Cement News tagged: Environmental
LETA provides US$3.8m funding for PACER technology
Low Emission Technology Australia (LETA), an investor in technologies critical to reducing carbon emissions from industry, has committed AUD6m (US$3.8m) to support a new carbon capture solution for clinker production. In a statement, LETA announced a partnership with Australian developer KC8 Technologies for the PACER (Potassium Carbonate Absorption for Clinker Emissions Reduction) initiati...
US General Services Administration to spend US$2bn on low-carbon building materials
The US General Services Administration (GSA) plans to spend US$2bn from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to purchase cement and other building materials with substantially lower embodied carbon emissions, according to the Sierra Club. The building materials will be used to build and retrofit hundreds of government facilities in 150 projects across 39 states, Washington DC and Puerto Rico. T...
PCA urges EPA to revisit air quality proposal
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has urged the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reconsider enforcing a proposed lower, fine particulate matter (PM) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). Under the NAAQS programme, the proposed rule would lower the primary (health-based) annual fine particulate matter (PM2.5) standard from the current level of 12µg/m 3 to within a range...
TPI Polene Plc achieves 5-star corporate governance rating
Both TPI Polene Plc (TPIPL) and TPI Polene Power Plc (TPIPP) have achieved the five-star “Excellent” rating of its Corporate Governance Practices for the year 2023 as assessed by both the Institute of Directors (IOD) and the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and as published in their “Report of Thai Listed Companies for the Year 2023” (CGR 2023). This marks the first time that both TPIPL and ...
ClimeCo leads development of low-carbon cement protocol
ClimeCo, a leading global sustainability company, recently leveraged its industrial and methodology expertise to lead the development of Climate Action Reserve’s (CAR) new US Low Carbon Cement Protocol. The protocol establishes a first-of-its-kind pathway to generate voluntary carbon credits from the production of novel and under-utilised alternative cementitious materials (ACMs) and suppleme...
Holcim signs power agreement with Berde Renewables
Holcim Philippines has signed a power purchase agreement with Berde Renewables, a distributed energy platform of I Squared Capital. Holcim will use solar rooftop projects on its Bulacan and La Union plants with a combined capacity of 5.5MWp and an annual generation of approximately 7.8GWh. Holcim Philippines president and CEO, Horia Adrian, said the project is a significant decarbonis...
Sublime Systems receives 90% CO2 reduction validation
Sublime Systems has announced a screening life cycle assessment (LCA) validating that its ordinary Portland cement (OPC) replacement process can eliminate more than 90 per cent of the global warming potential of cement manufacturing. Climate Earth, the leading provider of environmental product declarations (EPDs) for the concrete industry, conducted this LCA according to a widely-accepted...
WCA director calls for industry to decarbonise now
The World Cement Association’s (WCA) Director, Ali Emir Adiguzel, addressed a gathering of distinguished industry leaders on Tuesday at the WCA's 6 th Annual Conference, taking place in Dubai on 24-25 October. During his speech, he highlighted the current state of the global cement industry, emphasising the challenges it faces. Mr Adiguzel underlined that the industry is grappling with a sign...
Alternative fuel plant achieves 75,000t of valorised waste in first-year
Cementos Molins celebrates the first year of operation of its alternative raw materials plant, located within its facilities in Barcelona, Spain, with a significant milestone. The company has announced that the plant has successfully valorised more than 75,000t of non-hazardous construction and demolition waste, as well as other non-hazardous industrial waste, in its first anniversary. Cem...
Milk and sugar with your cement?
Researchers in Melbourne are trialling adding coffee grounds to concrete to eliminate waste. Each year Australia produces around 83,000t of ground coffee and chaff, the majority of which ends up in landfill producing methane and other greenhouse gases as it decomposes. A team of scientists at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) are now trying to put the surplus coffee ground...
Heidelberg Materials celebrates start of ANRAV.beta CCUS project
The start of construction for the pilot carbon capture installation at Heidelberg Materials ’ plant in Devnya was celebrated this week, in the presence of Milena Stoycheva, Bulgaria’s Minister of Innovation and Growth, and representatives of Heidelberg Materials and the local community. The ANRAV.beta unit is a key next step in the implementation of the company’s large-scale ANRAV ...
Fauji Cement Co solar facilities could yield annual savings of PKR2.1bn
BMA Research has focussed on and discussed how Fauji Cement Co Ltd (FCCL) will progress and reap the benefits of various measures to improve profitability. The research house believes that FCC saw an enhanced focus on its production efficiencies through green technologies. After its recent installation, the company enhanced its solar production capacity to 40MW. With the potential to generat...
Republic Cement to use plastic waste as fuel
Republic Cement & Building Materials Inc , a member of the Aboitiz Group, has partnered with household and personal care products manufacturer ACS Manufacturing Corp in a bid to reduce plastic pollution. The cement maker said in a statement that, under this partnership, ACS will be disposing of their qualified residual waste through ecoloop, Republic Cement’s official co-processing and resour...
Lafarge Canada's Exshaw plant signs 38.5MW solar power project
Lafarge Canada Inc ( Holcim ) and ATCO Ltd announced that they have entered into a 12.5-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA). Under this agreement, Lafarge’s Exshaw cement plant will receive 100 per cent of the solar energy produced by the 38.5MW Empress Solar project, meeting 34 per cent of the plant’s power requirements through 2036. "We’re continually assessing ways we can r...
Cement 2 Zero project completes trial melt
The first trial melt has been completed as part of the innovative Cement 2 Zero project, which aims to develop the world’s first zero-emissions cement on an industrial scale. The collaborative project is seeking to advance the decarbonisation of the construction, cement and steel sectors by ensuring the process can be scaled up from laboratory to pilot plant. Partner organisations include the ...
Cementos Molins completes Sant Vicenc dels Horts modernisation
Cementos Molins celebrated the inauguration of its upgraded facilities in Sant Vicenç dels Horts , Barcelona, Spain, on 5 October 2023. The event witnessed the presence of the Minister of Business and Labour of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Roger Torrent. The company's investment exceeding EUR6.6m encompasses a comprehensive office building renovation, the installation of 1455 self-co...