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Cemtech looks ahead on the road to cement industry decarbonisation

22 September 2020, Published under Cement News

Paul Roger, Exane BNP Paribas (UK), opened the afternoon session of Cemtech’s virtual conference “Decarbonising the cement industry” (21-24 September 2020), providing a global outlook in terms of cement consumption and an overview of sustainability issues in the cement industry. He expects global cement volumes to be down nearly five per cent in 2021 with sales up by less than three per cent in the following year as the world returns to growth. To achieve profitable growth in this scenario, ...

GCCA launches 2050 Climate Ambition programme

01 September 2020, Published under Cement News

In the joint industry initiative “2050 Climate Ambition” 40 of the world’s leading cement and concrete companies have announced their commitment to reduce the sector’s CO2 footprint, aspiring to deliver carbon-neutral concrete by 2050, according to the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA). Launched by the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) on behalf of its member companies, the ambition statement represents a critical milestone for the industry. It is the first time it ...

Vicat signs decarbonisation agreement with Carbon8 Systems

16 July 2020, Published under Cement News

Carbon8 Systems, the UK company that invented and owns a process that combines industrial waste residues or byproducts with captured CO₂ emissions to produce high-value, lightweight construction aggregates, has signed a commercial agreement with Vicat Group. Carbon8 Systems will deploy its award-winning technology at Vicat's Montalieu cement plant in southern France next month. It is Carbon8 Systems' first commercial deployment of its CO₂ntainer system (a modular, containerised solution) in...

Cement prices may rise steeply with decarbonisation

29 January 2020, Published under Cement News

Redburn Research House has downgraded HeidelbergCement and LafargeHolcim having assessed that cement producers will be faced with escalating production costs when having to decarbonise in the middle of the decade. The European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is predicted by Redburn to initially benefit European cement manufacturers by encouraging production discipline and industry consolidation in the region. As ETS becomes stricter and a border tax on carbon is introduced for produc...

Decarbonisation quick wins

08 July 2019, Published under Cement News

Different world regions present different challenges to the cement industry. While in the fast-growing economies of Asia and Africa building capacity and security of supply are key, cement plant operations in other regions are more affected by the need to reduce CO 2 emissions as their economies aim for decarbonisation. There is good news for both sides: the use of a new clean fuel can make a decisive contribution to tackling either challenge. By Wolfgang Moser, NextFuel AB, Sweden. ...