Hanson gives ready-mix truck Pride livery
Hanson UK ( HeidelbergCement Group ) has given a ready-mixed concrete mixer and an aggregates tipper truck a colourful makeover to mark the 50 th anniversary of Pride marche...
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Nepal makes export debut to India
Nepal has exported cement to India for the first time. According to Palpa Cement Industries Ltd, the company shipped 3000 sacks of its Tansen brand to India on 9 July 2022 and ...
CRH subsidiary adopts graphene technology additives
Beton Catalan SA ( CRH group ), has implemented graphene technology in its high performance concretes to reduce CO 2 after an agreement with Graphenano Smart Materials. The...
Thai cement demand up 11% in May
Domestic sales of Portland cement in Thailand increased 10.9 per cent MoM to 2Mt in May 2022 but when compared with May 2021, sales were down 16 per cent, according the Office ...
Cementa's application for a short mining permit continues
Cementa ( HeidelbergCement group ) submitted its application for a shorter mining permit of four years to the Land and Environment Court in April this year. Authorities, ass...
Buxton plant manufactures industrial lime with hydrogen technology
High-quality lime has been manufactured for the first time in the UK using hydrogen technology as part of a world-first net zero trial. The trial, led by Tarmac at its Tuns...
Siam Cement plant catches on fire
PT Siam Cement Group ( SCG) factory on Jalan Palabuhan II, Sukabumi Regency, Thailand, has caught fire. The cause of the fire is not yet known. A number of vehicles an...
Why aren't CO2 emissions falling more rapidly in the cement sector?
In the last week a report by Robert Andrew, an emissions scientist for Global Carbon Project and CICERO Centre for International Climate Research in Norway, has disclosed that ...
Chilean cement market contracts 7% in May
Chile’s cement demand declined 6.7 per cent in May 2022 to 330,114t from 353,704t in May 2021, according to the Chilean construction chamber, CChC. When compared with April 202...
Holcim acquires General Beton Romania
Holcim has acquired General Beton Romania, a leading player in the Romanian ready-mix concrete (RMC) market with estimated 2022 net sales of EUR45m. The move is designed to exp...
Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies opens Swiss subsidiary
France-based Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies (HGCT) announced the opening of its first international subsidiary in Switzerland, as part of a joint venture with an undisclose...
Charah Solutions seals recycled flyash contract
Charah Solutions has been awarded a multi-year contract from a regulated utility for the marketing and sustainable recycling of fly ash in Indiana, USA. The multi-year project...
WKE pellets greener than firing coal or gas
Solid improved recovered fuel (SIRF) pellets perform significantly better than coal and natural gas on carbon emissions, according to a new report by management consultant and...
Holcim participates in coastal clean-up programme
Holcim and One Earth One Ocean have launched the Circular Explorer in Manila to be part of cleaning coastal areas in the Philippines. The first-of-its-kind 100 per cent sola...
Energy complex moves in range with petcoke discounts increasing
By Frank O. Brannvoll, Brannvoll ApS, Denmark Since ICR’s most recent energy report , the energy complex has moved in range, awaiting the impact of sanctions on Russia and ...
Swiss deliveries slip in 2Q but up 3% in 1H22
Cement deliveries in Switzerland, including Liechtenstein, slipped 2.2 per cent YoY to 1,143,153t in the second quarter of 2022 from 1,168,331t in the 2Q21, according to cemsui...
Shree Cement targets improved distribution
Shree Cement , India's country’s third-largest cement group, plans to increase its share in its existing markets by offering varied products based on requirements of different...
Holcim El Salvador starts Plants of Tomorrow technology at Maya plant
Holcim El Salvador has been celebrating the opening of its state-of-the-art Maya cement plant. The Maya plant upgrade is part of the group’s 'Plants of Tomorrow' progr...
Aggregate Industries adopt a complete environmental impact monitoring solution
Aggregate Industries ( Holcim group ) has become the first building materials manufacturer in the UK to install a complete monitoring solution for managing environmental impa...
Cemex reduces European truck movements to cut CO2
Cemex ’s commitment to decreasing CO 2 emissions by reducing the numbers of truck movements made by its business has resulted in a marked increase in the use of more sustaina...
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