A lifetime advancing cement science and innovation Premium
After 35 years at VDZ, including more than 25 years as chief executive, Dr Martin Schneider will retire in November 2026. During his tenure, he transformed VDZ into a thriving i...
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Decarbonising the Latin American cement industry Premium
Latin America, including the Caribbean, produced ~183Mt of cement in 2024. The region benefits from comparatively low clinker factors and increasingly low-carbon power systems, ...
AGILIS and Paebbl partner on lower-carbon concrete for infrastructure
The partnership follows more than a year of joint development work and has already resulted in a reported 28 per cent reduction in embodied carbon in concrete, achieved without ...
Carbon Upcycling secures US$10m for flagship cement project
Carbon Upcycling Technologies has secured up to US$10m in asset-secured financing from ATEL Ventures. This strategic agreement marks a major commercial milestone, reinforcing th...
Cocoon Carbon raises EUR13m to scale SCM production from steel slag
UK-based start-up Cocoon Carbon has raised EUR13m (US$15m) in a Series A funding round to support the development of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) derived from ele...
Progressive Planet develops new LCD cement technology
Canadian firm Progressive Planet has filed a US provisional patent application for a new supplementary cementing material (SCM) branded Planet LCD Cement, designed to replace up...
Analysts: green cement market to reach US$95.82bn by 2033
The global market for green cement is expected to expand significantly over the coming decade, driven by tightening environmental regulation, corporate decarbonisation targets a...
GCCA report highlights a 25 per cent global reduction in CO2 intensity
The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) used COP30 in Belém to call for closer industry collaboration on decarbonisation and to launch its Net Zero Action & Progress R...
Import terminals for SCMs Premium
The increasing importance of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) is leading to higher volumes of SCM imports and as a result, the construction of more import terminals t...
Structural inertia slows Japan’s cement decarbonisation
A recent report by Japan’s Renewable Energy Institute’s on the current state of the country’s cement sector frames decarbonisation as a sequencing challenge: prioritise actions ...