Sika reports record sales in excess of CHF10bn
In 2022 Sika reported sales in excess of CHF10bn (US$10.83bn) for the first time as the company saw sales growth of 15.8 per cent in local currencies compared to the previous ye...
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Swiss market contracts by 1% in 2022
Cement deliveries in Switzerland, including Liechtenstein, were down 6.3 per cent YoY to 971,994t in the fourth quarter of 2022 from 1,037,394t in the 4Q21, according to cemsuis...
Votorantim to invest in energy efficiency at Toral de los Vados plant
In line with Votorantim ’s Sustainability 2030 commitments, the company is investing EUR15m to improve the energy efficiency of the Toral de los Vados factory in Spain. With thi...
Antoing plant set to capture 97% of its emissions
Heidelberg Materials says that it will build a new hybrid carbon capture (CCUS) unit at its subsidiary SA Cimenteries CBR 's cement plant in Antoing , Belgium, that will almost ...
Holcim acquires NICEM
Holcim has acquired Nicem srl, a leader in ground calcium carbonate based near Bergamo, Italy. Calcium carbonate is a highly versatile, low-carbon raw material that is useful fo...
HASLE Refractories appoints BoD chairman
Carsten Riisberg Lund has been announced as the new chairman of the board of directors (BoD) at HASLE Refractories A/S, Denmark. Mr Lund has undertaken more than 35 years of ser...
German minister backs Norcem's carbon capture project
Germany's economy minister Robert Habeck fully backed Heidelberg Material ’s Norwegian’s project to capture carbon emissions and re-use them. Globally, Heidelberg Materials is i...
The electrified commercial cement kiln
Last year, the US signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, the most significant climate legislation in US history. The IRA will provide some US$500bn in new sp...
Italy sees 5% reduction in cement output in October
Italian cement production fell by five per cent YoY in October 2022, according to the country’s construction chamber, Federbeton. When compared with the 2015 base index producti...
Cookstown Cement rebranded as Cemcor
The Cookstown cement plant acquired in January 2022 by LCC Group and David Millar for GBP56m has been rebranded to Cemcor following significant investment from its new ownership...