Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Heidelberg Materials invest a further EUR65m in French calcined clay project16 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsFollowing this week's 'Choose France summit', Heidelberg Materials has announced the investment of EUR65m to accelerate the decarbonisation of its Bussac-Forê t cement plant in the west of France. The plant will be expanded to include a facility to produce calcined clay, which can replace parts of the CO₂-intensive clinker in the cement. This will allow the launch of a new range of low-carbon calcined clay cements containing less clinker. This latest investment is in addition to the EUR... |
Dyckerhoff supplies low CO2 efficient construction16 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe new residential quarter in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, "Mein Ludwigs”, has been supplied with Dyckerhoff ’s low CO 2 efficient cements and concretes for the large-scale construction project. The new residential area is currently being built on a former 2.5ha company site in the southwest of Ludwigshafen, near the banks of the Rhine, Germany. It was planned by the multiple award-winning Frankfurt architecture firm Stefan Forster Architekten, which specialises in residential buildings. Th... |
DoE announces funding to accelerate two cement industry CCUS projects12 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe US Department of Energy (DoE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations has announced the selection of eight projects for award negotiations, as part of the Carbon Capture Demonstration Projects Programme. This programme aims to accelerate the implementation of integrated carbon capture and storage technologies. With up to US$189m in funding, these community-informed integrated carbon capture, transport and storage projects are set to advance and help catalyse significant follow-on ... |
Titan reports a robust 1Q performance11 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsTitan Cement International SA saw a “very strong start to the year” with first-quarter 2023 sales up 29.3 per cent YoY to EUR588.1m, driven by increased demand in some key markets due to mild weather conditions and good pricing performance. EBITDA saw a 131 per cent jump to EUR107.1m when compared with a low-base 1Q22. The margin expanded due to sales growth, cost performance reflecting the benefits from investment projects as well as an improved energy mix with higher alternative fuel u... |
UK government funds CCS trial at Breedon Cement11 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe UK government is handing Breedon Cement GBP230,000 (US$290,338/EUR264,453) to investigate the use of carbon capture and storage facilities (CCS) in its cement production. The Derbyshire-based company said the cash injection will allow it to "significantly advance knowledge of the infrastructure" needed to push the company's lime and cement plants in Derbyshire to a "low-carbon future". The government is paying 50 per cent of the project cost via its Industrial Energy Transformation... |
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... |
Holcim invests in Coomtech10 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsHolcim invests in Coomtech, a cleantech start-up that offers an innovative low-emission kinetic drying technology for raw materials. Coomtech's technology combines low-carbon and circular benefits to emits up to 75 per cent less CO 2 than traditional drying methods, enabling the use of recycled materials in cement and concrete that would otherwise require a high amount of energy to dry. The investment builds on Holcim and Coomtech’s current collaboration to develop a new low-carbon cement... |
Fletcher Building secures pond ash supply10 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsFletcher Building has teamed up with Genesis to use ash from Huntly Power Station as an alternative raw material in cement. This includes up to 20,000t of pond ash, also known as bottom ash, which is produced each year after coal is used to generate power. The pond ash is extracted from existing settling ponds and used in the manufacturing process at Golden Bay Cement as a raw material, assisting the performance of the cement with its technical composition. “Fletcher Building fir... |
Cementos Avellaneda starts Olavarría wind farm09 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsCementos Avellaneda ( Cementos Molins group ) has announced that it has starting the PECASA wind farm project together with YPF LUZ. This wind farm will supply sustainable energy to the Olavarría cement plant, contributing to a cleaner and greener future. This is an important step in the cement producer’s mission to promote renewable energy and sustainable development, which adds to the development of the solar park at the San Luis cement plant. Together with YPF Luz, Cemento... |
Irish Cement named as one of biggest polluters09 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsIrish Cement Ltd (part of CRH ) has been named among Ireland’s biggest climate polluters, according to a report in the Irish Independent. The cement producer joins other household brands, such as Ryanair and Pfizer, with the latest records showing that a group of just 100 factories, power plants and airlines emitted around 25Mt of CO 2 in Ireland in 2022. Irish Cement currently runs the 2.8Mta integrated Platin cement plant and the 1.2Mta integrated Limerick works. |