Cement News tagged under: Western Europe
Denmark’s first CO2 storage facility ready to store large volumes of CO210 September 2024, Published under Cement NewsProject Greensand, Denmark’s CO2 storage facility in the North Sea subsoil, is ready to receive large amounts of CO 2 . The project is now awaiting the Danish authorities' approval for permanent storage, with an ambition that Greensand will be the first operational CO 2 storage facility in the EU and will start storing CO 2 by the end of 2025 The 23 partners behind Project Greensand have now submitted the final report from the pilot project, which has aimed to develop, test and demonstrat... |
Building the CO2 infrastructure for Germany’s cement sector09 September 2024, Published under Cement NewsThe decarbonisation of the cement and lime industries requires the construction of infrastructure to enable the transport of the captured CO 2 to its storage or utilisation sites. In a new study, VDZ analyses the situation in Germany and highlights the requirements for the future. B y Dennis Behrouzi, Manuel Mohr and Dr Johannes Ruppert, VDZ, Germany Figure 1: CO2 capture in the cement industry – examples of projects in Germany (© VDZ) Cement and lime production, as wel... |
Holcim names new CEO in Spain06 September 2024, Published under Cement NewsHolcim has appointed Ricardo De Pablos as new general manager in Spain, replacing Carmen Díaz, who has been appointed Chief People Officer of the group. From his new position as General Manager of Holcim Spain, De Pablos will continue the work carried out by his predecessor, Carmen Díaz, in the area of ??sustainability, an aspect that the company considers central to the company's philosophy and on which all business lines are focused, together with the vision of excellence towards the cli... |
Votorantim invests US$12m in Oural solid fuel plant05 September 2024, Published under Cement NewsVotorantim Cementos España (VCE) plans to build a US$12m solid recovered fuel (SRF) facility in its integrated plant in Oural , Spain, according to the newspaper El Progreso. The plant will generate approximately 85,000t of SRF from municipal, industrial and commercial waste that cannot be recycled. However, total capacity would be 163,800tpa. The facility will include 5820m 2 of warehouses to receive, unload, produce, store and dispatch the SRF, with minimal odour and external noise e... |
Eqiom awards Fives FCB Héming upgrade contract05 September 2024, Published under Cement NewsEqiom has awarded Fives FCB the contract to upgrade its cement grinding plant in Héming , France. The cement producer, which is part of CRH , plans to upgrade its grinding unit with the installation of latest-generation classifier to improve separation performance and produce cement at a higher fineness with lower energy consumption levels. This will enable Eqiom to reduce the clinker factor of its cement and its CO 2 footprint. Fives FCB will integrate an FCB TSVTM 4000 THF Classifi... |
Ecocem appoints Mike Donovan as technical director of its US operations05 September 2024, Published under Cement NewsEcocem , Europe’s leading proprietor of low-carbon cement technologies, announced on 4 September that it has appointed Mike Donovan as technical director for its operations in the USA. Mr Donovan will play a pivotal role in furthering Ecocem’s business development initiatives as the company expands its scalable low-carbon cement technologies across North America. In his role as technical director, Mr Donovan will be responsible for overseeing key aspects of Ecocem’s US operations. Specif... |
Italian cement grows in June03 September 2024, Published under Cement NewsItalian cement output expanded three per cent YoY in June. This follows a five per cent YoY expansion in May, according to the latest data from Italian concrete association, Federbeton. In year-to-date terms, cement output rose two per cent YoY in the January-June 2024 period. This is up on the five per cent YoY contraction recorded in the first half of 2023. Import and export data, which lag production data, show grey cement imports jumped 42 per cent YoY to 212,148t in May, with a to... |
State building projects in Ireland must use low-carbon concrete under new rules02 September 2024, Published under Cement NewsFuture state-funded building such as roads, schools and hospitals must use low-carbon concrete under new regulations which came into force yesterday. Concrete will be a key building material as Ireland spends billions of euros modernising its infrastructure, but it is already responsible for five per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, mostly because of the new type of cement used in its manufacture. New rules issued by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment demand that all ... |
Cimsa buys into UK and Irish building material markets30 August 2024, Published under Cement NewsThis week, Cimsa (Sabanci Group) has made an agreement to acquire Mannok in Ireland in a EUR330m deal. With this acquisition, the Turkiye-based cement producer will increase its European operations in the cement sector and follows on from its expansion in Spain and the USA. The decision to enter the UK and Irish markets is part of Cimsa's broader strategy to transition from a cement producer to a 'building materials company', as well as to make the jump from 'local to global producer' and r... |
Titan's credit rating improves27 August 2024, Published under Cement NewsTitan Cement International announces the upgrade of its long-term issuer credit rating by S&P Global Ratings by one notch from BB positive outlook to BB+ stable outlook, reflecting the solid operating performance in the last two years and during the 1H. Credit rating upgrade confirms Titan’s ongoing capability to finance its 2026 Green Growth Strategy. Following this upgrade, Titan Cement International’s issuer credit rating and issued by Titan Global Finance UK plc are both rated with... |