World Cement Association appoints Philippe Richart as CEO
The World Cement Association has appointed Philippe Richart as its new chief executive officer, effective 8 January 2026. Richart succeeds Ian Riley, who joined the associat...
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The global cement industry in 2025
Future historians may look back upon 2025 as the year when a new industry paradigm finally emerged, as the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) – launched in 2005 – prepared to...
Holcim readies limestone transport for new Obourg kiln
Holcim is developing the river and rail transport facilities at the Vaulx site, near Obourg, Belgium. The facilities will transport limestone extracted from Vaulx and then ship...
Swiss court to hear landmark climate case against Holcim
A court in Zug, Switzerland has agreed to hear a landmark climate lawsuit brought by four residents of Pari Island in Indonesia against Swiss cement giant Holcim , in what leg...
Holcim Mexico celebrates 30 years of CiTeC
Head of the Regulations, Competitiveness, and Competition Unit at the Ministry of Economy, Andrea Genoveva Solano Rendón, acknowledged CiTeC's strategic role as a key player in...
Holcim leaps at opportunity for Latin American cement growth
Holcim’s decision to acquire a majority stake in Cementos Pacasmayo for US$550m has emerged as one of the most notable cement transactions of the year, surprising some observer...
Oman’s 44.01 and Holcim launch region’s first cement plant CO2 mineralisation pilot
Omani carbon mineralisation firm 44.01 has inaugurated the Middle East’s first pilot project to capture and permanently store carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from a cement pla...
Holcim buys majority stake in Cementos Pacasmayo
Holcim will invest US$550m in a 50.01 per cent holding in Cementos Pacasmayo SA . The deal values the Peru-based cement producer at US$1.5bn, including debt, or US$1.1bn equ...
Holcim Costa Rica acquires AMCO concrete units
The transaction integrates the operations located in Guanacaste and San Joaquín de Heredia, which will operate under the Holcim brand as two new concrete plants. Thanks to this...
Cool Planet records major breakthrough in membrane carbon-capture scale-up
Cool Planet Technologies has announced successful testing of its third-generation carbon-capture membrane module, marking a key milestone in scaling its technology for industri...