Cement News tagged: Environmental
Tarmac sets its 2030 goals
Tarmac (CRH group) is building on its sustainability strategy to set out ambitious goals for the company to achieve by 2030, and beyond. The 2030 goals build on the company's long-term strategy which, over the last six years, has seen it successfully cut CO 2 by 24 per cent per tonne of product (against a 1990 baseline), and recover, recycle and reuse over 50Mt of waste from other sectors...
JK Cement looks to scale up biomass use with new MoU
India’s JK Cement has announced the signing of a long-term Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Punjab Renewable Energy Systems (PRES), the country’s largest biomass aggregation and densification company. The MoU, valid for 10 years, is part of JK Cement’s endeavour to decarbonise its operations, as it aims to significantly scale-up the use of biomass and other alternative fuels. "We are ...
Carbon at new steady high, but European prices turmoil drive new debate of intervention in power markets
By Frank O. Brannvoll, Brannvoll ApS, Denmark As usual, the carbon market set a new all-time high at EUR66 before falling 10 per cent to the current EUR60, five per cent lower than reported in ICR’s previous issue. EUA front-year contract, January 2020-September 2021 A fundamental demand for EUA was seen as several coal-powered plants were put online, driven by higher gas price...
Cemex Ventures invests in Voyage Control start-up
Cemex Ventures and Taronga Venture are investing in Voyage Control, a UK-based start-up for a digital platform to facilitate construction logistics and on-site coordination. Voyage Control’s platform reduces delays, waste and cost overruns in construction material delivery processes through optimised scheduling of deliveries and real-time transactions. The platform also supports CO 2 ...
Gasmet supplies Holcim Croatia with CMM system
Gasmet has supplied its continuous mercury monitoring (CMM) system to Holcim Croatia (Holcim group) to monitor mercury emissions and maintain higher levels of plant operation safety. The CMM system was distributed by RACI, which handles Gasmet products in Slovenia and Croatia. While Croatia currently has no legislation for continuous monitoring of mercury emissions, Holcim has strict limits...
Cemex will supply Vertua concrete for sustainable Polish building
Cemex will supply its low carbon concrete called Vertua for the construction of Warsaw’s P180 office building. The P180 office building, designed by PRC Architekci and developed and built by Skanska, requires 3500m 3 of Vertua concrete to be delivered in the 3Q22. "We are excited to supply Vertua concrete for the construction of this sustainable and innovative building in Poland," said ...
65% of CEOs in hard-to-abate sectors plan to use CCUS
A first of its kind benchmarking report on industry attitudes towards carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) has revealed that 65 per cent of executives working in hard-to-abate sectors see CCUS as ‘critical’ or ‘important’ reaching their 2030 and 2050 goals. "The Scaling up CCUS" market insights report has been published by Decarb Connect, a leading platform that connects the ha...
HyNet North West consortium chosen for CCUS funding scheme
Hanson UK (HeidelbergCement) and its partners in the HyNet North West consortium have been chosen for funding under the British government’s carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) cluster sequencing process. The announcement will result in economic benefits to the region, safeguarding existing jobs and creating around 6000 new employment opportunities. It also gives Hanson the confidence ...
Carbon Re receives GBP1m investment
The Clean Growth Fund, the UK venture capital fund, has co-led a GBP1m investment in Carbon Re, a UK climate tech start-up that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to cut CO₂ emissions in the global cement industry and other hard-to-abate industrial processes. Carbon Re's cloud-based platform, Delta Zero, utilises powerful AI tools to achieve operational efficiencies in energy in...
WCA's Annual Conference proclaims "No more words, actions are needed"
The World Cement Association's (WCA) annual conference on 20-21 October 2021 called for 'a decade of action' from the cement industry starting now to keep to the targets set by the 2015 Paris Agreement of limiting global warming ideally to 1.5˚C and no more than 2˚C this century. Keynote speaker, Lord Adair Turner, chair of the Energy Transitions Commission, explained that: "For the ha...
Industry report highlights emission reduction technologies for construction sector
Osborne Clarke has published a construction industry report 'Economist Impact', commissioned by The Economist, that highlights that there are four main technologies in the construction sector which have the potential to reduce emissions, while low carbon cement also offers one of the biggest investment opportunities. The Economic Impact programme aims to identify how cities can achieve car...
Malabar Cements meets opposition against new mine
India’s BJP district committee has opposed the move to open a new limestone mine in Walayar forest, Kerala, for Malabar Cements Ltd (MCL). The current mining permission for MCL will end in 2023. Therefore, moves are reportedly being made to open a new mine in nearby Pandarathumala, with MCL seeking permission from the Union Ministry of Forest and Environment. However, the party has stated t...
TCL engages in low-carbon cement sales
Trinidad Cement Ltd's (Cemex group) ECO Cement brand has achieved the Cemex Vertua seal, the group’s global standard for products that offer a reduction in carbon emissions ranging from 15 to over 40 per cent during production, TCL officials state. However, TCL has a hard battle ahead to convince the construction industry to move towards low-carbon cements. The low-carbon product has act...
Titan Cement Group joins Business Ambition for 1.5°C
Titan Cement Group signed 'Business Ambition for 1.5˚C', a global campaign led by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) in partnership with the UN Global Compact and the We Mean Business coalition, joining a number of leading companies worldwide that are committed to keeping global warming to 1.5°C and reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. By signing Business Ambition for 1.5°C, Tit...
The PCA releases its Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has announced its Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality, an ambitious journey to carbon neutrality across the cement and concrete value chain by 2050. The roadmap demonstrates how the US cement and concrete industry, along with its entire value chain, can address climate change, decrease GHGs and eliminate barriers that are restricting environmental progress. “C...
ECOncrete Tech and LafargeHolcim US form partnership
ECOncrete Tech Ltd and LafargeHolcim (Holcim) in the US have joined forces to design and produce an ecologically beneficial concrete scour protection unit for offshore wind turbine foundations. The Biden Administration set the goal of creating 30GW of offshore wind by 2030 while protecting biodiversity and promoting ocean co-use , an effort which, to achieve sustainably, should use be...