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Closed-loop AI optimisation

A new wave of artificial intelligence (AI) systems are quickly replacing legacy cement process controls with self-le...

Value from waste heat

Waste heat recovery represents a significant opportunity for cement producers to improve plant efficiency and reduce...

Winning carbon reduction strategies

At its Santa Rosa plant in Colombia, CEMEX is harnessing the plant’s proximity to suppliers of alternative raw mater...

Paths to decarbonisation

Heidelberg Materials and Holcim, Europe’s two largest cement producers by revenue, have embarked on very different p...

Italian cement output down 4% in September

Italy’s cement production declined by four per cent YoY in September 2022, according to the country’s construction c...

Dyckerhoff CEDUR composite cement rebuilds Lörrach hospital

Dyckerhoff secured an order for the delivery of 68,000m³ of concrete to rebuild the central hospital in Lörrach, so...

Savannah Cement places order with Sinoma for new Kenyan plant

Savannah Cement has placed an EPC order with Sinoma International Engineering for a new US$300m cement plant in Ke...

Adani Group to refinance Ambuja Cements and ACC bridging loans

The Adani Group is reported to be in talks with several foreign banks to refinance US$3.5bn of bridging loans tak...

Geminor enters the Spanish recycling and recovery market

Geminor plans to expand its operations in 2023 by focussing on the Spanish market. In addition to France, Spain can...

Votorantim Cimentos announces stricter emissions target

Votorantim Cimentos has revised its decarbonisation target to 475kg of CO 2  per tonne of cement by 2030. The comp...