Cement News tagged under: UK
New UK cement plant gets green light08 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsA new GBP40m (US$48.8m), 0.5Mta cement plant at Sheerness Docks in Kent, UK, has been given the go ahead. Despite a petition against the plant receiving over 1000 signatures, Kent County Council unanimously approved the plans on 7 December 2022. Councillors assured local residents that noise from the new plant will be closely monitored and the movement of trucks during the night would be restricted to once a month with residents receiving a warning in advance. The council also said that i... |
WBA claims few science-based biodiversity assessments are carried out06 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe World Benchmarking Alliance’s (WBA) new Nature Benchmark has analysed around 400 companies on their operations impact on nature and biodiversity, including many from the construction and mining sector. The top 10 construction material companies have been ranked 1-10 for their reduced impact on nature and biodiversity: 1. Holcim , 2. CEMEX , 3. Siam Cement Group , 4. Owens Corning, 5. CRH , 6. Cementos Argos , 7. Heidelberg Materials , 8. Saint-Gobain , 9. Asia Cement Corp ,... |
WCA's CEO responds to WWF EU ETS free allocation analysis05 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsIan Riley, CEO of the World Cement Association, has responded to recent analysis from the World Wildlife Fund on the EU ETS emissions over the examined period (2013-21), when more than half of the emissions (53 per cent) were handed out to polluters for free through the so-called ‘free allocation’ scheme. These free permits to pollute were worth EUR98.5, more than all the revenue that EU countries earned through selling regular allowances, stated the WWF. The WWF argues that while th... |
SigmaRoc to install Aqualung carbon capture unit30 November 2022, Published under Cement NewsSigmaRoc has signed an agreement with Aqualung Carbon Capture AS, a leading membrane carbon capture and separation technology provider, to install SigmaRoc’s first carbon capture facility in the first quarter of 2023. The agreement will allow for the installation of a carbon capture membrane technology solution across all SigmaRoc’s operational kilns following initial installation at one kiln in Nordkalk, Finland. The technology is modular, tested and scalable, allowing for a phased and s... |
Breedon on track to deliver record earnings25 November 2022, Published under Cement NewsBreedon Group reported that trading conditions remained supportive in the second half, enabling the company to fully recover rising input costs through robust pricing and disciplined cost management. In the four months to October 2022 group revenue expanded by 16 per cent YoY, resulting in a revenue of GBP1186m in the year to date, up 14 per cent YoY and 12 per cent on a like-for-like basis. In Great-Britain the group delivered a strong operational performance and advanced strategically.... |
Hanson reports another carbon capture breakthrough23 November 2022, Published under Cement NewsHanson has demonstrated another ground-breaking carbon capture process, this time at its Ribblesdale cement works in Clitheroe, Lancashire, UK. The team proved that enforced carbonation of recycled concrete paste (RCP) within the plant’s existing wet scrubber allows for a high CO2 uptake within less than 30m, preventing emissions entering the atmosphere. During the trial 15t of industrial RCP were fed into the scrubber. The result was 100kg of CO2 being bound within each tonne of RCP,... |
Relief for UK cement producers as mega projects go ahead18 November 2022, Published under Cement NewsUK cement producers will be breathing sighs of relief this morning that mega projects such as HS2, the Sizewell C nuclear plant, and the Northern Powerhouse Rail plan will be going ahead. Jeremy Hunt, UK chancellor, confirmed in his Autumn Statement on 17 November 2022 that the government has given its full backing to all three projects and that capital spending would not be cut for the next two years. Despite the UK economy facing recessionary conditions, more than GBP600bn (US$708bn) of... |
New appointments at the Mineral Products Association17 November 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe Mineral Products Association (MPA) has appointed Jon Flitney as energy and climate change manager. Jon will be working with the MPA Cement Climate Change and CO 2 Reduction group providing support to sector decarbonisation and associated policies. Jon joins from the British Ceramic Confederation (BCC) where he has worked across energy, environment, climate change and decarbonisation policy areas for over six years. He also previously worked on air quality and environmental... |
CEMEX UK supports Capital Hydrogen16 November 2022, Published under Cement NewsCEMEX UK has pledged its support of Capital Hydrogen, a partnership between Cadent, SGN and National Grid Gas Transmission, which plans to deliver a transition to low carbon hydrogen for gas networks in the East of England, South East and London. As part of its participation, CEMEX has committed to working with Capital Hydrogen to assess the feasibility of implementing hydrogen powered equipment and vehicles at its sites in London and give due consideration to decarbonisation opportunit... |
Carbon Re raises GBP4.2m seed funding to address cement industry carbon emissions08 November 2022, Published under Cement NewsCarbon Re, the Cambridge University and UCL joint spin-out, will accelerate the roll-out of artificial intelligence (AI)-based industrial decarbonisation technology. The company has raised GBP4.2m (US$4.8m) seed funding to scale up the development and deployment of its Delta Zero AI platform, which enables the cement industry to reduce over 50,000tpa of CO 2 emissions per plant. This is the equivalent of taking 11,000 cars off the road. Carbon Re's cloud-based Delta Zero platform models... |