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Carbon Upcycling secures US$26m funding to assist scaling up15 September 2023, Published under Cement NewsCarbon Upcycling, a leader in circular decarbonisation solutions for hard-to-abate sectors, has just closed a US$26m Series A round, co-led by BDC Capital’s Climate Tech Fund and Climate Investment. The Calgary-based decarbonisation company is part of a growing Canadian cohort of innovators bringing technology to scale to reduce the high greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint of cement and concrete. Carbon Upcycling is a carbontech company. It has developed and patented a novel technology to h... |
Saipem launches its first industrialised product for carbon capture13 September 2023, Published under Cement NewsSaipem has launched Bluenzyme™, an innovative pre-engineered line of CO 2 capture solutions based on the proprietary enzymatic technology “CO 2 Solutions by Saipem”, with the release of the first industrialised product, Bluenzyme™ 200, a ready-to-use package aimed at small and medium emitters, which has a nominal capture capacity of 200tpd of CO 2 . The “CO 2 Solutions by SAIPEM” technology that characterises how Bluenzyme™ works, uses a non-toxic, non-volatile solvent based on the us... |
Richmond plant achieves 100% low-carbon cement production07 September 2023, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Canada ( Holcim Group ) announced its conversion to the production of 100 per cent ECOPlanet cement at its Richmond cement plant . ECOPlanet, Holcim’s brand of low-carbon cement, offers a minimum 30 per cent reduction in CO 2 emissions per tonne in comparison to ordinary Portland cement. “This is a proud moment for our organisation," says Brad Kohl, president and CEO of Lafarge Canada (West). “This conversion in Lafarge’s Western Canada division highlights our strong commitme... |
Heidelberg Materials introduces EcoCem®PLC to Delta plant31 August 2023, Published under Cement NewsHeidelberg Materials is pleased to announce that its Delta cement plant , BC, Canada, has recently switched to producing 100 per cent EcoCem ® Portland limestone cement (PLC). EcoCem ® PLC is a Portland limestone cement that contains up to 15 per cent limestone and generates approximately 10 per cent less CO₂ compared to other Portland cements. With the equivalent performance to ASTM and CSA standards for Type I/II Portland cement in strength and durability, EcoCem ® PLC can be used i... |
Edmonton plant start CCUS system16 August 2023, Published under Cement NewsHeidelberg Materials' Edmonton cement plant is one key step closer to pouring the foundations of a full-scale carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) system that could help make its operations carbon neutral. Five years in the making, a pilot system will pull 300kg per day of carbon from the plant’s production facility. The new CCUS equipment started up on Tuesday and uses technology from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Project Director, Corwyn Bruce, told reporters that the compa... |
Edmonton plant orders PSCL's Ticketing Terminal and cloud technology02 August 2023, Published under Cement NewsHeidelberg Materials has chosen the PSCL’s Ticketing Terminal powered by FR8Works for its Edmonton cement plant's alternative fuels delivery project. The solution will integrate demand management from SAP schedule agreements with the physical process and remove administrative requirements locally by using FR8Works' cloud technologies. FR8Works' Ticketing Terminal provides integrates with weighing scales while using a cloud dashboard for easy export of records and electronic Bill of... |
Lafarge Richmond plant switches to ECOPlanet production26 July 2023, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Canada ( Holcim Group) has announced its conversion to the production of 100 per cent ECOPlanet cement at its Richmond Cement plant in British Columbia (BC), Canada. ECOPlanet, Holcim’s brand of low-carbon cement, offers a minimum 30 per cent reduction in CO 2 emissions per tonne in comparison to ordinary Portland cement. “This is a proud moment for our organisation," says Brad Kohl, president and CEO of Lafarge Canada (West). “This conversion in Lafarge’s Western Canada ... |
Captured CO2 to be recycled into Adidas trainers19 July 2023, Published under Cement NewsOco, a subsidiary of carbon capture utilisation and storage specialist Carbon Upcycling, has formed a major partnership with Adidas. The sports shoe manufacturer will use an ink-based product embedded with captured CO 2 in a new range of trainers. Carbon Upcycling is using its patented technology to capture CO 2 at heavy industrial sites such as the cement sector, but its Oco company will engage with public demand for products that use the potential captured carbon. Oco takes the solid po... |
Exshaw Cement progresses with 'Low-Carbon Fuel project'14 June 2023, Published under Cement NewsExshaw Cement plant has announced that its 'Low-Carbon Fuel project' is advancing quickly. Brad Kok, CEO of Lafarge Canada (West) ( Holcim Group ), and his team toured the project last week for implementation later this year. This initiative will replace 50 per cent of natural gas on our modern kiln line with low-carbon recycled materials and reduce our carbon footprint while reusing materials that would have been transported to landfills. |
Geocycle and Lafarge Canada to divert waste to Brookfield plant11 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsDriven by its Strategy 2025 ‘Accelerating Green Growth’, Geocycle Canada and Lafarge Canada have been paving the way to use low-carbon alternative fuels to divert household, commercial, and construction and demolition wastes away from landfills. The project will significantly increase the plant’s capacities to pre-process plastics and high biogenic waste materials (banned from landfills in Nova Scotia), and then sustainably co-process these wastes in the cement manufacturing process. T... |