Cambridge University research proposes cement recycling
Cyrille Dunant, a materials scientist at Cambridge University, is one of a team of scientists working on a method to recycle cement and reduce the environmental impact of the c...
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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...
Heidelberg Materials' Slite plant secures SEK70.8 in green funding
Heidelberg Materials Sweden (formerly Cementa) has secured SEK70.8m (US$6.9m) in funding to invest in switchgear at its Slite plant in Gotland, Sweden. The funding, allocat...
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...
Cemex completes divestment in Neoris for US$209m
Cemex has finalised the sale of its remaining stake in Neoris, a digital accelerator founded more than 20 years ago. The sale will enable the company to focus on its core busin...
Taiheiyo Cement Corporation’s Carbofix blocks adopted for public works
Roadway interlocking concrete blocks and property boundary concrete blocks, both made from Taiheiyo Cement Group ’s CARBOFIX ® cement, have been adopted for a municipal publi...
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 grindin...
Vecoplan focusses on digitalisation in new shredder features
Germany-based Vecoplan AG is tapping into the increasing demand for an improved performance of shredders and the use of digitalisation in their operation. “Many machine para...
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...
Seven companies to work on Japanese advanced CCS projects
Taiheiyo Cement Corp , ITOCHU Corp, Nippon Steel Corp, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, INPEX Corp, Taisei Corp and ITOCHU Oil Exploration Co Ltd were selected by the Japan Or...
Moroccan market expands 10% in August
Cement deliveries by Asment Témara , Ciments de l’Atlas , Ciments du Maroc , LafargeHolcim Maroc in Morocco advanced by 9.7 per cent YoY to 1,265,106t in August 2024 from ...
Cemex acquires recycling company as part of its circularity mission
On 3 September 2024, Cemex announced it had acquired a majority stake in RC-Baustoffe Berlin GmbH & Co KG, a Berlin-based recycling company and part of the Heim Group. The co...
Dalmia agrees to acquire 26% stake in Truere Surya
India-based Dalmia Bharat Group said that its subsidiary Dalmia Cement (Bharat) has entered into a share subscription and share holders agreement (SSSHA) to acquire a 26 pe...
Holcim announces leadership appointments
Jaime Hill, Holcim's country CEO of Mexico, is appointed Holcim ’s region head North America with immediate effect. He succeeds Toufic Tabbara, who has decided to pursue oppor...
Votorantim appoints new executive VP of finance and investor relations
Votorantim Cimentos SA announced on 2 September 2024, its appointment of Antonio Miguel Sousa Pelicano to the position of executive vice president of finance and investor rel...
Colombia’s cement dispatches stable in July
Grey cement dispatches in Colombia remained stable at 1.051Mt in July 2024, according to the country’s statistics agency, DANE. Bulk dispatches expanded by 1.9 per cent YoY, bu...
Simba Cement expands operations in Uganda
Simba Cement is making significant strides in Uganda ’s construction industry by providing high-quality cement at competitive prices. With the expansion of the company’s opera...
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, Fe...
New ISO co-processing standard
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published a new standard, ISO 4349:2024 for the “Determination of the recycling index for co-processing. The stan...
India’s SEBI puts temporary stop on JSW Cement IPO
India’s Securities and Exchange Board (SEBI) has put a temporary halt on the initial public offering (IPO) of JSW Cement. The IPO included a new equity issuance and an offer fo...
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