Cement News tagged under: western Europe
Catch4climate project completes construction of 60m preheater tower08 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsScherr+Klimke AG build 60m Catch4climate preheater tower in Germany A new milestone for the pilot project "Catch4climate" has been achieved with the completion of the 60m-high preheater tower. A demonstration plant is currently being built on the site of Schwenk Zement' s Mergelstetten cement plant in southern Germany, which will use the thyssenkrupp polysius ® pure Oxyfuel process for CO₂ capture and is scheduled to go into operation at the end of 2024. The polysius ® pu... |
Heracles Group’s Olympus CO2 project receives EU funding06 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe EU Innovation Fund has chosen to co-finance Heracles Group ’s ( Holcim ) Olympus CO 2 capture project. The Olympus project aims to transform Heracles Group’s plant in Milaki , Greece, into a zero carbon cement plant through the use of innovative carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies. The project marks an investment of over EUR300m, of which the EU Innovation Fund will grant EUR124.5m. Dimitris Chanis, Heracles Group CEO, said, “With the Olympus project, we make another stra... |
Hoffmann Green to supply clinker-free cements to CRBPE05 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsHoffmann Green Cement Technologies has signed a commercial partnership with CRBPE (Conception Réalisation Béton Prêt à l’Emploi), which manufactures and delivers a wide range of ready-mixed concrete products for professionals and private customers in the Aube region of France and neighbouring areas. The agreement, which runs until the end of 2027, involves supplying Hoffmann Green Cement’s clinker-free cements to CRBPE’s four concrete plants. According to CRBPE, the partnership is... |
Cement-free mineral foams for 3D printing05 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsETH Zurich has launched a project known as Airlements, which pioneers the use of cement-free mineral foams derived from recycled industrial waste, including fly ash from industrial blastfurnaces, to produce 3D printed building components. Spearheaded by doctoral researcher Patrick Bedarf from Professor Benjamin Dillenburger’s Digital Building Technologies group, the technology promises to reduce heating and cooling costs and to revolutionise the efficiency of construction material usage. ... |
Carbon Re launches decarbonisation white paper05 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsCarbon Re has launched its white paper - ‘Levers of Change’ - to serve as a compass for navigating the regulatory and commercial factors steering decarbonisation efforts in cement production. According to the company, the white paper provides information for stakeholders to assess the landscape and identify actionable strategies within their specific contexts. At the heart of the paper is an exploration of six crucial decarbonisation levers relevant to the cement industry: standards... |
Cement imports by France tumble 25% in August04 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsAugust 2023 saw France import 227,000t of cement, marking a 24.9 per cent decline MoM and the second month in a row that imports have contracted following two months of growth. According to IndexBox, the main suppliers were Belgium (68,000t), Spain (42,000t) and Vietnam (24,000t), collectively accounting for 59 per cent of imports in August. They were followed by Luxembourg, Italy, Greece and Germany which together accounted for a further 25 per cent. In terms of value, cement imports in... |
Holcim joins Circularity Task Force at COP2804 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsHolcim has become a founding member of the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s (SMI) Circularity Task Force, launched at COP28 in Dubai, to accelerate the world’s shift to a circular economy. The task force aims to close essential material loops to advance climate action, while preserving nature’s resources and planetary boundaries. This commitment adds to Holcim’s leadership in circular construction, a driver of its decarbonisation journey, which includes the goal of recycling more than... |
CEMEX welcomes BS 8500 concrete standard04 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsCEMEX has welcomed the introduction of the newly revised standard for concrete, BS 8500, with a two-day CEMEX UK ReadyMix Commercial Conference for key stakeholders across the CEMEX UK operation. The introduction of the new standard represents a significant advancement for the UK construction industry, to provide even greater options for concrete and cement manufacture, in the critical area of reducing the embodied carbon. Richard Boult, commercial technical manager for cement, CEMEX ... |
GCCA releases its Cement Industry Net Zero Progress Report 202304 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe Global Cement & Concrete Association (GCCA) has released its Cement Industry Net Zero Progress Report 2023 providing an update on global action and progress by the GCCA and its member companies. Initiatives featured include development of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), increasing use of alternative energy sources and research into new materials and technology. The new report comes two years after the launch of its Concrete Future 2050 Roadmap for Net Zero Concrete. F... |
Swiss team draws on archives to develop low-carbon binders01 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsA team of experts from EPFL (Switzerland), ETH Zurich and a Geneva-based architecture firm has developed a new type of non-reinforced concrete made from stone offcuts. Their method, known as ‘Cyclopean’, draws on ancient technologies uncovered in historical archives to reduce the use of carbon-intensive cement-based binders. In October this year, the team built six load-bearing walls in Lucery-Villars, Switzerland, using recovered stone-quarry waste and fieldstone. The prototype str... |