Cement News tagged under: decarbonisation
Unlocking hydrogen’s power for greener transportation14 August 2023, Published under Cement NewsDecarbonising concrete and cement transportation poses challenges – hydrogen may be the missing puzzle piece given payload and uptime benefits. The industry should take this opportunity to create ecosystems that deploy the trucks and infrastructure. By Bernd Heid, McKinsey & Co, USA, Christopher Martens, McKinsey & Co, Germany, and Markus Wilthaner, McKinsey & Co, Belgium. Figure 1: the hydrogen refuelling market in Europe is projected to increase by ~95 per cent per annum by 2035 ... |
Keeping cement moving sustainably08 August 2023, Published under Cement NewsAs supply chain sustainability becomes a key priority for organisations, CEMEX is committed to investing in innovative heavy-duty transport solutions. Dave Hart, supply chain director of CEMEX UK and France, explains how the company looks to maximise efficiency while minimising the environmental footprint of its modes of transportation with a multi-pronged approach across rail, road and river. By Dave Hart, CEMEX UK. CEMEX UK has worked hard over the last 12 months to make improvement... |
Vanderbijlpark Slagment achieves 1.75m hours LTI08 August 2023, Published under Cement NewsLeading construction material supplier, AfriSam celebrated a significant milestone at the company’s Vanderbijlpark Slagment Operation in South Africa when it achieved 1.75m Lost Time Injury (LTI)-free hours earlier this year, demonstrating the high safety standards upheld at this plant. This means the plant has been injury free for nine years, a significant milestone. Due to its cementitious properties and depending on the application, slagment (which uses ground granulated blastfurn... |
Lafarge Jordan launches Shamel eco cement08 August 2023, Published under Cement NewsHolcim Ltd subsidiary Lafarge Jordan Cement has introduced Shamel, an environmentally friendly cement as part of the company’s sustainability drive. In a statement, Lafarge Jordan CEO, Samaan Samaan, highlighted the company's successful transformation in adopting an environmentally-conscious approach, noting that the entire product range has been revamped to embrace eco-friendly alternatives, a strategic move that resonates with the global vision of its parent company. "Shamel" represe... |
Solar kiln scaled to industrially-viable levels07 August 2023, Published under Cement NewsCEMEX and Synhelion have announced a significant milestone to develop fully solar-driven cement production by scaling their technology to industrially-viable levels. This includes the continuous production of clinker, the most energy-intensive part of cement manufacturing, using only solar heat. At the beginning of 2022, the companies announced the first-ever successful production of solar clinker in a small-scale batch process pilot. Advancing from that stage to production under pla... |
Titan commits to a greener future04 August 2023, Published under Cement NewsThis week we take a look at Titan Group's 2022 Sustainability Report. The vertically-integrated Greek building materials company has a global presence, stretching from Brazil and the USA to Europe, the Mediterranean and Egypt. During 2022 the company invested approximately EGP67m (US$2.16m) in improving environmental management systems. It has prioritised dust control systems, increased waste recycling of by-pass gas and has shifted to low-carbon products. It also has mid- to long-term goals... |
Europe’s calcined clay debut02 August 2023, Published under Cement NewsAt the Saint-Pierre-la-Cour cement plant in France, Holcim has developed and commissioned its own patented technology to produce calcined clay with the lowest-possible CO 2 footprint, 100 per cent alternative fuel use, low thermal energy requirement, and innovative colour control. The successful project start-up marks the first calcined clay, low-carbon cement operation in Europe, with scope for further potential. By Rudy Blum, Ernst Bucher and Michael Weihrauch, Holcim Technology Ltd, Swit... |
The science of carbon removal and carbon sinks21 July 2023, Published under Cement NewsThis week Brimstone announced that it had achieved third-party certification of its carbon-negative cement that meets the ASTM C150 standard. Low-carbon and green cements are continuously being developed as alternatives to ordinary Portland cement (OPC). Decarbonising the cement and concrete sectors will need such innovation, but the science of carbon removal from cement and concrete and to what extent they can act as carbon sinks is still a debated subject. While carbon capture, utilis... |
GCCA and LeadIT release Green Cement tracker21 July 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) and the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) have launched a new decarbonisation tracker, to help policymakers, industry experts, academics and the public monitor worldwide decarbonisation efforts in the cement industry. The Green Cement Technology Tracker was unveiled at an international inter-governmental meeting focused on clean energy, which is taking place in India. Per Andersson, head of the Secretariat – LeadIT, sai... |
Imperial College London awarded GBP1m CCUS additive funding20 July 2023, Published under Cement NewsImperial College London (ICL) researchers have been awarded GBP1m funding to develop a carbon negative cement additive. The funding comes from the Carbon Capture, Usage & Storage (CCUS) Innovation 2.0 competition, part of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s (DESNZ) GBP1bn (US$1.28bn/EUR1.23bn) Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP). Imperial researchers are transforming magnesium silicate minerals such as olivine, which are naturally abundant, into a supplementary cementitio... |