Cement News tagged: Environmental
Gharibwal Cement plans to enhance its solar generation capacity by 8MW to 20MW
Gharibwal Cement (GWLC) remains committed to diversifying away from the national grid. Its captive capacity stood at 70MW during FY24. Moreover, the company plans to enhance its solar generation capacity by 8MW to 20MW. The project’s cost is estimated at PKR550m, and its expected completion date is March 2025. According to BMA Research coverage of the briefing, the company’s reliance on the...
Republic Cement’s Bulacan plant invests in solar power
Republic Cement has signed a multiyear contract with Aboitiz Upgrade Solar,Inc (AUSI) to supply 14MWp of solar power to its Bulacan cement plant . This partnership is a key component of Republic’s strategy to reduce its carbon footprint and enhance cost efficiency by tapping into renewable energy. This clean energy solution aligns with the company’s broader goal of sustainable manufacturi...
Suvo raises AUD2m to advance low-carbon green cement technology
Suvo Strategic Minerals has successfully raised AUD2m (US$1.33m) in a heavily-oversubscribed placement to fund the development and commercialisation of its low-carbon green cement technology. Perth-based businessmen Mario Casotti and Alberto Ferraro, owners of Western Australia's leading pre-cast and pre-stressed concrete supplier PERMAcast, contributed AUD300,000 to the raise, securing their ...
FLSmidth hosts its 3rd annual meeting for its EcoClay™ project
Various partners involved with the EcoClay project gathered to review the current progress of the company's work and discuss new developments within the calcined clay market. Hosted in FLSmidth’s office in Valby, Denmark, the meeting was attended by representatives from FLSmidth Cement, the Danish Technical University, Danish Technical Institute, Rondo, Chimney Lab Europe and the cement produc...
Cemex receives funding for Rüdersdorf CCUS project
A consortium comprised of Cemex and Linde, a leading global industrial gases and engineering company, has been selected to receive EUR157m (US$169.3m) in funding from the EU Innovation Fund for a pioneering CO 2 capture project at Cemex’s Rüdersdorf cement plant in Germany. The project, Cemex ’s largest planned carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) project to date, aims to capture 1.3Mta...
Fortera's low-carbon cement secures US$85m in funding
Fortera, the Silicon Valley developer of the ReCarb process, where CO 2 from cement or other industrial emissions is mineralised and converted to concrete ReAct binder agents, has secured US$85m in Series C funding. This funding is to pursue additional plant installations after this year’s charter facility deployment at the CalPortland Co mill in Redding, California. Fortera reports investmen...
New near-zero emissions cement
Researchers from UCLA’s Institute for Carbon Management (ICM) have developed a method to reduce carbon emissions in cement production drastically. Their new ZeroCal process aims to eliminate up to 98 per cent of the carbon emissions generated during cement production. The process not only tackles the emissions caused by the breakdown of limestone but also proposes a clean, energy-efficient ...
Buzzi and Nuada present Monselice CO2 capture project
On 10 October 2024 the Monselice cement plant in Italy hosted a meeting to present the Nuada CO 2 capture and decarbonisation project, launched last spring, to the local community. The event began with opening remarks from Paolo Zelano, CEO of Buzzi, and Paolo Paoletti, the plant director. Group Technical Director, Luigi Buzzi, illustrated the principles of the ‘Our Journey to Net Zero’...
Open Compute Project launches 'green concrete' trials with hyperscale giants
The US-based Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) has teamed up with major hyperscale companies, including Meta, Google, AWS and Microsoft, to test and promote low-embodied carbon concrete, commonly known as "green concrete." This initiative marks a significant step toward reducing the environmental impact of data centre construction by adopting more sustainable building practices. As part...
Environmental groups call on Holcim to cut emissions
US environmental groups have stepped up campaigns to make Holcim (Switzerland) reduce its carbon footprint, writing to its chairman and potential investors in its North American business before it expands next year. Sustainability-focussed proxy adviser Actares (Switzerland), representing individual shareholders in Holcim, has backed the Concrete Change campaign started by non-profit Indus...
Mitsubishi UBE Cement Corp to collaborate with Malaysia on CCS project
Mitsubishi UBE Cement Corp (MUCC) – in collaboration with The Kansai Electric Power Co Inc, Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc, Cosmo Oil Co Ltd, The Chugoku Electric Power Co Inc, Electric Power Development Co Ltd Mitsui & Co Ltd and Resonac Corp – was commissioned by the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) to conduct a survey of the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project...
Dr Shiva Shirani wins GCCA's Innovandi NanoCem prize
A post-doctorate researcher from Spain, whose research could help understand how to reduce the time it takes for low carbon concrete to harden, has been honoured with an international prize. For her PhD, Dr Shiva Shirani, from the University of Malaga, focussed on studying advanced X-ray images (4D nano-imaging) of cement particles. She has now been named as winner of the Innovandi NanoCem...
Sinoma Overseas Brazil Co joins Rede Transformar initiative
Sinoma Overseas Brazil Co is the newest member of Rede Transformar, joining 15 other companies that are currently participating in the initiative called Rede Transformar. By becoming a supporting company of Rede Transformar, Sinoma Overseas Brazil Cobecomes part of a movement of partners generating positive social impact in society and promoting sustainable development in communities across Br...
PT Amita Prakarsa Hijau to supply biomass to Indocement
PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk , through its subsidiary PT Sari Bhakti Sejati established a company with PT Amita Tamaris Lestari under the name PT Amita Prakarsa Hijau on 4 October 2024 in Jakarta. The establishment of this joint venture is a continuation of the signing of the MoU with AMITA in 2023. The joint venture company operates in the field of recycling industrial waste, general ...
Cembureau reports increase in alternative fuel usage among its members
Cembureau, the European cement association, reports that in 2022 it reached an impressive 58 per cnet alternative fuel use among its members, up from 53 per cent in 2021! “This marks a significant step towards our ambition of 95 per cent alternative fuel use by 2050, with 50 per cent sourced from bio-waste,” said Cembureau. With 35 to 40 per cent of the sector's CO 2 emissions stemming from...
C-CRETE Technologies pours world’s first granite-based concrete
C-Crete Technologies (California, USA), a producer of sustainable building materials, has achieved a milestone of creating the world’s first granite-based concrete. This concrete is devoid of Portland cement and any CO 2 emissions, poured first at a building cite in Manhattan. C-Crete’s new granite-based concrete was poured at the site of JPMorganChase’s new global headquarters, designed b...