What will prompt faster decarbonisation?
This week the Alliance for Low-Carbon Cement and Concrete (ALCCC) published its latest report on 'fast-tracking cement decarbonisation'. The document looks at underperforming a...
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Holcim Alpena opens new TDF unit
Holcim has opened a new whole-tyre co-processing facility at its Alpena plant in Michigan, USA. The US$7.4m state-supported investment is expected to convert 22,000tpa of tyr...
Cemento Panam installs new MVR mill in Dominican Republic
Cemento Panam , part of the Estrella Group, is to install a state-of-the-art MVR vertical mill from Gebr Pfeiffer at its plant in the Dominican Republic. This marks the first ...
Leube commissions new silo to support low-carbon cements
Austria-based cement producer Zementwerk Leube recently entered a new 3250t cement silo, “Silo 10”, into service. Work on the silo had started in February 2022. It is exp...
Crown Cement secures loan for 6th line
Crown Cement Plc has secured a syndicated loan facility for the construction of the sixth cement line at its plant in West Mukterpur, Munshiganj , Bangladesh. The new line w...
Babcock & Wilcox and Newpoint to offer CO2 solutions
Babcock & Wilcox has announced that it has teamed with Texas-based Newpoint Gas to jointly market and supply economical and efficient CO 2 capture solutions for industria...
Taiwan Cement to diversify to reduce carbon footprint
Taiwan Cement Corp (TCC) expects cement to account for less than half of its sales by 2025 as the revenue from energy storage and vehicle charging businesses increase. Howeve...
FLSmidth acquires Morse Rubber
FLSmidth has acquired Morse Rubber. Based in Iowa, USA, Morse Rubber manufactures and markets specialised, heavy-duty rubber products for mineral processing, among others. ...
IKN cooler start-up at Hirmi cement plant
After 24 hours of performance testing, another IKN cooler received its performance test certificate. The cooler, installed at Line 2 in UltraTech Cement 's Hirmi Cement pla...
Votorantim Cimentos SA applies for IFC loan for Salto project
Votorantim Cimentos SA has requested a US$150m investment loan from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for a capex project at its Salto plant in São Paulo, Brazil...
CEMEX upgrades its UK rail network
CEMEX UK has made a considerable investment into its UK rail network, making improvements at several of its depots across the UK. These developments support CEMEX’s efforts ...
Bruks Siwertell to provide new clinker conveyors at Capitol Aggregates
Bruks Siwertell has secured a conveyor system order from Borton LC, a USA construction firm. The three new belt-type conveyor systems will deliver reliable, high-capacity mate...
New cement price rises expected in South Korea
South Korea’s cement industry is likely to increase cement prices by 14 per cent from July, citing the impact of sharply rising electricity prices and currency exchange rate as...
Fitch B+ rating for United Cement Group
Fitch Ratings has awarded a B+ rating to United Cement Group (UCG) . The positive outlook by the rating agency is due UCG’s large-scale modernisation as well as with an increa...
Kayasand receives NZD3.5m investment boost
Kayasand, a New Zealand distributor of sand manufacturing technology, is working to produce more sustainable concrete with up to 20 per cent less carbon emissions. To help ac...
LafargeHolcim Maroc posts 3% advance in 1Q revenue
Holcim-owned LafargeHolcim Maroc has reported a three per cent uptick in revenues to MAD2131m (US$209.2m) in the first quarter of 2023 from MAD2077m in the year-ago period....
ALCCC calls on Europe to adopt performance-based standards
The Alliance for Low Carbon Cement and Concrete (ALCCC) has published a new report, ‘Fast Tracking Cement Decarbonisation’, calling for a shift to performance-based cement and ...
Cement Australia extends use of battery electric vehicles
Cement Australia has been granted funding to lease 24 batteries and convert six diesel prime movers in its Melbourne fleet to electric drivetrain. Backed by the Commercial Sect...
Petcoke and coal prices fall while oil is stabilising
Oil prices are stabilising after a new drop despite OPEC+ production cuts. At its next meeting, scheduled for 4 June 2023, OPEC+ may consider new interventions if oil stays bel...
Ciments du Maroc 1Q turnover slips 4%
Ciments du Maroc , part of Heidelberg Materials , posted an unaudited turnover of MAD917.8m in the 1Q2023, down four per cent YoY from MAD955m in the 1Q22. Cement consumption...
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