Five takeaways from Cemtech Europe 2026
Cemtech Europe 2026, held in Paris on 8-9 October, showed how cement producers are advancing decarbonisation amid falling demand, rising carbon costs and uncertainty over CO 2 i...
Clinker Substitution
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Latin America explores biocapture for residual cement emissions
Latin America’s cement industry is exploring a different route to carbon neutrality, combining faster deployment of established emissions reduction measures with nature-based ca...
Holcim demonstrates new low-carbon cement made from RCF
RCF, a waste product from demolished buildings, serves as clinker replacement and therefore helps to lower the carbon footprint of cement and concrete. The Innovate UK-funded tr...
Ecocem and Bouygues Construction announce global carbon reduction partnership
Global construction company Bouygues Construction has signed an agreement with low-carbon cement producer Ecocem . The long-term goal of the partnership is to use Ecocem’s ACT t...
Clinker substitution takes hold in Africa
Ghana's cement producers have struck out on a decarbonisation and low-carbon cement path. By using local resources for raw materials and reducing the clinker factor, cement manu...
Can alternative raw material usage be better implemented?
CEMBUREAU's recent webinar on '2050 ambitions and the role of secondary materials in the European cement sector' indicated how challenging it will be to meet the CEMBUREAU 2050 ...
Clay calcination – accelerating cement’s green transition Premium
With the cement industry’s goal of working towards saving the planet, FLSmidth proposes a simple switch: replace 30 per cent of clinker with calcined clay for up to a 40 per cen...
The potential of activated clays in cement Premium
One of the pathways to a more sustainable cement industry is the reduction of the clinker factor in cement. The use of thermally-activated clays not only reduces the clinker con...
Chip Mong INSEE Cement: key steps to sustainability Premium
For Cambodia-based producer Chip Mong INSEE Cement Corp (CMIC) sustainability has always been a key priority. Its 2Mta cement plant, located 125km southwest of Phnom Penh, is de...
Bringing on the substitutes Premium
As part of its drive to reduce its CO 2 emissions, Votorantim Cimentos is using a range of clinker substitutes to lower its clinker-to-cement ratio. As a result, around 86 per c...