INSEE Cement Sri Lanka signs environmental MoUs
INSEE Cement Sri Lanka, has signed two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with the Ministry of Environment and the Central Environmental Authority of Sri Lanka to support the gov...
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BillerudKorsnäs reduces CO2 emissions by 5.4Mta
A study led by Peter Holmgren, forestry specialist and former Director General of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), shows that BillerudKorsnäs' sales of ca...
Report calls for co-processing of wind turbine blades to be scaled up
The cement sector's cooperation is expected to be required to ease the challenge of recycling decommissioned wind turbines, according to a new report from WindEurope, the Europe...
Quinn Cement fined GBP2000 or emissions breach
Quinn Cement was fined GBP2000 (US$2554), having pleaded guilty to failing to limit gas emissions from its Ballyconnell plant in Ireland. The breach ocurred between 2018-19 and ...
Cementos Cienfuegos reverts to tyre burning to keep production going
The Cuban government has ordered domestic cement factory Cementos Cienfuegos to used waste tyres as fuel to save on oil amid a worsening fuel shortages brought on by US sanction...
LafargeHolcim obtains SBTi validation for its CO2 reduction targets
The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has validated LafargeHolcim's targets to reduce its global carbon emissions. According to SBTi, LafargeHolcim’s targets are adequate ...
FLSmidth urge greater efforts needed to create more sustainable cement
Per Mejnert Kristensen, FLSmidth Region president for Asia, spoke about sustainability and the role of the cement industry at the second annual Global Cement and Concrete Associ...
Dalmia Cement sets carbon neutrality target for 2040
India's Dalmia Cement has taken a proactive stance in reducing carbon emissions by announcing that it has targeted being carbon neutral by 2040. "We follow the strict regimes an...
AfriSam will use carbon tax to as an incentive for energy innovations
AfriSam's Cementitious Executive, Hannes Meyer, highlighted the potential of South Africa's new carbon tax to incentivise energy-saving innovation. The new carbon tax came into ...
Soil and wind-blown sand cement developed in China
Chinese researchers at Ximjiang Communications Construction Group Co Ltd claim to have developed a low-cost and environmentally-friendly cement with ingredients that include nat...