Natural gas and CO2 abatement across the Atlantic
This week we look at the differing attitudes to alternative fuels (AFs) on each side of the Atlantic. While CEMBUREAU in its 2022 Activity Report has demonstrated the rising le...
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Material Evolution secures funding to scale up low-carbon cement production
UK-based Material Evolution, an advanced materials company producing low-carbon cement from industrial waste streams, has secured GBP15m (US$18.9m) in funding to scale up prod...
Nickel miner FNI to diversify into cement
Philippines-based nickel miner, Global Ferronickel Holdings Inc (FNI), is reportedly looking to expand into the cement industry, adding to its existing nickel and ports busine...
OPEC+ actions lift oil and the energy complex – coal and petcoke fall to 2020 levels on lower demand
By Frank O. Brannvoll, Brannvoll ApS, Denmark The markets are still caught in the fear that higher interest rates to fight inflation could start a recession and see demand f...
Ramco Cement commissions Line 3 at Raja Nagar
Ramco Cements has commissioned Line 3 at its Ramamasamy Raja Nagar plant in Tamil Nadu, India. This marks the first integrated cement line in the region in the last 15 year...
Holcim Philippines to delist from Philippine Stock Exchange
Holcim Philippines is voluntarily delisting from the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) after its major shareholder Holderfin BV acquired additional Holcim shares from Sumitomo ...
Enviva expands biomass capacity to meet renewable energy demand
Enviva Inc, the world’s largest producer of industrial wood pellets, has broken ground on its new Epes plant, which is under construction in Sumter County, Alabama, USA. Enviv...
Birla Corp targets 15% sales volume growth in FY23-24
India’s Birla Corp Ltd (BCL) has forecast sales volume growth of 15 per cent in FY24, on the back of infrastructure investment and ongoing government projects. The company re...
Spain’s cement demand up 1% in May
Cement consumption in Spain has edged up 0.7 per cent YoY to 1,348,525t in May 2023, according the country’s cement association, Oficemen. In the first five months of 2023, t...
Ambuja Cement reports revenue of US$4746m
Ambuja Cement , part of the Adani Group , has reported revenue from operations of INR389,370m (US$4746m) in FY22-23. EBITDA came in at INR58,600m, with an EBITDA margin of 15...
Breedon and First Graphene to trial graphene-enhanced cement
Australia-based First Graphene has commenced trials on graphene-enhanced cement and concrete at Breedon ’s Hope cement plant in the UK. Around 2000t of graphene-enhanced cem...
Cahya Mata adds new clinker line
Malaysian cement producer Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd has been given approval to build a 1.9Mta clinker line in Kuching, Sarawak. The MYR750m (US$160.6m) line will have a producti...
ACC reports revenue of US$2706m
Indian cement producer ACC Ltd has reported revenue from operations of INR222,100m (US$2706m) in FY22-23. EBITDA came in at INR22,560m, while profit after tax stood at INR870...
Concrete Europe welcomes new president
Concrete Europe warmly welcomes Marco Borroni as its new president, who is also the former president of ERMCO (the European Ready Mixed Concrete Organisation). Borroni succeeds...
Schade installs Cantilever reclaimer in Gorazdze
An old reclaimer at Gorazdze in Poland has been replaced by a SCHADE cantilever reclaimer with the conveying capacity doubled to 400tph, and an associated belt conveyor. SCHADE...
Chryso & GCP optimise service and production capacities in North America
Chemical additive producers Chryso & GCP (Saint-Gobain Construction Chemicals) have announced significant projects across North America to optimise services and extend producti...
TITAN Group completes Kamari plant modernisation
TITAN Group has announced the successful completion of a EUR26m green investment at the Kamari cement plant in Greece, marking a significant milestone in the group's decarb...
Michigan plant to install 25MW solar farm
Holcim US is going to install a 25MW solar farm at its Michigan cement plant that will generate more than 30 per cent of the plant’s power and 75 per cent of its electric po...
Cemex and WtEnergy awarded EUR4.4m grant
The European Union has awarded Cemex and WtEnergy a EUR4.4m grant for the implementation of a novel waste-to-fuel technology utilising synthetic gas at its Alicante cement ...
Siam Cement receives world's largest battery production facility
Rondo Energy, in partnership with Siam Cement Group (SCG),has announced plans for the world's largest battery production facility of any kind at 90GWh/year, with 2.4GWh/year...
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