Heidelberg Materials sells DRC cement business to West China Cement
Heidelberg Materials has agreed to sell its 91 per cent majority stake in Cimenterie de Lukala SA (CILU), a cement producer in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to ...
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Calix raises US$25m to advance decarbonisation technologies
Low-emissions industrial technology developer Calix is raising US$25m to accelerate the commercialisation of its decarbonisation solutions for the cement, lime, iron, steel and...
Towards Germany’s first fully-decarbonised cement plant
Heidelberg Materials’ new GeZero project will completely decarbonise cement production at the Geseke plant in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The first of its kind project wil...
Bangladesh cement producers switch to VRMs and roller presses
Bangladesh cement manufacturers are replacing their traditional ball mills (TBMs) with sophisticated vertical roller mill (VRM) and roller press (RP) equipment, reports the Dai...
Hanson UK welcomes GBP20bn Government decarbonisation commitment
Hanson UK's CEO, subsidiary of Heidelberg Materials , has welcomed the UK Government's GBP20bn (US$24.1bn/EUR22.8bn) investment commitment to decarbonise heavy industry. Si...
Work accelerates on Slite CCS plant
Cementa ( Heidelberg Materials group ) is accelerating work to establish a full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility on Gotland, Sweden. The project, Slite CCS, ...
Heidelberg Materials places first sustainability-linked bond
Heidelberg Materials successfully placed its first sustainability-linked bond (ISIN XS2577874782) with an issue volume of EUR750m and a term until 2032 via HeidelbergCement A...
The electrified commercial cement kiln
Last year, the US signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, the most significant climate legislation in US history. The IRA will provide some US$500bn in new s...
Cementa gets go-ahead for Gotland quarry
A Swedish court has given Cementa the green light to continue mining limestone at its quarry on the island of Gotland, heading off the risk of a shortage of cement in the bui...
Heidelberg Materials submits CO2 reduction targets to SBTi
Heidelberg Materials has reconfirmed its 2030 carbon reduction targets, submitting them to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) for validation in line with the recently...