Cement News tagged under: decarbonisation
Adbri to operate world's first fully electric self-unloading vessel22 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsAdbri has entered into a 20-year strategic partnership with Canada Steam Ship Lines (CSL) to build and operate the world’s first fully electric battery-capable self-unloading vessel. The custom-designed ship will replace Adbri’s ‘Accolade II’ and will support the company’s limestone operations in South Australia with a focus on enhanced efficiency and environmental responsibility. The ship will carry up to 2.7Mta of limestone, which represents a 35 per cent increase over the existing vesse... |
CEMEX supports zero emission hydrogen start-up21 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsCEMEX Ventures, CEMEX’s corporate venture capital and open innovation unit, has increased its stake in HiiROC, a UK-based start-up that produces cost-competitive and zero-emission hydrogen through its proprietary process of thermal plasma electrolysis. While hydrogen is becoming an increasingly promising alternative energy source and feedstock for a wide and diverse set of industrial processes, existing solutions are traditionally either high emission or high cost. Alternatively, HiiROC... |
UK carbon pricing levy by 202720 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe UK is to introduce a new import carbon pricing mechanism by 2027 to support its decarbonisation drive. Among the products subject to the new levy will be cement, along with steel, iron, aluminium and ceramics. Imports of these goods from overseas will face a comparable carbon price to those produced in the UK, helping to reduce the risk of carbon leakage. According to the UK Government, the charge applied by the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) will depend on the amount of c... |
TITAN announces IFESTOS grant agreement with EU Innovation Fund19 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsTITAN has signed a Grant Agreement with the EU Innovation Fund for IFESTOS, its pioneering carbon capture project in Greece, following its selection in July, in the context of the fund’s third call for large-scale projects. The EU Innovation Fund, one of the world’s largest funding programmes for innovative low-carbon technologies, will support TITAN's project with a grant of EUR234m. IFESTOS is poised to accelerate the green transformation of the Greek building materials industry and ... |
Ambuja Cements announces green power investment18 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsAmbuja Cements has announced plans to invest INR60,000m (US$723m) in renewable energy, resulting in green power accounting for 60 per cent of its energy requirements. According to the company, 1000MW of solar and wind power projects are planned, including a 600MW solar power project and a 150MW wind project in Gujarat, along with a 250MW solar power project in Rajasthan. This will be achieved by FY25-26 in addition to the company’s existing 84MW of solar and wind power. Ambuja is also ... |
WCA endorses Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative at COP2815 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe World Cement Association (WCA) has endorsed global government efforts to advance low-carbon cement and concrete production, announced at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai. The commitments made by Canada, Germany, the UK and the USA, member countries of the Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative (IDDI), include adopting timebound commitments to procure low-emission cement and concrete as well as steel. "The collective commitment of IDDI members to le... |
GCCA welcomes COP28 transition deal away from fossil fuels14 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsFor the first time, a deal has been agreed at COP28, the UN climate summit, which agrees to countries moving away from the use of fossil fuels. The agreement was reached after days of negotiations in Dubai, UAE. The text recognises the need for deep, rapid and sustained reductions if humanity is to limit temperature rises to 1.5˚C above pre-industrial levels. Welcoming the agreement, Thomas Guillot, CEO of the Global Cement and Concrete Association, said, “We welcome the progress made at ... |
Cost savings on the road to net-zero12 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe road to net-zero is long and cost intensive, particularly on the process side of the building materials industry. However, a quick win on this journey is often neglected: logistics and transport. In this article INFORM explores how AI can reduce costs, lower carbon emissions and enhance customer service in cement logistics. By Dr Lars Lambrecht and Karsten Horn, INFORM GmbH, Germany. Figure 1: contributors to decarbonisation (Source: INFORM ) Even though Large Language Model... |
GCCA launches Innovandi Entrepreneur Network12 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe Global Cement & Concrete Association (GCCA) has launched the third programme in its Innovandi brand, the Innovandi Entrepreneur Network. The network brings together start-ups that are developing technologies relevant to decarbonisation across the cement and concrete value chain and enables them to network with GCCA members. The Entrepreneur Network, launched at COP28 in Dubai, UAE, will be open to start-ups from around the world who are specialising in accelerating the decarbonisation... |
Carbon2Business project wins two awards at COP2811 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsHolcim has received two awards at COP28 in Dubai, UAE, for its “Carbon2Business” project in Lägerdorf, Germany, in recognition of the scalability and breakthrough innovation of its carbon capture technologies. The first award saw Holcim named by the COP28 Presidency as an "Energy Transition Changemaker", a title awarded to companies with game-changing innovative solutions that can be scaled to accelerate decarbonisation. For the second award, the Carbon2Business was selected as Germany’s “... |