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Cemtech Europe explores CCS

04 November 2024, Published under Cement News

Cemtech Europe 2024 saw over 300 cement industry professionals come together at the Hilton City Hotel in Warsaw, Poland on 29 September-2 October 2024. Technology solutions for decarbonisation were explored alongside urgent discussion around the current state of carbon capture storage (CCS) in Europe, and how enabling transport and storage is the critical factor now for successful CCS deployment. By ICR Research, UK Under the banner “Decarbonising the cement industry through manufa...

Polish cement sector to accelerate carbon capture strategy from 2025, argues Polish minister at Cemtech Europe 2024

01 October 2024, Published under Cement News

Cemtech Europe 2024 is now underway in Warsaw, Poland, with over 300 delegates from 40 countries coming together to discuss decarbonisation of the cement industry.   CEMBUREAU, the European cement association, estimates 62Mta of CO 2 will need to be captured from EU cement plants by 2050. Yet virtually none of the carbon capture systems and associated carbon transportation infrastructure is in place today.   It is an enormous challenge that will require close collaboration between the ceme...

Cemtech Europe opens in Istanbul: Turkey prepares to launch domestic ETS

10 October 2023, Published under Cement News

Cemtech Europe 2023 , the leading cement industry conference in Europe organised by International Cement Review , has opened in Istanbul, welcoming over 300 delegates from 40 countries.     Welcoming delegates to the conference, Volkan Bozay, CEO of the Turkish Cement Manufacturers Association, TÜRKÇİMENTO, highlighted the strengths of the domestic industry, which now includes 120Mta of clinker capacity and is ranked as the fifth-largest industry worldwide. Mr Bozay acknowledged the earthq...

Cemtech industry conference: Cembureau warns that EU ETS costs risk carbon leakage

04 October 2022, Published under Cement News

The European cement industry is facing increased costs imposed by the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), which is creating a competitive disadvantage with countries outside of the region.   Isidoro Miranda, president of CEMBUREAU, warns of increasing production costs due to the EU ETS during his presentation at Cemtech Europe “Today the EU industry is paying EUR8/t more to produce cement than countries outside of the ETS”, said Isidoro Miranda, president of Cembureau, the ...

Bringing Cemtech to Berlin

04 December 2019, Published under Cement News

Cemtech Europe 2019 was held at the InterContinental Hotel in Berlin, Germany, on 30 September-2 October. The conference agenda explored issues around the tightening of environmental legislation worldwide, including the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), and the ways in which this is impacting on the European cement industry, driving new technologies and product development. Cemtech Europe welcomed over 200 delegates to Berlin, Germany, in October Opening the conference, Thomas ...

Cement Project of the Year – ICR Cement Industry Awards 2019

10 October 2019, Published under Cement News

Cement Project of the Year – CEMEX, Mexico, with Petuum, USA Company representatives Rodrigo Quintero, Operations Digital Technologies Manager, CEMEX (Mexico) and Prabal Acharyya, Petuum (USA). Company description CEMEX is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of cement, ready-mixed concrete and aggregates, supplying more than 50 countries. Petuum develops artificial intelligence (AI) technology designed to help companies on their journey towards Industry 4.0 wit...

Cement Plant of the Year – ICR Cement Industry Awards 2019

10 October 2019, Published under Cement News

Cement Plant of the Year – Yanbu Cement Co, Saudi Arabia Company representatives Dr Ahmed Zugail, CEO and Amr Ahmed Nader, Strategic Planning & Performance Management, Advisor to the CEO, Yanbu Cement Company (Saudi Arabia). Company description Established in 1979, Yanbu Cement Company (YCC) is a leading cement manufacturer in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with a total installed capacity of 7Mta of clinker and 10Mta of cement. Project description YCC has underta...

Environmental Excellence – ICR Cement Industry Awards 2019

10 October 2019, Published under Cement News

Environmental Excellence –  w&p Zement GmbH   Company representative Florian Salzer, Plant Manager, Wietersdorf, w&p Zement GmbH (Austria) Company description Part of the ALPACEM Group, w&p Zement is a privately-owned cement producer. Its main production facility is the Wietersdorf plant, a 2200tpd state-of-the-art facility built in 2005 and located in southern Austria. The plant currently produces 17 types of cement and three types of clinker. The company also runs a ...

Cement Grinding Plant of the Year – ICR Cement Industry Awards 2019

10 October 2019, Published under Cement News

Cement Grinding Plant of the Year – Aliénor Ciments (Cem'In'Eu) Company representatives     Sébastien Didier-Laurent, technical director, Aliénor Ciments and Cem’In’Eu (France)   Company description Aliénor Ciments is the first in a network of cement grinding plants being installed across Europe by newcomer Cem’In’Eu. In contrast to large production units built far away from their customers, Cem’In’Eu aims to construct small units in the heart of the markets, me...

Cemtech Europe highlights cement sustainability targets

01 October 2019, Published under Cement News

Cemtech Europe 2019 opened today at the InterContinental Hotel in Berlin, Germany. Taking place as global sustainability targets tighten, the conference agenda will closely examine the current market trends and environmental targets of the European cement industry. Cemtech Europe 2019 opened today at the InterContinental Hotel in Berlin, Germany, highlighting the sustainability achievements and targets of the global cement industry Opening the conference, Thomas Armstrong, ma...