Votorantim Cimentos set to acquire Cementos Balboa
Votorantim Cimentos, through its Spanish subsidiary Corporación Noroeste, has entered into an agreement for the full acquisition of Cementos Balboa. Cementos Balboa has an inte...
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Vicat contracts FLSmidth for full-scale clay calcination project
Vicat has contracted FLSmidth to deliver equipment for a new project in France, which will replace clinker with an environmentally-friendly clay and cut up to 16 per cent of CO...
CEMBUREAU states concern for CBAM Fit for 55 package
The European cement industry fully supports the objectives of the European Green Deal, says the industry association, C EMBUREAU . In its Carbon Neutrality Roadmap, the cement...
LafargeHolcim Carboneras increases AF use by 34% in 2020
LafargeHolcim’s Carboneras plant in Almeria, Spain, increased its use of alternative fuels by 34 per cent YoY to 80,900t in 2020. As the company reduced its consumption of foss...
HeidelbergCement links sustainability to performance
This week HeidelbergCement released its 2020 Sustainability Report. In the 109-page document the company highlights the sustainability challenges ahead and its progress in term...
Andusia sees RDF volumes recovering in the UK
Andusia reports that RDF volumes in the UK have started to recover after COVID-19 had restricted its availability. In March 2020 the Environment Agency said that RDF exports...
Padeswood cement plant fire extinguished
At the start of this week, a fire broke out at Hanson's Padeswood cement works (HeidelbergCement group), UK. The plant manager said the fire at the Welsh cement plant has now ...
Beumer Group wins Märker Zement alternative fuel project
Märker Zement GmbH has commissioned Beumer Group with the supply of a single-source solution to convey and store alternative fuel materials efficiently at its Harburg plant, Ge...
HeidelbergCement launches its 2020 Sustainability Report
HeidelbergCement has published its Sustainability Report for the 2020 financial year. The company’s 12th Sustainability Report provides detailed information about the company’...
Sarche plant to reactivate kiln line
Italy’s Italcementi (HeidelbergCement) has announced an investment of almost EUR5m (US$6.07m) at its Sarche plant in Madruzzo, Italy. The works will see the factory, which h...