Cement News tagged under: CO2 emissions

RSS feed

Azerbaijan Cement Producers Association to unveil net zero roadmap at COP29

08 October 2024, Published under Cement News

Last month, the Azerbaijan Cement Producers Association (ASIA) hosted the 3rd workshop of its Net Zero Accelerator initiative, with discussions centering on the final report of the "Net Zero Roadmap." The two-day event gathered stakeholders from the cement and concrete sectors, alongside government representatives and NGOs, to chart a sustainable future for the industry. Key topics of the workshop included reducing the clinker factor, which is a significant contributor to carbon emissi...

End uses for carbon capture

01 October 2024, Published under Cement News

The storage of CO 2 after capture has been a focus for cement producers in the journey to net zero emissions, but the utilisation of such CO 2 offers a more exciting prospect. Carbon Limiting Technologies explores the possible end uses for captured CO 2 , detailing UK innovators developing in this space. By Michael Cullinane, Carbon Limiting Technologies, UK. Figure 1: possible uses for captured CO2 (© Carbon Limiting Technologies) T he utilisation of captured CO 2 repres...

Scaling up Europe’s ambition

16 September 2024, Published under Cement News

CEMBUREAU , the European cement association, has updated its Net Zero Roadmap to reflect the development of carbon reduction technologies. In this article, Koen Coppenholle, CEMBUREAU CEO , explains what’s new with the update and the policy framework needed to achieve the net zero ambition 2050.  By Koen Coppenholle, CEMBUREAU, Belgium cembureau updated net zero by 2050 ambition, as outlined in its roadmap (©CEMBUREAU)) I n the CEMBUREAU Roadmap, published in 20...

Pakistan's cement industry to meet greenhouse gas emissions challenge

24 July 2024, Published under Cement News

Pakistan's cement industry's focus on reducing emissions from clinker production and improving energy efficiency, while considering alternative fuels and materials is seen as more crucial than ever. With the industry's emissions having seen a significant surge in recent years, a detailed report highlighted in local media claims that urgent action is required to address the environmental impact of the industry’s expansion. Dr Mohammed Faheem Khokhar, a National University of Sciences and T...

Cementir posts 2023 preliminary unaudited EBITDA of EUR421.9m

09 February 2024, Published under Cement News

Cementir Holding Group reports preliminary unaudited results for 2023. EBITDA reached the historic record of EUR421.9m, up 25.4 per cent compared to the EUR336.3m of 2022, following the improved results achieved in all geographical areas with the exception of the United States. The EBITDA margin was 24.5 per cent compared to 19.5 per cent in 2022. Net financial income totalled EUR15.8m (income of EUR11m in 2022). Revenue in 2023 reached EUR1694.2m, down 1.7 per cent compared to 2022. Prof...

GGBS slag cuts 408Mt of CO2 from UK's OPC production in 2022

05 October 2023, Published under Cement News

In 2022, around 38.5Mt of ferrous slag were produced in the European Union and the UK. Approximately, 99 per cent of this could be used primarily as a building material and in fertilisers. This means that the by-products of the steel industry have substituted more than 1.1bnt of natural rock in the period from 2000-22. In addition, the use of granulated blastfurnace slag, replacing Portland cement clinker, in cement avoided the emission of 408Mt of CO 2 over the same period.    Last year...

SABIA commitments to achieve net zero CO₂ emissions

19 May 2023, Published under Cement News

Hal Grodzins, chairman and CEO of SABIA, has announced that the company will expand its approach to the mining and minerals market by increasing its commitment and company resources towards working with the top mining companies throughout the world to achieve the mutual goal of net zero direct and indirect carbon emissions by 2050.    One of the most direct ways to lower CO₂ emissions is through efficient process control by reducing the variability of the raw materials from carbon-bas...

FLSmidth signs its first sustainability linked funding agreement

14 October 2022, Published under Cement News

FLSmidth has signed its first sustainability linked funding agreement to support the development of technologies and solutions with a sustainability profile. The loan is provided by the Nordic Investment Bank and runs for seven years. The loan is linked to three core sustainability KPIs of FLSmidth, namely ratio of suppliers having Science-Based Targets, FLSmidth’s own CO 2  emissions (Scope 1 & 2) and finally emission impact from sold products (Scope 3). These three KPIs will ensu...

FLSmidth to lead new consortium targeting CO2 emissions

09 September 2022, Published under Cement News

FLSmidth has announced that it will lead a new consortium to mature and deploy carbonation technologies in the cement industry. According to the company, the consortium will be funded by the EU Commission and feature world-class specialists alongside FLSmidth research and development engineers and experts from leading universities, technology providers and research institutions.  With the aim of further eliminating CO 2  emissions from the production of cement, the consortium, which is na...

Denmark installs cement-free pipes

06 September 2022, Published under Cement News

Danish utility company, Aarhus Vand A/S, has become the first customer to install IBF’s Geoprime ® , cement-free pipes. IBF, Denmark’s leading concrete manufacturer, has reduced the CO 2 emissions of its concrete pipes by replacing cement in their manufacture with Betolar’s Geoprime binder. The binder, which is based on blastfurnace slag, more than halves the CO 2 footprint of the pipes compared to ordinary concrete pipes, without compromising on strength, dimensions or resistance to w...