Cement News tagged under: western Europe
The call for greener construction products19 March 2021, Published under Cement NewsA report by the European Parliament (EP) on the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) calls for an ambitious revision of the regulation. The EP is moving towards clarifying what can be defined as green construction products and has now directly integrated EU environmental policies into the construction sector legislation. The EP has approved a report calling for minimum performance requirements that construction products will need to meet before they are put on the EU market. The resolut... |
HeidelbergCement buoyed by FY20 results19 March 2021, Published under Cement NewsHeidelbergCement closed the 2020 financial year with top results in key figures. Group revenue decreased by 6.6 per cent to EUR17,606m ( previous year: EUR18,851m) in comparison with the previous year. On a like-for-like (LfL) basis, the decline amounted to 4.6 per cent. The EUR601m decrease in HC Trading's revenue due to the decision to significantly reduce fuel trading with third-party customers contributed significantly to this decline. Results from current operations before d... |
Hanson set to begin working on carbon capture and storage19 March 2021, Published under Cement NewsHyNet North West has secured GBP72m of funding to create the world’s first low-carbon industrial cluster, through its development of a hydrogen and carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in northwest England. As a consortium partner, Hanson can now carry out a CCS feasibility study at its Padeswood facility near Mold, Flintshire, according to a press release. The study will provide a design basis and cost estimate for a carbon capture plant and connection to the planned HyNet North West... |
Titan Cement Group sets new ESG targets for 202519 March 2021, Published under Cement NewsTitan Cement Group has released its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) targets for 2025 and beyond. The targets include an updated, more ambitious, CO 2 reduction goal for 2030, aligned with the vision of the European Green Deal to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. "We are building on our strong track record on sustainability and aspire to increase our positive impact on people, society, and the environment. We are committing to ambitious targets that aim to generate more valu... |
Cemex to reopen Lloseta plant19 March 2021, Published under Cement NewsCemex has signalled its intention to restart cement production at its Lloseta plant in Spain in the coming weeks, according to Ultima Hora Online. The plant closed in January 2019 but the company had to communicate to government before 15 April 2021 what its plans were regarding the fate of the plant: to resume production or shut down and dismantle the works. The cement producer will manufacture "a type of cement with specific benefits, more sustainable and resilient” with a limited produ... |
Cemex to develop a carbon-neutral alliance in Germany18 March 2021, Published under Cement NewsCemex SAB de CV is developing a carbon-neutral alliance in Germany as part of its ‘Future Action programme’ to test and accelerate technologies to reach carbon neutrality at its Rüdersdorf plant. Cemex is joining pioneering industrial consortiums to develop industrial-scale demonstration projects using ground-breaking technologies to form this alliance, which aspires to achieve carbon neutrality at the Rüdersorf plant by 2030. Several technologies, including waste heat recovery, carbon... |
Spain’s cement consumption falls 2% in February17 March 2021, Published under Cement NewsCement demand in Spain has declined 2.4 per cent YoY to 1,136,748t in February 2021, according to Oficemen, the country’s cement association. Cement consumption in the first two months of the year saw a 10.1 per cent drop when compared with the 2M20. In terms of exports, volumes increased by 29.2 per cent YoY in February 2021. “We are observing this export improvement with great caution. We cannot forget that we are still immersed in a pandemic situation, which still weighs on local prod... |
Titan Cement to install new precalciner at Kamari plant17 March 2021, Published under Cement NewsTitan Cement is investing EUR25m at its Kamari cement plant, Viotia, Greece. The project will see a new precalciner in operation by 2022. The modernisation will reduce CO 2 emissions, contribute to the waste management solutions in Attiki, and increase the plant’s competitiveness. Specifically, this upgrade will significantly increase the Kamari plant’s capacity for using alternative fuels, substituting in large part the fossil fuels necessary for the operation of its kilns. Follow... |
Tarmac introduces a fully-recyclable hybrid bag17 March 2021, Published under Cement NewsTarmac (CRH Group) has moved to using 50 per cent recycled plastic in its packaging, with the release of new all-weather, fully-recyclable hybrid bag. Manufacturing facilities in Scotland and Wales are all now in production with the new bag, which offers rip, tear and puncture resistance, as well as providing essential protection against rain and water damage. Other sites currently producing a 30 per cent recycled content bag are due to switch to the latest packaging in the coming months... |
Local man becomes new plant manager at Dunbar cement plant17 March 2021, Published under Cement NewsTarmac (CRH Group) has promoted a local employee as its new plant manager at Dunbar Cement. Chris Bradbury, who previously worked at Tarmac’s Tunstead plant in Derbyshire, began working in the industry as an apprentice in 1994 and has experience of working at cement plants in UK, Nigeria and the Philippines. The 45-year-old has risen through teh ranks and has been appointed the new plant manager at the Tarmac Dunbar cement plant, which employs 140 people. Mr Bradbury, who lives in Dunb... |