Cement News tagged under: western Europe
Holcim's 1H24 profit growth driven by Solutions & Products26 July 2024, Published under Cement NewsHolcim has announced record profitable growth in the first half of 2024. Net sales for the six-month period came in at CHF12,813m (US$14,516m), down 1.9 per cent YoY from CHF13,067m in the same period a year earlier but up 1.6 per cent in local currency terms. Recurring EBIT over the same time frame advanced 12.7 per cent in local currency from CHF2043m to CHF2210m, with the recurring EBIT margin coming in at 17.2 per cent in the 1H24 compared to 15.6 per cent in the 1H23. Operating profit... |
Titan Group introduces Titan Edge and Premier26 July 2024, Published under Cement NewsTitan Group has introduced Titan Edge family of products where “sustainability meets performance”, and Titan Premier family of services are aligned with the group’s Green Growth Strategy 2026. Both offerings WILL aim to offer innovative and sustainable solutions and services, empowering customers to advance construction and meet the challenges and opportunities for a safer, more resilient, more sustainable and enjoyable world, says Titan. Titan Edge products will be available in t... |
Study finds by-products from lithium production can be used in cement production25 July 2024, Published under Cement NewsA peer-reviewed study by the German Lithium Institute has found that by-products from Rock Tech’s lithium conversion process can also be used as additives for cement, replacing the role of fly ash in cement production, a by-product of coal-fired power generation. The leached spodumene concentrate (LSC) generated during the production of lithium from spodumene holds serious potential as an additive. Consequently, the by-products of Rock Tech’s lithium production can ensure the regional ... |
Breedon reports uptick in revenue in 1H2424 July 2024, Published under Cement NewsBreedon Group has announced underlying revenue of GBP764.6m (US$985.9m) in the first half of 2024, up three per cent from GBP742.7m in the same period a year earlier. According to the company, this has been supported by its entry into the US. Underlying EBITDA over the same time frame has advanced five per cent to GBP118.1m, while the EBITDA margin has risen slightly from 15.1 per cent in the 1H23 to 15.4 per cent in the same period a year later. Underlying profit before tax has declined s... |
YTL Cement to acquire NSL24 July 2024, Published under Cement NewsMalaysian cement producer, YTL Cement, has agreed to acquire Singapore-based NSL for MYR792m (US$169.5m). According to Business Today, NSL is principally involved in the provision of management services and investment holding while its subsidiaries produce and sell building materials, oil and petroleum-related products, and supply environmental services. It is one of the leading producers of precast concrete components in Malaysia and Dubai. The deal will give YTL Cement an 81.24 per c... |
Aggregates Industries UK names new CEO24 July 2024, Published under Cement NewsHolcim has announced Lee Sleight as the new CEO of Aggregate Industries UK . He will take up his position on 1 August 2024. Mr Sleight joined the business in 2021 as managing director of the ready-mixed concrete division and in his time there transformed the business. Last year he moved to take up the role as managing director of the aggregates division. He has more than 20 years of experience in the construction industry holding various senior leadership positions. Outgoing CEO ... |
Airvault plant modification is well underway23 July 2024, Published under Cement NewsHeidelberg Materials ’ Airvault cement plant in the Deux-Sèvres region of France recently welcomed Bruno Pillon, the company’s president of France activities, Benoit Galichet, industrial and technical director, and Charles Clavreul, general counsel. They were given an opportunity to see the progress of the Airvault 2025 GOCO2 project. After almost completing the design of the infrastructure, the plant is now installing the first mechanical elements such as the crusher, to crush the ... |
Geseke plant starts WHRs23 July 2024, Published under Cement NewsThe Dyckerhoff ( Buzzi group ) plant in Geseke , Germany, has taken another important step in terms of energy efficiency and towards environmentally friendly and climate-neutral production as it starts up a waste heat recovery (WHR) system. After six months of construction, the organic Rankine cycle-based facility successfully went into trial operation. The WHR system is an innovative modular system that generates green electricity using previously unused waste heat from the clinker cool... |
Pressure on securing alternative fuel streams to rise in the EU22 July 2024, Published under Cement NewsThe cement industry is expected to come under increased pressure to obtain valuable material for alternative fuels due to legislation in the European Union driving a shift away from waste incineration in favour of recycling. “We can expect that, as a consequence, chemical recycling will be increasingly used in the future, reducing the amount of good quality input material for the RDF channel,” says Wolfgang Köser, Stadler sales director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. “The most impor... |
Cembureau calls for amendments EC draft Act19 July 2024, Published under Cement NewsCembureau, the European cement association, has commented on the European Commission’s draft Delegated Act on permanent emissions storage through carbon capture and utilisation (CCU). Significant research has been carried out into the topic of mineralisation as a permanent form of CO 2 storage and an increasing number of companies are planning to store CO 2 in concrete or aggregates, sometimes even offering carbon removals through the use of biogenic CO 2 . But Cembureau would welcome ... |