Cement News tagged under: Environmental
EU calls for greater use of secondary raw materials26 February 2021, Published under Cement NewsThe EU Parliament’s own-initiative report adopted this month calls for an upgrading of secondary raw materials. Among other things, it provides for stronger environment-oriented public procurement with mandatory minimum criteria, for example in the construction industry. For the Euroslag European network and the FEhS Building Materials Institute, this is an important step towards a comprehensive approval of secondary building materials and their conditional prioritisation in public ... |
Melón and Enel Generación sign renewable energy contract24 February 2021, Published under Cement NewsChile-based Cemento Mélon has signed a contract with Enel Generación for the supply of clean and renewable energy in four of Mélon’s operations: the La Calera, Ventanas and Puerto Montt cement plants and the San Bernardo aggregates facility. The signed agreement will run until 2043 and includes the supply renewable energy from wind, solar, geothermal or hydropower with the option to expand this to more Melón sites in the future, reports Electricidad. ‘We have state-of-the-art technologies... |
Research study claims only 14% of heavy industry is aligned with the Paris Agreement18 February 2021, Published under Cement NewsResearch by the Transition Pathway Initiative finds that only 16 of 111 (14 per cent) large publicly-listed industrial companies are aligned with an emissions reduction pathway that would keep global warming at 2°C or below. The combined market cap of the 95 industrial companies failing to align with 2°C or below by 2050 is over US $856bn. The research analysed 169 companies in total. Of these 111 firms are analysed on carbon performance to show if their emissions reductions plans align ... |
Research study claims only 14% of heavy industry is aligned with the Paris Agreement18 February 2021, Published under Cement NewsResearch by the Transition Pathway Initiative finds that only 16 of 111 (14 per cent) large publicly-listed industrial companies are aligned with an emissions reduction pathway that would keep global warming at 2°C or below. The combined market cap of the 95 industrial companies failing to align with 2°C or below by 2050 is over US $856bn. The research analysed 169 companies in total. Of these 111 firms are analysed on carbon performance to show if their emissions reductions plans align ... |
Cemex Maceo plant has environmental licence modified17 February 2021, Published under Cement NewsThe Regional Autonomous Corporation of Antioquia has notified Cemex Colombia that the modification of the environmental licence of the Maceo plant in Antioquia has been approved. This will allow the extraction of 990,000t of materials (clay and limestone) and the production of up to 1.5Mta of cement. This authorisation will enable the possibility of starting operations, the construction of the access road to the plant, the completion of pending actions of the project and the commissioning o... |
Cemex Maceo plant has environmental licence modified17 February 2021, Published under Cement NewsThe Regional Autonomous Corporation of Antioquia has notified Cemex Colombia that the modification of the environmental licence of the Maceo plant in Antioquia has been approved. This will allow the extraction of 990,000t of materials (clay and limestone) and the production of up to 1.5Mta of cement. This authorisation will enable the possibility of starting operations, the construction of the access road to the plant, the completion of pending actions of the project and the commissioning o... |
Hanson UK launches green hydrogen power unit11 February 2021, Published under Cement NewsA new green hydrogen power demonstration unit has been developed and installed at Hanson UK's Regen ground granulated blastfurnace slag (GGBS) plant in Port Talbot, south Wales.This is part of the company's GBP9.2m 'Reducing Industrial Carbon Emissions' (RICE) project, funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The aim of the demonstration unit is to replace some of the natural gas used to power the plant with green hydrogen, which is considered a clean source of energy a... |
Cemex appoints representative to the Brandenburg Sustainability Advisory Board11 February 2021, Published under Cement NewsCemex SAB de CV has appointed Rudiger Kuhn as the Representative of the Economy on the Sustainability Advisory Board for the Federal State of Brandenburg, Germany. Rudiger Kuhn has worked at Cemex for more than 25 years and is the Chairman of the Board of Cemex Germany and Vice President of Materials for Central Europe. Brandenburg is embracing the EU's 'Green Deal' economic change and the national phasing-out of coal strategy. National funding of more than EUR3.6bn is being made av... |
LafargeHolcim and Schlumberger New Energy explore CCS10 February 2021, Published under Cement NewsLafargeHolcim and Schlumberger New Energy will explore the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) solutions. The two companies will study the feasibility of capturing carbon from two LafargeHolcim cement plants, based in Europe and North America, using Schlumberger’s carbon sequestration technologies. Magali Anderson, chief sustainability officer of LafargeHolcim: "Today’s announcement is further proof of LafargeHolcim’s environmental leadership and commitment to pioneer new s... |
Cemex is awarded CO2 capture grant from DoE09 February 2021, Published under Cement NewsCemex SAB de CV has announced that its US operations have been awarded a grant from the US Department of Energy (DoE) to research, engineer and develop a pilot for a breakthrough carbon capture unit. The project, anchored to Cemex’s Victorville cement plant in California, will also contemplate cost-competitive solutions to completely close the loop on current carbon emissions. In this initiative led by non-profit research institute RTI international (RTI), Cemex is joining forces with UK-... |