Cement News tagged under: WCA
Misr Cement Group joins WCA15 June 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe World Cement Association (WCA) is welcoming Misr Cement Group, one of the longest-standing cement and building materials manufacturing companies in Egypt, as a corporate member. Misr Cement Group group works towards operating with a minimal environmental impact, by incorporating sustainable projects into its processes to protect and replenish the environment surrounding its facilities in Upper Egypt. Projects include the launch of environmentally friendly products, planting of trees i... |
SICK AG joins the WCA as associate corporate member16 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe World Cement Association (WCA) is welcoming SICK AG, a leading global supplier of sensor solutions, as an associate corporate member. The cooperation between SICK, WCA and its members will strengthen the global cement industry’s efforts towards sustainable cement production by sharing expert knowledge about decisive topics, such as gas analysis, functional safety, digitalisation, operational excellence, or carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS). “We are pleased to be welcomi... |
WCA appoints new directors01 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe World Cement Association (WCA) has appointed three new Directors: Fabien Charbonnel, CEO of Cem’In’Eu , Xu Gang, chairman of the Board of Maweni Limestone, VP and head of Overseas Area of Huaxin Cement Co Ltd , parent company of Maweni Limestone , and Kevin Lunney, COO of Mannok Holdings DAC. The appointments were agreed in a unanimous vote at the WCA General Assembly Meeting, which took place virtually this month. In addition, both Mohammed Ali Al-Garni, CEO of Saudi Cement, a... |
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... |
WCA welcomes CHASM Advanced Materials as Associate Corp member08 November 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe World Cement Association (WCA) has announced that it is welcoming US-based carbon nanotube materials innovation company CHASM Advanced Materials (CHASM™) as an Associate Corporate Member. CHASM, with its proprietary NTeC-C™, a pioneering nanotube hybrid material, claims to have the potential to produce a greener, smarter, scalable, cost-effective concrete. CHASM’s NTeC-C aims to overcome one of the main challenges to decarbonising concrete by decreasing the quantity of cement in concr... |
WCA annual conference prompts MENA region to decarbonise12 October 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe fifth World Cement Association (WCA) annual conference took place between the 25-28 September in Dubai, UAE, allowing industry leaders and stakeholders to have an open discussion and honest assessment of the biggest challenges that the cement industry faces. This year’s theme focussed on Navigating the Climate Challenge: Reducing Carbon and Reducing Costs but many concluded that the greatest limiting factor to decarbonising the cement industry is not technology but the sector’s dri... |
Unprecedented fall in global cement output04 October 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe biggest fall in worldwide cement production in two decades has been recorded, according to the World Cement Association (WCA). The WCA reports that global cement output fell eight per cent YoY to 1.9bnt in the first six months of 2022. The fall was caused by a 15 per cent drop in output to 977Mt in the volume of cement produced in China, the WCA said. Ian Riley, WCA chief executive, said the Chinese decline was the biggest in more than 20 years, with no comparable decline in recent m... |
MVW Lechtenberg & Partners joins WCA as associate corporate member23 September 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe World Cement Association (WCA) has welcomed MVW Lechtenberg & Partners (MVW), as an associate corporate member. “We are delighted to announce that MVW Lechtenberg & Partners will join our growing membership network. They continue to lead the way in alternative fuel recovery technology and application, enabling firms to significantly reduce CO 2 emissions. MVW brings a clear global perspective to the challenges that cement producers face in increasing AFR usage,” said Ian Riley, ... |
WCA focus on MENA region decarbonisation23 August 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe World Cement Association (WCA) has held its first CEO-exclusive, pre-conference webinar, in which participants concluded that cement producers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) can halve carbon emissions with zero or low capital expenditure. The webinar brought together thirty CEOs representing cement-producing companies from Iraq, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey among others, ahead of WCA’s annual conference which will be held in Dubai, in September 2022. The CEO’s re... |
Mannok Cement joins the WCA as a corporate member19 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe World Cement Association (WCA) has announced that Republic of Ireland’s Mannok Cement ( Aventas group ) has joined the global network as a corporate member. Mannok has made a commitment to reducing its carbon emissions by 33 per cent by 2030 and achieving net zero emissions by 2050, with a focus on scope three emissions and responsible procurement, while ensuring full transparency on the carbon footprint of its products through voluntary disclosure. “We are especially pleased to ... |