Cement News tagged: Environmental
UltraTech Cement partners with UCLA on zero carbon lime Technology Pilot
UltraTech Cement Ltd , India’s largest cement and ready-mix concrete (RMC) producer, has signed an agreement with the Institute for Carbon Management (ICM) at UCLA to pilot the Zero Carbon Lime (ZeroCAL) technology at one of its cement manufacturing units. The pioneering ZeroCAL process, developed by ICM, has the potential to eliminate nearly 98 per cent of carbon dioxide emissions from limes...
Aggregate Industries partners neustark to set up UK mineralisation plant
Aggregate Industries ( Holcim Group ) has partnered with neustark to set up a mineralisation plant in London, UK. A first small-scale mobile plant is now in operation in Greenwich, and it will start removing hundreds of tonnes of CO 2 in the coming months. A large-scale site is set to be installed in the first half of 2025 with a capacity of removing 1000t of CO 2 per year (net). Neustark’...
Holcim US and Detroit Wayne County Port Authority win EPA grant
Holcim , in close partnership with the Detroit Wayne County Port Authority (DWCPA), has been awarded a grant through the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Ports program. The joint grant supports the Detroit Port Authority’s broader Zero-Emission Technology Deployment program to accelerate the decarbonisation of the port and improve the air quality for residents and w...
GCCA India and Xynteo sign MoU for decarbonisation
The Global Cement & Concrete Association (GCCA) India and Xynteo announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), marking GCCA India's partnership with Xynteo's Build Ahead coalition. This landmark agreement aims to accelerate the decarbonisation of India's construction sector through increased use of low-carbon cement and concrete. The two-year partnership will leverage GCCA ...
Limak Cement successfully completes hydrogen tests
Limak Cement, and Air Liquide have successfully tested the first hydrogen-blended fuel supply at Limak Cement plant in Ankara. After these extremely promising trials, Limak Cement continues its efforts to lead the Turkish cement industry within the scope of decarbonisation road map targets. Limak Cement aims at increasing the overall usage of high biogenic content alternative fuels and re...
CRH develops wind farm to power Romanian plant
CRH has developed a new wind farm to provide renewable electricity to its Medgidia plant in Romania. The wind farm is the first of its kind in the country to exclusively power a cement plant. The farm will meet a significant proportion of the Medgidia plant’s annual energy requirements, helping lower the carbon footprint of the cement produced, while also contributing to Romania's clean en...
ABC Transport expands haulage capacity at Lafarge Africa with new CNG-powered fleet
ABC Haulage, the heavy-duty division of ABC Transport Plc, has significantly expanded its fleet capacity at Lafarge Africa ’s cement plant, introducing compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered trucks to support sustainable logistics solutions. This development marks a shift towards environmentally friendly operations, reinforcing ABC Transport's commitment to reducing its carbon footprint in Nige...
Minister for the Economy visits Cimpor to see decarbonisation investments
Cimpor received a visit from Portugal's Minister of Economy, Pedro Reis, at the Alhandra Production Centre to present the company's strategic decarbonisation plan for the country, which represents a total of EUR360m to be invested in the Alhandra, Souselas and Loulé plants. This investment plan, which is already underway, aims to achieve carbon neutrality for Cimpor by 2050, which will pl...
TCMA releases its Thailand 2050 Net Zero Cement & Concrete Roadmap
Thailand’s Cement Manufacturers Association (TCMA) has released the Thailand 2050 Net Zero Cement & Concrete Roadmap. The 70-page document has contributions from the Director General of the Department of Climate Change and Environment, TCMA, the Global Cement & Concrete Association (GCCA) and the Thins Concrete Association. The report discusses the commitment and pathway to net zero, looking ...
Ecocem co-signs letter calling on UK government to begin climate leadership
Ecocem has joined other prominent businesses in calling for the UK government to reassert the country’s global climate leadership position at COP29. In an open letter published on 26 October, a collective of 55 organisations, convened by the UK Business Group Alliance for Net Zero (BGA) and led by the UK Corporate Leaders Group (CLG), set out an ‘ask’ for the government to announce a new, am...
Carbon Clean launches columnless CycloneCC C1 carbon capture series
Carbon capture company Carbon Clean has announced the launch of its breakthrough CycloneCC C1 series, marking the penultimate stage in the technology’s commercialisation. The CycloneCC C1 series is available in concentrations ranging between 3-20 per cent, capturing up to 100,000tpa of CO 2 . The CycloneCC C1 unit is fully modular and columnless, achieving a height reduction of 70 per cent ...
ACCSION CO2 capture project wins EUR220m EU Innovation funding
Aalborg Portland A/S ( Cementir group ) and project partner Air Liquide have received EUR220m in support from the EU Innovation Fund to establish a large-scale CO 2 capture facility by 2029. The ACCSION project is expected to reduce CO 2 emissions by 1.5Mta. In 2022 Aalborg Portland announced a new climate plan with a very ambitious target of reducing CO 2 emissions by 70 per cent by...
Holcim awarded grant for CCUS project in France
Holcim has been selected for a new grant from the EU’s Innovation Fund for its breakthrough carbon capture and storage (CCUS) project in Martres-Tolosane, France. This grant for the CarboClearTech project marks Holcim’s seventh CCUS project, advancing the European Green Deal. Milan Gutovic, CEO of Holcim, said, “Holcim is on course to make net-zero cement and concrete a reality at scale ...
Christian Pfeiffer contributes to Carbon4Minerals project
Christian Pfeiffer Maschinenfabrik GmbH is collaborating with Heidelberg Materials on the groundbreaking Carbon4Minerals project, aimed at converting CO 2 into value-added building products. This innovative venture, funded by the EU Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, will run from January 2023 to December 2026. As a key participant in this EU-funded research project, Christi...
UltraTech to trial ZeroCal decarbonisation technology
UltraTech Cement Ltd , India's largest cement and ready-mix concrete (RMC) company, announced the signing of a collaboration agreement with the Institute for Carbon Management (ICM) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to pilot a groundbreaking new technology called The Zero Carbon Lime (ZeroCAL) developed by ICM. The technology is designed to significantly reduce carbon dioxid...
White House memo highlight US pledges for low-carbon cement
A White House memo reports that companies, state and local governments in the USA are making new pledges to use low-carbon cement. The commitments are from New York State, New York City, Los Angeles, Michigan and Washington, cement producers and major tech companies such as Amazon and real estate companies. The memo states that New York State vows to cut emissions from concrete in the state i...