Cement News tagged under: UK
Cemex Ventures to deploy industrial scale hydrogen combustion at Rugby plant21 November 2024, Published under Cement NewsCemex Ventures, Cemex ’s corporate venture capital (CVC) and open innovation unit, has announced an initial hydrogen deployment at industrial scale with HiiROC, the pioneering British hydrogen company that produces affordable, clean hydrogen, at its Rugby cement plant in the UK. Hydrogen has emerged as a low-carbon energy source within the construction industry’s decarbonisation roadmap and offers potential as an energy solution to help reduce the sector’s reliance on fossil fuels and low... |
GCCA releases low carbon cement definitions at COP2919 November 2024, Published under Cement NewsThe Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has launched its international definitions for low carbon cement and concrete. The definitions are seen as crucial to providing a key reference point for anyone that wants to be able to identify and buy green cement and concrete across the world. The industry, in consultation with a wide range of stakeholders along the value chain including governments and organisations such as the IEA, Climate Club and Clean Energy Ministerial Industr... |
Aggregate Industries partners neustark to set up UK mineralisation plant07 November 2024, Published under Cement NewsAggregate Industries ( Holcim Group ) has partnered with neustark to set up a mineralisation plant in London, UK. A first small-scale mobile plant is now in operation in Greenwich, and it will start removing hundreds of tonnes of CO 2 in the coming months. A large-scale site is set to be installed in the first half of 2025 with a capacity of removing 1000t of CO 2 per year (net). Neustark’s technology helps turn waste into a carbon sink, permanently locking carbon removed from the atmo... |
Ecocem co-signs letter calling on UK government to begin climate leadership31 October 2024, Published under Cement NewsEcocem has joined other prominent businesses in calling for the UK government to reassert the country’s global climate leadership position at COP29. In an open letter published on 26 October, a collective of 55 organisations, convened by the UK Business Group Alliance for Net Zero (BGA) and led by the UK Corporate Leaders Group (CLG), set out an ‘ask’ for the government to announce a new, ambitious and investable 2035 ‘Nationally Determined Contribution’ (NDC) plan. The letter calls for... |
Carbon Clean launches columnless CycloneCC C1 carbon capture series29 October 2024, Published under Cement NewsCarbon capture company Carbon Clean has announced the launch of its breakthrough CycloneCC C1 series, marking the penultimate stage in the technology’s commercialisation. The CycloneCC C1 series is available in concentrations ranging between 3-20 per cent, capturing up to 100,000tpa of CO 2 . The CycloneCC C1 unit is fully modular and columnless, achieving a height reduction of 70 per cent compared to conventional solutions. Rotating Packed Bed (RPB) technology replaces every column used ... |
Cool Planet raises EUR23.7m capital to accelerate deployment of low-cost carbon capture solution23 October 2024, Published under Cement NewsCool Planet Technologies Ltd announced it raised EUR23.7m (US$25.6m) in a Series A2 funding round, led by Taranis Carbon Ventures. Other investors were CRH Ventures and BlueScopeX, along with existing investors Eni Next, NEVA SGR and Audacy Ventures. The funding will advance Cool Planet’s ambition of becoming a leading provider of highly efficient point source carbon capture solutions for industrial emissions and will also enable the company to complete the demonstration of its technology ... |
Navigating EU CBAM22 October 2024, Published under Cement NewsAs the European Union (EU) implements its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), non-EU cement producers such as Türkiye will need to address new challenges as they trade cement with EU countries. This article aims to provide an overview of the current status of the EU CBAM, outline key milestones and examine the challenges this policy creates for cement producers outside the EU. By Louis Redshaw, Redshaw Advisors Ltd, UK Figure 1: EU ETS ambition meets CBAM (© Redshaw Advis... |
CCUS: present and future21 October 2024, Published under Cement NewsExpertise from a range of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) projects shows carbon capture has its pros and cons. io Consulting identifies the key considerations when selecting one technology to implement. In addition, it examines what is next in terms of emerging CCUS technologies. By io Consulting, UK There are a range of carbon capture, utilisation and storage technologies, each with pros and cons for implementation in the cement industry (© Heidelberg Materials) ... |
AI in action14 October 2024, Published under Cement NewsThe application of AI to the kiln process results in improved kiln stability, lower fuel costs and specific heat consumption. Heidelberg Materials’ cement plant in Mokra, Czechia, successfully integrated Carbon Re’s AI into its pyroprocess. By Daniel Summerbell, Carbon Re, UK Applying artificial intelligence to the pyroprocess leads to a more stable kiln operation and lower fuel costs (© Carbon Re) S ince the introduction of ordinary Portland cement in the 1820s, the c... |
HS2 tunnels could use calcined clay cement09 October 2024, Published under Cement NewsSkanska Costain Strabag joint venture has secured government funding to trial calcined clay as a low-carbon alternative to cement on HS2 London tunnels.The contractor will use the Innovate UK funding to continue developing a replacement for Portland cement with repurposed London clay. Data from a preliminary trial funded by HS2 showed that calcined London clay excavated from tunnels and other construction activities could be a viable alternative to cement in concrete. Although results fro... |