Cement News tagged under: Western Europe
Sika opens new technology centre in China19 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsSika has significantly expanded its research and development capacities in the Asia/Pacific region and opened a new, state-of-the-art technology centre in Suzhou, China. According to the company, although the facilities at the new Technology Center comprise cutting-edge laboratories for the development of adhesives and sealants, research infrastructure has also been established for concrete admixtures and CO 2 reducing cement technologies. The centre will also focus on research into mate... |
CRH proposal to acquire Adbri18 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsCRH has entered into an agreement to acquire Adbri Ltd . Under the proposal, CRH would partner with Australian family-owned business, Barro Group, which has an approximately 43 per cent share in Adbri. CRH currently has a 4.6 per cent interest in the company via a cash settled derivative and would acquire the remaining approximately 57 per cent of Adbri’s shares not owned by Barro with the intention to delist Adbri from the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). CRH and Barro have submi... |
WCA endorses Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative at COP2815 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe World Cement Association (WCA) has endorsed global government efforts to advance low-carbon cement and concrete production, announced at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai. The commitments made by Canada, Germany, the UK and the USA, member countries of the Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative (IDDI), include adopting timebound commitments to procure low-emission cement and concrete as well as steel. "The collective commitment of IDDI members to le... |
Loesche releases its second sustainability report15 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsGrinding, automation and combustion specialist, Loesche has released its second sustainability report, detailing the company's strides towards environmental, social, and governance (ESG) excellence throughout 2022. This report not only highlights Loesche's internal sustainability strategies but also underscores the pivotal role of its innovative products and services in aiding customers' sustainability endeavours. At the core of Loesche's ethos lies a steadfast dedication to enhancing proce... |
Hoffmann Green to build new plants in Florida15 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsHoffmann Green has signed an agreement with a partner that defines the main points of an exclusive licensing agreement to build several Hoffmann manufacturing units in Florida, USA. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a major US$370bn investment plan voted in 2022 in the USA, is designed to fund, over 10 years, the country’s energy transition and achieve the goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 50 per cent in 2030 compared with 2005. Hoffmann Green and a partner have been engag... |
Aggregate Industries breaks ground on new Tilbury plant14 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsAggregate Industries has broken ground on its new low-carbon cement production unit at the Port of Tilbury in the UK. The new facility will enable the company to supply its customers with conventional, low carbon, and circular cementitious materials from five loading heads. The primary objective of the new unit is to meet increasing demand for sustainable building materials. As well as providing an import hub, this major investment includes new plant equipment for manufacturing blended... |
Holcim's CCUS project scoops COP28 awards14 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsHolcim has received two awards at COP28 in Dubai for its Carbon2Business project in Lägerdorf, Germany, in recognition of the scalability and breakthrough innovation of its carbon capture technologies. The first saw Holcim named by the COP28 Presidency as an 'Energy Transition Changemaker' - a title awarded to companies with game-changing innovative solutions that can be scaled to accelerate decarbonisation. For the second, Carbon2Business was selected as Germany’s 'outstanding project' in... |
thyssenkrupp Polysius and Schwenk collaborate on meca-clay development12 December 2023, Published under Cement Newsthyssenkrupp Polysius and Schwenk Zement have jointly developed a new process and technology that enables the activation of any type of clay without thermal energy and fossil fuels. The two companies recently presented meca-clay in Brussels, Belgium. The newly-developed meca-clay process enables the activation of all types of clay using only electrical energy, without the use of fossil fuels. With meca-clay, the potential of mechano-chemistry – that aims at making green chemistry bey... |
CEMEX announces CO2 emissions reduction progress in Europe12 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsFollowing increased demand for its more sustainable product lines, CEMEX has seen sales of its cement which provides the greatest reduction in CO 2 emissions increase to now account for more than 20 per cent of sales volumes across Europe. "Advances in product design and manufacturing technology, including the widescale use of hydrogen in our production process, has enabled this new high-performance cement, which gives a reduction in CO 2 emissions of more than 55 per cent compared t... |
Saint-Gobain signs power agreement in South Africa12 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsSaint-Gobain has signed a renewable electricity supply agreement (power purchase agreement or PPA) with CVE, an independent French renewable energy producer, to secure about 140GWh of solar electricity in South Africa, over a 20-year period. This PPA is expected to cover around 40 per cent of the electrical needs of Saint-Gobain’s four major industrial sites in the country, producing gypsum and mortars. The sites are located in Brakpan, Alrode and Germiston in the Gauteng region, as wel... |