Cement News tagged: Environmental
Geocycle Egypt completes new SRF platform
Geocycle Egypt has launched its SRF hub, giving it precise control over the quantity and premium quality of alternative fuel at 15MJ/t RDF, adhering to our specifications and standards. According to Operations Manage Mina George, the platform will decrease Geocycle’s carbon footprint by 350,000t CO 2 in 2024. Using the CHF10m (US$115.8m) investment in the state-of-the-art platform with ...
Concrete4Change technology gains recognition
UK-based startup Concrete4Change (C4C) has been nominated for The Earthshot Prize 2024, a global initiative spearheaded by the Prince of Wales to recognise and support innovative solutions to reduce global emissions. C4C aims to decarbonise the concrete industry by mineralising CO 2 in concrete, turning concrete into the safest form of CO 2 sink in the world. The technology involves a con...
LafargeHolcim Morocco inaugurates Sustainable Construction Lab
LafargeHolcim Morocco has inaugurated its sustainable Construction Lab (SCL), its research and innovation centre, in the presence of several personalities from the construction sector. With an indoor and outdoor space, the showroom aims to present in an innovative and attractive way the latest products and construction solutions developed by LafargeHolcim Morocco and its partners. This w...
CEMEX joins CCS+ Initiative
CEMEX is the first company in the cement industry to join the CCS+ Initiative, a multi-stakeholder platform developing a comprehensive carbon accounting framework for certifying industrial carbon projects. This framework aims to encompass solutions for carbon capture, utilisation, storage, and removal, contributing to the decarbonisation of industrial value chains. The CCS+ Initiative aims...
MCi Carbon to provide CCU plant for RHI Magnesita
Refractories specialist RHI Magnesita has announced an industrial-scale carbon capture project with MCi Carbon. RHI Magnesita will be MCi Carbon’s first global commercial customer. Alongside an additional multi-million-dollar investment from RHI Magnesita, MCi Carbon's will accelerate its mission to scale up and commercialise its carbon capture and utilisation technology (CCU). "This investme...
Holcim partners with Greentown Labs to accelerate climate tech for sustainable building
Holcim is entering a partnership with Greentown Labs, the largest incubator of climate tech start-ups in North America, to accelerate open innovation for the decarbonisation of the built environment. The premium “Terawatt” partnership with Greentown, with incubators in Somerville, Massachusetts, and Houston, Texas, gives Holcim prime access to promising start-ups focussed on innovative and s...
Heidelberg Materials UK obtains BES 6001 standard
Heidelberg Materials UK has become the first building materials company to achieve certification to the updated BES 6001 standard across its business. The Framework Standard for Responsible Sourcing of Construction Products covers the environmental and social issues for organisational and supply chain management, including all the processes from the origin of raw materials, through all stag...
Decarbonised Cement and Concrete Alliance to accelerate low-carbon solutions
The Decarbonised Cement and Concrete Alliance (DC2) is a new US-based coalition dedicated to growing awareness around policies that will accelerate the adoption of novel carbon-reducing solutions in infrastructure. DC2 is formed of 10 companies advancing new technology to reduce emissions in cement and concrete: Biomason, Blue Planet Systems, Brimstone, CarbonBuilt, Chement, Fortera, Minus ...
Votorantim and Atlas Renewable energy sign 100MW solar agreement
Atlas Renewable Energy, an international leader in providing renewable energy solutions for corporations, and Votorantim Cimentos have signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to supply and purchase, respectively, 100MW of solar energy for the next 15 years. The solar energy provided through this agreement will support the energy needs of Votorantim Cimentos’ production units and distribution...
Rugby Cement hosts UK Minister for energy efficiency
Lord Callanan, the UK Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance, visited the Rugby cement works in Warwickshire on the 12 January to gain an insight into the actions needed to decarbonise the UK’s ‘dispersed’ cement plants. The Mineral Products Association (MPA) and CEMEX Rugby cement works , hosted the visit to highlight the challenges and opportunities for decarbonising disperse...
Heracles acquires solid waste management and recycling firm
WATT Recycling a solid waste management and recycling company has been acquired by Heracles Group of Greece. With this acquisition, Heracles Group ( Holcim ) incorporates two state-of-the-art material recovery facilities in Fyli and Koropi, Attica, with a processing capacity of over 150,000tpa of municipal waste. The recycling plants recover recyclable materials such as paper, plastics, meta...
Rohrdorfer trials flat film recycled packaging material
After saving 3500kg of plastic in the packaging of concrete screed last year, SAKRET Trockenbeton Munich is now tackling the issue of pallet packaging at Rohrdorfer , Germany. A new type of flat film, which consists of 50 per cent recycled material, is now being used as a pallet trailer. This means that 2.2tpa of plastic can be saved when packing pallets. Rhordorfer is using a Lachenmeier P...
Lafarge Canada supplies OneCem for Alberta housing project
Lafarge Canada ( Holcim ) has announced its combined effort with nidus3D in supplying its OneCem low-carbon cement in Canada’s largest 3D-printed housing project, aimed at addressing the acute housing challenges faced by the SikSika Nation. Lafarge is supplying its OneCem low-carbon cement for this project, recognised for its ability to deliver a reduced carbon footprint. When manufacture...
Pan United and partners to develop low-carbon opportunities
To collaborate on lower-carbon opportunities to support Singapore’s aspiration of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, Pan-United Corp, Chevron Singapore, Keppel, Surbana Jurong, Air Liquide Singapore, Osaka Gas Singapore and Pavilion Energy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Collectively known as the Low Carbon Technology Industry Consortium (LCT-IC), the parties will explor...
Capsol Technologies awarded Schwenk Latvia CCUS project
Capsol Technologies has been awarded a feasibility study for the CapsolEoP® (end-of-pipe) carbon capture technology at Schwenk’s Building Material Group’s Brocēni cement plant in Latvia. The plan is to capture 750,000tpa of CO 2 . Schwenk Latvia is part of the CCS Baltic Consortium that was included in the provisional sixth list of Projects of Common Interest by the European Commission ...
IPIAC to build LC3 plant in Oman
Kaolin Group International, together with its local partners in Oman, Middle East Calcined Clay (Me-CC), has awarded IPIAC the contract to manufacture and supply the first LC2/LC3 cementplant in Oman. IPIAC is introducing this innovative technology in Oman, which will be the first country in the Middle East region to use calcined clays to reduce its clinker factor (to mitigate CO 2 emissions...