Decarbonising construction with calcined clay
One of the ways Holcim is decarbonising construction is by increasing the use of calcined clays to further develop the company’s ECOPlanet low-carbon cements and enable large-sc...
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Denmark’s first CO2 storage facility ready to store large volumes of CO2
Project Greensand, Denmark’s CO2 storage facility in the North Sea subsoil, is ready to receive large amounts of CO 2 . The project is now awaiting the Danish authorities' appro...
Building the CO2 infrastructure for Germany’s cement sector Premium
The decarbonisation of the cement and lime industries requires the construction of infrastructure to enable the transport of the captured CO 2 to its storage or utilisation site...
Holcim names new CEO in Spain
Holcim has appointed Ricardo De Pablos as new general manager in Spain, replacing Carmen Díaz, who has been appointed Chief People Officer of the group. From his new position as...
Votorantim invests US$12m in Oural solid fuel plant
Votorantim Cementos España (VCE) plans to build a US$12m solid recovered fuel (SRF) facility in its integrated plant in Oural , Spain, according to the newspaper El Progreso. Th...
Eqiom awards Fives FCB Héming upgrade contract
Eqiom has awarded Fives FCB the contract to upgrade its cement grinding plant in Héming , France. The cement producer, which is part of CRH , plans to upgrade its grinding unit ...
Ecocem appoints Mike Donovan as technical director of its US operations
Ecocem , Europe’s leading proprietor of low-carbon cement technologies, announced on 4 September that it has appointed Mike Donovan as technical director for its operations in t...
Italian cement grows in June
Italian cement output expanded three per cent YoY in June. This follows a five per cent YoY expansion in May, according to the latest data from Italian concrete association, Fed...
State building projects in Ireland must use low-carbon concrete under new rules
Future state-funded building such as roads, schools and hospitals must use low-carbon concrete under new regulations which came into force yesterday. Concrete will be a key buil...
Cimsa buys into UK and Irish building material markets
This week, Cimsa (Sabanci Group) has made an agreement to acquire Mannok in Ireland in a EUR330m deal. With this acquisition, the Turkiye-based cement producer will increase its...