Oficemen appoints new president
José Manuel Cascajero Rodríguez, president of Cemex España Operations, has been elected president of Oficemen. He succeeds Victor García Brosa. He will lead the Spanish cemen...
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Spanish cement consumption rises 13% in 8M20
Cement consumption in Spain has grown by 13 per cent YoY in the first eight months of the year, reaching 9,581,951t, says Oficemen, Spain's cement association. In the c...
Cimpor to install solar plants at its Portugal works
Portugal’s Cimpor has announced that it will install a photovoltaic plant at each of its three production units in the country. The project is part of an investment package tha...
Fives Pillard appoints new executive director
Fabien Illy has joined Fives Pillard as its new executive director. Fabien has considerable and international expertise in the combustion industry where he has spent the m...
Ribblesdale cement plant hosts first UK net-zero commercial fuel trial
A UK cement kiln has successfully been operated using a net zero fuel as part of a world-first demonstration using hydrogen technology. Led by the Mineral Products Assoc...
Europe: invest, divest, assess
ICR looks at how economies have fared across western, central and eastern Europe over 2020-21, and what action Europe’s leading cement producers are taking to not only recover ...
Titan forms joint venture with Terna Energy
Titan Cement Group and Terna Energy, in a joint venture, will participate in the public tender process for the PPPs of the Mechanical & Biological Waste Treatment (MBT) plants ...
Cementa applies for an emergency mining permit
Cementa has submitted an application for an emergency permit for limestone mining in Slite, Sweden. The permit aims to secure the cement supply in Sweden for the next three ye...
RHI Magnesita appoints new COO
RHI Magnesita has announced a new member of its global executive management team. Effective from 1 October 2021, Rajah Jayendran, currently head of operations Europe/CIS/Turke...
Vicat announces methanol production at Montalieu-Vercieu cement plant
In partnership with Hynamics, a subsidiary of the EDF Group specialising in hydrogen production, Vicat is developing an integrated solution for capturing CO 2 and producing ...