EU reaches agreement on stricter air pollution limits
The European Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on a directive to reduce emissions of air pollutants on 30 June 2016.
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Positive signs of recovery Premium
CEMBUREAU released figures this summer on the production performance of its members in the European cement sector in 2015. They reveal a modest positive annual growth rate of 0....
EU member states could save EUR9bn by co-processing more waste
Just over half of the waste generated in the EU is recycled, 13 per cent is used for energy recovery, but 35 per cent is still disposed of, mostly in landfills claims a report b...
CEMBUREAU welcomes EC progress towards circular economy
On 2 December 2015, the European Commission adopted its ambitious Circular Economy Package, which is expected to help Europe to become more resource efficient. The package has b...
CEMBUREAU: recovery continues in 3Q15
The third quarter of 2015 saw no GDP recession anywhere across the EU, according to the European cement association, CEMBUREAU, which published its Quarterly Economic Report for...
CEMBUREAU: EU-ETS proposal needs to incentivise best performers
The European Commission (EC) recently published the long-awaited post-2020 EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) proposal.
EU Climate Change Committee includes cement on carbon leakage list
The cement sector has been included on the EU Climate Change Committee's approved list of sectors deemed to be at risk of carbon leakage, a move welcomed by European cement asso...
European Commission publishes NIM decision
The European Commission published its decision relating to the National Implementation Measures (NIM) under the EU Emission Trading Directive (EU-ETD) on 5 September. It highlig...
European Council authorises EU & Australia ETS link
On 13 May 2013, the European Council adopted a decision authorising the European Commission to open negotiations regarding the linking of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS...
European Commission to publish ETS review report
EU Climate Change Commissioner Connie Hedegaard recently announced that the review of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will be published before the summer break in 2012 rat...