Contract warning as Belgian cement prices continue to climb
The 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 ar...
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No back tracking on Europe's Green Deal
The introduction of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), energy price rises and implementation of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) across Europe have hei...
Holcim partners with TotalEnergies to fully decarbonise Obourg plant
Holcim has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TotalEnergies to work together to fully decarbonise the cement producer’s Obourg plant in Belgium. In a bid to create ...
Holcim Belgium joins Fluxys CO2 network
Holcim Belgium is joining forces with Fluxys to meet the cement producer's carbon neutral objectives as part of its Go4Zero programme. The first phase of Go4Zero is the construc...
Holcim to acquire building solutions provider Cantillana
Holcim has entered into an agreement to acquire Cantillana, a key Belgium-based specialty building solutions provider. With estimated net sales of EUR80m in 2022, Cantillana’s e...
Construction product study to reduce global warming released
A consortium of European and global trade bodies have published a peer-reviewed study entitled 'Carbon Accounting for Building Materials – An assessment of Global Warming Potent...
CCB Beton receives new wheel loaders
In 2020, Compagnie des Ciments Belges Beton (CCB Beton), part of the Cementir group , launched an investment plan for the replacement of its fleet of wheel loaders. Since then, ...
Holcim's "GO4Zero' project sees public inquiry open
Holcim 's new "GO4ZERO" kiln project in Obourg, Belgium, will undergoing a public inquiry, from 25 April to 25 May to give the inhabitants of the municipalities of Mons, Soignie...
Buzzi Unicem records strong growth in Italy in 2021
Buzzi Unicem has announced its consolidated financial results of 2021 which saw cement and clinker sales rise by 6.7 per cent to 31.2Mt from 29.25Mt in 2020. EBITDA reached EUR7...
Cementir records strong regional results in 2021
Cementir 's regional markets results for 2021 produced increasing revenues in all markets. The highest revenues outside of Italy were recorded in Belgium and France. Norway and ...