Swiss cement market contracts 10% in 2023
Cement deliveries in Switzerland, including Liechtenstein, fell by 10 per cent to 875,146t in the 4Q23 from 971,994t in the equivalent period of the previous year, reports cemsu...
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Rohrdorfer Zement launches clay pilot plant
Rohrdorfer Zement is beginning a pilot project with its net zero emission team to investigate the process-integrated production of tempered clays. The project includes the devel...
Hoffmann Green signs housebuilding contract
France-based Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies , a manufacturer of clinker-free cement, has announced the signing of a partnership until the end of 2027 with Groupe Trecobat, t...
FCT Combustion appoint European and African sales manager
FCT Combustion has appointed Átila Soares as its sales manager for Europe and Africa. Átila will be based in the company’s office in Vienna, Austria. Átila was previously at the...
Cement output in Italy declines 2% in October
Cement production in Italy slipped by two per cent YoY in October 2023, according to the Italian concrete association, Federbeton. When compared with the 2015-baseline index of ...
Cosmos Cement expects more sustainable cement but no change in production output
The Cosmos Cement Co ( Votorantim Cementos ) in Toral de los Vados expects its pending data production for 2023, to be in line with the previous year when almost 500,000t of cli...
Holcim replaces Beckum cooler
Holcim is modernising its Beckum pyroprocessing line with a new state-of-the-art Pendulum cooler. The project represents a EUR20m investment and is expected to significantly red...
CRH completes lime divestment
On 22 November 2023, CRH plc announced that it had reached an agreement to divest its lime operations in Europe for a total consideration of around US$1.1bn. This company is ple...
UK Government unveils 'CCUS Vision'
The UK Government has unveiled its plans to make the country a global market for carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS), adding an estimated GBP5bn (US$6.3bn) to the economy b...
CEMEX supports zero emission hydrogen start-up
CEMEX Ventures, CEMEX’s corporate venture capital and open innovation unit, has increased its stake in HiiROC, a UK-based start-up that produces cost-competitive and zero-emissi...