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Heidelberg Materials and Enagás sign carbon capture collaboration agreement

18 November 2024, Published under Cement News

Enagás CEO Arturo Gonzalo and Heidelberg Materials Hispania CEO Jesús Ortiz have signed an agreement to jointly develop a decarbonisation project linked to the capture, transport, liquefaction and subsequent permanent storage or use of CO 2 . Under the terms of the collaboration agreement, Heidelberg Materials will develop CO 2 capture technologies at its facilities in northern Spain. Enagás will study solutions for transport, liquefaction, storage and loading onto ships at its regasific...

Geseke CCS project reaches technical planning phase

12 November 2024, Published under Cement News

In October, with the awarding of the contract, for GeZero between Heidelberg Materials and Fluor Corp the GeZero Carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at Geseke cement plant enters a crucial technical planning phase. The technical planning is expected to be completed by next spring, with construction set to begin in 2026. The front-end engineering design (FEED) represents the detailed technical planning for the GeZero decarbonisation project, the first large-scale CO 2 capture and s...

From Aspdin to recycled concrete

25 October 2024, Published under Cement News

This week demonstrated more than most that the cement sector is still innovating after celebrating 200 years since Joseph Aspdin's patent for ordinary Portland cement (OPC). Refining this valuable building material has taken us to the point where Heidelberg Materials announced that it will now recycle concrete from demolition waste, creating a by-product that will be reused in cement manufacture. In future, the concrete already in the world can be recycled to supply new building materials, c...

Christian Pfeiffer contributes to Carbon4Minerals project

25 October 2024, Published under Cement News

Christian Pfeiffer Maschinenfabrik GmbH is collaborating with Heidelberg Materials on the groundbreaking Carbon4Minerals project, aimed at converting CO 2 into value-added building products. This innovative venture, funded by the EU Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, will run from January 2023 to December 2026. As a key participant in this EU-funded research project, Christian Pfeiffer will contribute its expertise to an industrial pilot plant focused on upscaling enforced...

Heidelberg Materials commissions first industrial concrete recycling facility in Poland

23 October 2024, Published under Cement News

  Heidelberg Materials has commissioned the first facility for concrete recycling in Poland, incorporating Fives' FCB Rhodax® technology Heidelberg Materials has commissioned the first industrial concrete recycling facility in Poland. The new plant, located near Katowice, will recycle 100 per cent of demolition concrete into high-quality aggregates, sand and cement paste that could later be reused as sustainable building materials. To achieve this recycling rate, the fac...

Heidelberg Materials increases share ownership of Asment de Témara

14 October 2024, Published under Cement News

Heidelberg Materials is strengthening its footprint in the Moroccan cement market by increasing its share ownership of Asment de Témara to 63 per cent and acquiring 100 per cent of Grabemaro, a supplier of aggregates, according to a recent press release. Dr Dominic von Achten, chairman of Heidelberg Materials, noted the significance of the expansion. “Our latest investment marks an important step in our ongoing portfolio optimisation, strengthening our core markets,” he said.  The de...

Carbon Re and ABB highlight collaboration at Cemtech Europe 2024

08 October 2024, Published under Cement News

Last week at Cemtech Europe 2024 in Warsaw, Kenny Wong (Carbon Re) and Ryan Courts (ABB) detailed ongoing work between the two companies to achieve operational excellence in the cement industry through AI. In the presentation, the two highlighted how ABB and Carbon Re are formalising their joint approach to enable more cement producers to use AI-powered optimisation and decarbonisation to advance their production and strategic objectives. Heidelberg Materials, a leading global cement prod...

Heidelberg Materials' UK CEO welcomes Government's CO2 capture investment

07 October 2024, Published under Cement News

Heidelberg Materials UK CEO, Simon Willis welcomed the UK Government’s announcement on its GBP22m (US$28.2m) investment for two CO 2 capture cluster projects in Teeside and Merseyside. “Today’s announcement from the government to drive ahead with investment in carbon capture and storage (CCS) clusters is a major milestone in the decarbonisation of UK industry and sets the construction sector on the path to net zero.  “As part of the HyNet North West decarbonisation cluster, we are brin...

Rezzato Mazzano CCS feasibility study launched

30 September 2024, Published under Cement News

Heidelberg Materials’ Rezzato Mazzano cement plant in the province of Brescia, Italy, is expected to be the first plant in the country to produce carbon captured net-zero cement and concrete. The plant has   begun a feasibility study for a decarbonisation project. It is hoped that the Rezzato Mazzano carbon capture project will be part of a larger decarbonisation programme involving carbon capture and storage at Ravenna . Phase 1 of the Ravenna CCS project is being carried out by a join...

The Northern Lights carbon storage project starts up

27 September 2024, Published under Cement News

Heidelberg Materials Northern Europe is the first industrial customer to deliver captured CO 2 by ship to the storage facilities of the Northern Lights JV in Øygarden, Norway.  This facility will support the Norwegian government’s Longship project, providing infrastructure to transport and store CO 2 from capture sites to a secure reservoir 2600m under the seabed. Longship is Norway’s initiative to develop a full-scale CCS value chain, showcasing its potential as a global decarbonisat...