBI) , as an Affiliate Member. Institut Semen dan Beton Indonesia, also known as the Indonesian Cement and Concrete Institute, has provided engineering training and consulting within the cement industry as well as the nickel, steel, power generation and mining sectors, for over 20 years. ISBI’... |
WCA welcomes OneStone Consulting as an Associate Corporate Member01 August 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe World Cement Association (WCA) is welcoming OneStone Consulting, a management consulting firm with global reach, as an Associate Corporate Member. Recognising the importance of environmental responsibility, OneStone Consulting guides cement companies toward implementing sustainable practices and advancing circular economy initiatives that reduce carbon footprints and promote growth and improved profitability. “OneStone Consulting’s wide ranging expertise will be valuable to WCA’s ... |
Chovet joins World Cement Association27 June 2023, Published under Cement NewsIndustrial engineering services company Chovet has the World Cement Association (WCA) as an associate corporate member. Chovet, based in Lyon, France, has been designing and building cement, lime, and various mineral treatment plants for over 50 years, collaborating with partners ranging from Lafarge, Holcim, Heidelberg Materials, Vicat, Cem’In’Eu, Al Safwa, to the Ministry of Economy and Finance in Benin, on industrial engineering projects across the globe. Chovet’s work also encompas... |
Misr Cement Group joins WCA15 June 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe World Cement Association (WCA) is welcoming Misr Cement Group, one of the longest-standing cement and building materials manufacturing companies in Egypt, as a corporate member. Misr Cement Group group works towards operating with a minimal environmental impact, by incorporating sustainable projects into its processes to protect and replenish the environment surrounding its facilities in Upper Egypt. Projects include the launch of environmentally friendly products, planting of trees i... |
SICK AG joins the WCA as associate corporate member16 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe World Cement Association (WCA) is welcoming SICK AG, a leading global supplier of sensor solutions, as an associate corporate member. The cooperation between SICK, WCA and its members will strengthen the global cement industry’s efforts towards sustainable cement production by sharing expert knowledge about decisive topics, such as gas analysis, functional safety, digitalisation, operational excellence, or carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS). “We are pleased to be welcomi... |
WCA appoints new directors01 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe World Cement Association (WCA) has appointed three new Directors: Fabien Charbonnel, CEO of Cem’In’Eu , Xu Gang, chairman of the Board of Maweni Limestone, VP and head of Overseas Area of Huaxin Cement Co Ltd , parent company of Maweni Limestone , and Kevin Lunney, COO of Mannok Holdings DAC. The appointments were agreed in a unanimous vote at the WCA General Assembly Meeting, which took place virtually this month. In addition, both Mohammed Ali Al-Garni, CEO of Saudi Cement, a... |
WCA's CEO responds to WWF EU ETS free allocation analysis05 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsIan Riley, CEO of the World Cement Association, has responded to recent analysis from the World Wildlife Fund on the EU ETS emissions over the examined period (2013-21), when more than half of the emissions (53 per cent) were handed out to polluters for free through the so-called ‘free allocation’ scheme. These free permits to pollute were worth EUR98.5, more than all the revenue that EU countries earned through selling regular allowances, stated the WWF. The WWF argues that while th... |
WCA welcomes CHASM Advanced Materials as Associate Corp member08 November 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe World Cement Association (WCA) has announced that it is welcoming US-based carbon nanotube materials innovation company CHASM Advanced Materials (CHASM™) as an Associate Corporate Member. CHASM, with its proprietary NTeC-C™, a pioneering nanotube hybrid material, claims to have the potential to produce a greener, smarter, scalable, cost-effective concrete. CHASM’s NTeC-C aims to overcome one of the main challenges to decarbonising concrete by decreasing the quantity of cement in concr... |
WCA annual conference prompts MENA region to decarbonise12 October 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe fifth World Cement Association (WCA) annual conference took place between the 25-28 September in Dubai, UAE, allowing industry leaders and stakeholders to have an open discussion and honest assessment of the biggest challenges that the cement industry faces. This year’s theme focussed on Navigating the Climate Challenge: Reducing Carbon and Reducing Costs but many concluded that the greatest limiting factor to decarbonising the cement industry is not technology but the sector’s dri... |