Cement News tagged under: Western Europe
The electrified commercial cement kiln06 January 2023, Published under Cement NewsLast year, the US signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, the most significant climate legislation in US history. The IRA will provide some US$500bn in new spending and tax breaks, with nearly US$400bn directed towards carbon emissions reduction and funding clean energy. A reported US$5.8bn is earmarked for industrial decarbonisation. For the cement sector it represents a great opportunity in North America to invest in new technology to decarbonise and cement kiln elect... |
Italy sees 5% reduction in cement output in October03 January 2023, Published under Cement NewsItalian cement production fell by five per cent YoY in October 2022, according to the country’s construction chamber, Federbeton. When compared with the 2015 base index production the value increased from 96 in August to 102 per cent in October. Cement prices in October increased MoM to 197 when compared with the base year of 2015 (=100). However, they saw a 57 per cent increase when compared with October 2021. External trade Grey cement imports in September increased by 33 per cent when... |
Cookstown Cement rebranded as Cemcor03 January 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe Cookstown cement plant acquired in January 2022 by LCC Group and David Millar for GBP56m has been rebranded to Cemcor following significant investment from its new ownership. The Cookstown plant, originally known as Lafarge Cement Ireland, was acquired by Cookstown Cement from its parent company, the Switzerland-headquartered construction materials giant Holcim. Since then Cookstown Cement has been led and co-owned by David Millar, a former executive with Lafarge, who has 38 years o... |
Contract warning as Belgian cement prices continue to climb23 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe price of cement and bricks in Belgium will continue to rise over the coming months, warned the country’s construction federation Embuild. Although some building materials are expected to see their prices stabilise going forward, Embuild is advising construction companies to continue to include price review clauses or daily prices in their contracts as “the materials market is still too volatile”, says Niko Demeester, managing director of Embuild. Since the end of 2021, the price o... |
Hatschek plant to combust CO2-reduced fuels23 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsRohrdorfer’s Hatschek cement plant will have its rotary kiln shut down for repair work between 2 January - 12 February 2023. In addition to the annual routine maintenance at the German plant and the renewal of the refractory kiln lining, numerous improvement measures will be carried out again this year. Rohrdorfer Group -owned Südbayerisches Portland-Zementwerk Gebr Wiesböck & Co GmbH will install a new probe for gas analysis at the kiln inlet. To further reduce false air, the k... |
Holcim hosts Decarbonisation Accelerator Demo Days22 December 2022, Published under Cement News3D-printed custom formwork and AI-powered supply chain software were among the new technologies on display during the annual Holcim Accelerator Demo Days at Lyons, France. Nine start-ups from seven countries came together to explore breakthrough solutions to reduce carbon emissions at production, material, design and construction level. During the Demo Days event, the start-ups pitched their solutions and demonstrated an MVP (minimum viable product) to stakeholders ranging from corporat... |
Hoffmann Green signs 3-year contract with ECBL22 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsHoffmann Green Cement Technologies has signed a three-year contract with general construction company Enterprise de Construction et Bâtiment du Littoral (ECBL) to supply its clinker-free decarbonised cement for structural work such as the construction of multi-unit housing and industrial, public, tertiary and office buildings, as well as major heritage restoration work. ECBL is located in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, less than 100km from Hoffmann Green’s headquarters in Bournezeau, Ven... |
Hanson awards contract for CCS plant at Padeswood20 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsUK-based Hanson , part of Heidelberg Materials , has awarded a contract to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering to deliver the preliminary front-end engineering design for a CO 2 capture plant at Hanson’s Padeswood cement plant in Flintshire, north Wales. Once operational it will capture 800,000t of CO 2 and store it in spent gas fields off the coast of northwest England. According to Hanson, it hopes to have the carbon capture and storage (CCS) plant up and running by 2027 with ... |
CEMBUREAU welcomes ETS and CBAM agreements20 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsCEMBUREAU, the European Cement Association, welcomed the trilogue agreements struck by EU negotiators on the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) and the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). “The agreements on CBAM and ETS are essential to create a global level playing field on CO 2 and support our sector in its transition to carbon neutrality. It is positive that the EU institutions strengthened some key aspects of CBAM”, commented Koen Coppenholle, CEO of CEMBUREAU. “We howev... |
Holcim receives Double 'A' ranking for climate and water leadership19 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsCDP has recognised Holcim’s sustainability leadership with a double “A” ranking for climate and water management. Holcim is one of 15 companies in Europe and the first in its sector to achieve a double ‘A’ CDP score, out of 15,000 companies scored globally. Maxfield Weiss, executive director, CDP Europe: “CDP saw nearly 20,000 companies disclose environmental data this year, including 70 per cent of European companies by market value. COP27 showed the need for transformational chang... |