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A new bill, the Clean Competition Act of 2025, to encourage US manufacturers to reduce emissions, and protect those that do, by placing a fee on the worst polluters in carbon-i...
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Taiwan Cement chairman warns of rising imports threatening jobs
Taiwan Cement Corp (TCC) Chairman Nelson Chang has called for tighter controls on cement imports, warning that Taiwan risks becoming a dumping ground for overseas excess capa...
Mbeya Cement signs contracts for two new clinker lines
Mbeya Cement Co Ltd , a subsidiary of the Amsons Group, has signed an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract with Sinoma International (Nanjing) Engineering...
Oman’s 44.01 and Holcim launch region’s first cement plant CO2 mineralisation pilot
Omani carbon mineralisation firm 44.01 has inaugurated the Middle East’s first pilot project to capture and permanently store carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from a cement pla...
Wonder Cement orders new Gebr Pfeiffer mill
Wonder Cement has reinforced its long-standing partnership with Gebr Pfeiffer by awarding the supplier its 15th vertical roller mill for a new greenfield cement plant in Jais...
First Graphene produces 600t of Graphene-enhanced cement
First Graphene Ltd has announced the successful production of approximately 600 tonnes of graphene-enhanced cement, marking a major milestone ahead of multiple new trial projec...
Heidelberg Materials takes over Argex production site from 2027
Heidelberg Materials has reached an agreement in principle with H2O group to take over the production site of Argex, which produces expanded clays, used as an insulation and dra...
Kenya: Bamburi Cement signs US$250m EPC deal for Kwale clinker plant
Bamburi Cement has signed a US$250m engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with China’s CBMI Construction Co., Ltd to build a new clinker production plant i...
Amrize commissions Ste Genevieve expansion
Amrize has commissioned a major production expansion at its cement plant in Ste Genevieve , Missouri, reinforcing the facility’s position as the largest and market-leading ...
Hallet Group completes key cement dispatch trial at Port Adelaide Terminal
Hallet Group has successfully completed a major operational trial at its Port Adelaide Terminal, marking another milestone as the project moves rapidly toward completion. The...
Boliden secures funding for low-carbon cement substitute project
Swedish mining group Boliden has received SEK117m (US$11m) in support from the Swedish Energy Agency under the government’s Industrial Leap initiative to develop a low-carbon a...
Ash Grove commissions new finish mill at Durkee Cement plant
Ash Grove Cement has marked a major milestone at its Durkee plant with the completion and official commissioning of a new finish mill, celebrated during a ribbon-cutting ce...
Fortera’s ReAct first low-carbon cement to meet all six ASTM C1157 categories
US sustainable materials developer Fortera has achieved a major industry milestone with its ReAct™ low-carbon cement becoming the first such product to meet all six performance...
Collard Group acquires Eversley aggregates quarry
Collard Group – a demolition, recycling, aggregates and ready-mix concrete company based in Hampshire, UK – has acquire a 16.2ha aggregates quarry in Eversley.
Holcim buys majority stake in Cementos Pacasmayo
Holcim will invest US$550m in a 50.01 per cent holding in Cementos Pacasmayo SA . The deal values the Peru-based cement producer at US$1.5bn, including debt, or US$1.1bn equ...
Riyadh Cement signs SAR85m contract to build power grid
Riyadh Cement Co signed a SAR85m (US$22.7m) contract with Chengdu Design and Research Institute of Building Materials Industry Co to build an electrical grid under the Liquid...
Fecto Cement suspends operations in Pakistan
Fecto Cement Ltd announced a temporary suspension of operations at its cement manufacturing plant in Sangjani, Islamabad, at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on 15 December....
European Assessment Document marks major milestone for low-carbon cement technologies in Europe
The publication of the new European Assessment Document (EAD) on blended cements has been welcomed by Ecocem , as the company sees the publication as a major milestone for the...
Teesside University-DEG Knowledge Transfer Partnership to convert construction waste into green economic solutions
Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK, has entered into a research partnership with Welsh resource management firm Dauson Environmental Group (DEG) which has the potential to r...
thyssenkrupp Polysius to work on electric arc calciner project
thyssenkrupp Polysius has been commissioned by SMA Mineral to carry out pre-engineering for the world’s first industrial flash calcination plant based on Electric Arc Calciner ...
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