Tarmac plans to cut jobs despite huge profits
Tamac ( CRH Plc) is planning to cut as much as 10 per cent of its workforce in the UK according, to the GMB Union, which has called on the aggregate and building supplies giant ...
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Holcim receives environmental permit for new Obourg kiln
Holcim has received a new environmental permit for the company’s GO4ZERO kiln project at its Obourg plant, near Mons, Belgium, according to news agency Belga. The new kiln will ...
CRH appoints new non-executive director
CRH plc has appointed Christina Verchere as non-executive director, effective from 20 March 2023. Ms Verchere, a dual British and US citizen, is chief executive officer of OMV P...
UK spring budget: MPA rues missed opportunity
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has responded to the UK Government’s Spring Budget by calling for clearer action to accelerate investment, green growth and infrastructure...
Holcim supplies landmark Croatian tunnel
Holcim has supplied more than 120,000m 3 of its ECOPact low-carbon concrete to a tunnel project in Croatia, reducing the project’s CO 2 emissions by 30 per cent. In addition, ma...
Ecocem Director speaks out against composition of Net Zero Industry Act
Ecocem ’s Founder and Managing Director, Donal O'Riain, has spoken out on what he terms a missed opportunity with the passing of Europe's Net Zero Industry ACT (NZIA). Mr Riain ...
Ecocem founder denounces narrow CCUS focus of UK government
Following the UK government’s announcement in its budget to invest GBP20bn (US$24.1bn/EUR22.8bn) in carbon capture technology, Donal O'Riain, Ecocem ’s founder and director, voi...
Bellona encouraged by EU's directive for embodied carbon of buildings
Climate and sustainability foundation, Bellona, says it is encouraging to see the EU take decisive action on the built environment and embodied carbon following the European Par...
GCCA launches 2nd Innovandi Open Challenge
The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has launched its second Innovandi Open Challenge and this year is asking for start-ups to team up with the cement industry to d...
IKN completes test runs of calcium looping trials
After successfully finishing CLEANKER’s test-runs of the entrained Calcium Looping (CaL) system at Vernaca cement plant in Italy, the complete project will be presented to the p...