Baltic CO2 terminal plans advance to support cement CCS
Plans for a CO2 transshipment terminal in Klaipeda, Lithuania, have advanced to the environmental impact assessment (EIA) stage, with potential implications for cement sector de...
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Schwenk Latvia opens first carbon capture test base
Latvia has inaugurated its first carbon capture test base at the Schwenk Latvia cement plant in Broceni, marking a major step toward decarbonising the country’s cement industry....
Carbon capture challenges are still in their infancy
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is now a reality for the European cement sector. As well as the start-up of Heidelberg Materials' Brevik project in Norway, Schwenk Zement has a...
Upgrading a Baltic flagship Premium
VARA Holding recently upgraded its flagship import terminal in Riga port, Latvia. Daniele Sciuto of Euromecc, the project’s contractor, explains the benefits of the new equipmen...
Andritz awarded Broceni FEL 2 study for carbon capture project
Andritz has been awarded a front-end loading (FEL 2) study for Schwenk 's Broceni cement plant in Latvia. This comprehensive study will include an air quality control system, ca...
Capsol Technologies prepares carbon capture demonstration unit
Last week Capsol Technologies AS installed its CapsolGo ® unit at A kmenes cementas AB in Lithuania and is preparing for a demonstration campaign within the cement industry, fol...
Baltic CCS project gains EU recognition
A cement carbon capture project in Lithuania and Latvia has been granted Project of Common Interest (PCI) status by the European Commission, recognising it as a project that wil...
Schwenk Latvija opens new grinding plant
Schwenk Latvija has opened what it calls “one of Europe’s most sustainable grinding plants”. The new works at Brocēni was commissioned in June 2022 and took just 20 months to co...
Schwenk Latvija reports 5% increase in turnover in 2021
Schwenk Latvija has reported a 4.9 per cent YoY increase in turnover in 2021. The company's turnover reached EUR96.455m, while profit came in at EUR16.118m, up 31.9 per cent YoY...
Schwenk Latvija orders Christian Pfeiffer high-performance ball mill circuit
Schwenk Latvija, a company of Schwenk Building Materials Group, awarded Christian Pfeiffer Maschinenfabrik GmbH with the construction of an efficient ball mill circuit for high-...