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GCCA and UNIDO sign decarbonisation MoU

21 June 2024, Published under Cement News

A ground-breaking agreement has been signed by the UN’s Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) to work together on decarbonising the cement and concrete industry, with a strong focus on the Global South. The two organisations have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will see them working together on key sustainability and decarbonisation issues, including: providing recommendations for decision-makers to create ...

Huaxin Cement wins WCA 2024 innovation award

19 June 2024, Published under Cement News

Huaxin Cement has won the Innovation Award of the World Cement Association 2024 for its Intelligent Low-Carbon Cement Manufacturing Technology (ILCCM). Huaxin is the only cement company with two consecutive WCA Innovation Awards, having previously won it in 2023 for its "Development and Application of Low Carbon and Nitrogen Reduction Ultra Large Scale Cement Production Technology and Equipment,” said the WCA. Under the leadership of CEO Yeqing Li, Huaxin has been recognised as a global...

GCCA announces new partnerships

08 May 2024, Published under Cement News

New partnerships between cement manufacturers and tech start-ups, to work together on the development of low carbon concrete, have been announced by the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA). EnviCore, based in Canada, Queens Carbon and Chement, both in the USA, and NeoCrete in New Zealand, were all shortlisted last year, as part of the GCCA’s Innovandi Open Challenge Programme. They have all now formed a partnership with at least five GCCA member companies and leading manufacture...

Innovandi GCCA meeting attracts a global network of scientists to Lausanne

24 April 2024, Published under Cement News

A network of 450 scientists and industry leaders from around world have met in Switzerland to drive decarbonisation of cement. Leading academics and industry players from around the world are gathering in Lausanne, in Switzerland, aiming to reduce CO 2 emissions in the production of cement and concrete to ultimately reach net zero. They are taking part in the Innovandi Global Cement and Concrete Research Network (GCCRN) annual gathering. The network brings 450 researchers and scientists ...

Almost 100 start-ups apply for CCUS Innovandi Open Challenge

18 April 2024, Published under Cement News

Nearly 100 tech start-ups from across the globe have applied for a pioneering international programme that offers the chance to work with leading cement and concrete manufacturers on decarbonising the world’s most-used man-made materials. The Innovandi Open Challenge is run by the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), which is working with leading manufacturers on the industry’s net zero mission. The development of new technologies is a key part of the industry’s net zero road...

Essential women in an essential industry, marking International Women's Day 2024

08 March 2024, Published under Cement News

To mark International Women’s Day 2024, the GCCA invited women working in its member companies around the world on their perspectives on working in global heavy industry, the importance of gender diversity, and for any career advice they can offer to other women keen to work in the cement and concrete industry. Eva Sebastià, corporate engineer of Cementos Molins, said: “After working in this sector for more than 20 years, I have realised, that choosing a job that you love and going for it, ...

GCCA supports major decarbonising talks in Paris on the built environment

08 March 2024, Published under Cement News

Leading organisations from the cement and concrete industry are attending international talks in Paris, where parties are hoped to agree a framework to decarbonise the built environment. The Global Buildings and Climate Forum, which take place this week, involves discussions between government ministers, local authorities, businesses, and other stakeholders, from across the world.   The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) together with France Ciment, the national industry cement b...

GCCA launches Innovandi Open Challenge 2024

21 February 2024, Published under Cement News

The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has launched Innovandi Open Challenge 2024. This is a pioneering international programme that brings together tech start-ups and leading manufacturers in the pursuit of net zero. Applications are being encouraged from start-ups from around the world, interested in working on the development of carbon capture use and storage, for low-carbon cement and concrete. The initiative seeks Innovative technologies, which include process integrated a...

China Cement Association and GCCA sign low-carbon future agreement

02 February 2024, Published under Cement News

The two leading representative bodies of the global cement industry have signed a milestone agreement to help accelerate decarbonisation of the sector across the world. China Cement Association (CCA), which represents more than 50 per cent of the world’s cement production and the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), whose members account for 80 per cent of cement production capacity outside of China, have signed a historic partnership pledge. The pledge includes an agreement to wor...

GCCA launches Innovandi Entrepreneur Network

12 December 2023, Published under Cement News

The Global Cement & Concrete Association (GCCA) has launched the third programme in its Innovandi brand, the Innovandi Entrepreneur Network. The network brings together start-ups that are developing technologies relevant to decarbonisation across the cement and concrete value chain and enables them to network with GCCA members. The Entrepreneur Network, launched at COP28 in Dubai, UAE, will be open to start-ups from around the world who are specialising in accelerating the decarbonisation...