Cement News tagged: Environmental
GCCA and ACI join forces to promote concrete sustainability
The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) and the American Concrete Institute (ACI) have signed an International Partnership Agreement (IPA) to develop and disseminate information on concrete, concrete structures, and concrete sustainability. GCCA is the key driver of sustainability in the cement and concrete industry, working towards the goal of carbon neutral concrete. Representing...
Continental Cement achieves a 20% lower carbon Portland cement
Continental Cement Company LLC ( Summit Materials Inc ) produced a 20 per cent Portland limestone cement (PLC), the lowest-carbon Portland limestone cement to date as part of an innovative research project for the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDoT) and the National Road Research Alliance project. The research study evaluates the performance of low-carbon cement and concret...
Golden Bay Cement launches EcoSure®
Golden Bay Cement , part of Fletcher Building, has launched EcoSure®, a general purpose cement with lower embodied carbon of just 699kg CO 2 e/t of cement, which is said to perform as strongly as its predecessor EverSure ® . Gian Raffainer, general manager at Golden Bay, says, “Due to the very high temperature in the kiln, no smoke, odour or visible emissions result from the process and ...
GCCA holds its Innovandi Open Challenge 'Demo Day'
The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has revealed the latest results of its first ever Innovandi Open Challenge, its industry accelerator that partnered six start-ups from around the world with GCCA members to develop and commercialise new decarbonisation technologies. The two-day ‘Demo Day’ event took place at VDZ’s (German Cement Association) headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germ...
GCCA report highlights 22% reduction in CO2 emissions
In October 2021 the global cement and concrete industry launched its roadmap to achieving net zero CO 2 emissions by 2030. Major producers from across the world, representing 80 per cent of total production outside China, came together to commit to net zero concrete by 2050 and an ambitious intermediate goal of preventing 5bnt of CO 2 emissions by 2030. One year on, the Global Cement and C...
PCA's Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality - one year on
It is one year since the Portland Cement Association (PCA) released its Roadmap to carbon neutrality. America’s cement manufacturers have committed to the goal of reaching carbon neutrality throughout the cement-concrete-construction value chain by 2050. Currently, based on US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) carbon emissions data, the manufacture of cement accounts for 1.25 pe...
UAE climate change ministry signs AF deal with cement companies
The UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment and Emirates RDF have signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with four cement companies – Fujairah Cement Industries , JSW Cement , Lafarge Emirates Cement and Star Cement – that will enable the cement producers to use alternative fuel (AF) generated from municipal solid waste (MSW) treated by Emirates RDF. A joint venture between B...
CEMEX Colombia and BBVA form Vertua customer alliance
CEMEX Colombia and BBVA in Colombia have formed an alliance that will allow the company's customers to access a sustainable line of credit with the bank to extend the payment term of their Vertua cement invoices. Vertua cement may reduce CO 2 emissions by up to 45 per cent compared to traditional cement. The bank has become a strategic ally for CEMEX in designing a financial pro...
FLSmidth signs its first sustainability linked funding agreement
FLSmidth has signed its first sustainability linked funding agreement to support the development of technologies and solutions with a sustainability profile. The loan is provided by the Nordic Investment Bank and runs for seven years. The loan is linked to three core sustainability KPIs of FLSmidth, namely ratio of suppliers having Science-Based Targets, FLSmidth’s own CO 2 emission...
Heidelberg Materials submits CO2 reduction targets to SBTi
Heidelberg Materials has reconfirmed its 2030 carbon reduction targets, submitting them to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) for validation in line with the recently announced 1.5°C scenario. Heidelberg Materials has actively contributed to the development of the new 1.5°C framework and, in 2019 was the first company in the cement sector to have its then targets endorsed by the SB...
CGF and Barclays to fund CCUS start-up company MOF Technologies
Clean Growth Fund and Barclays, via their Sustainable Impact Capital programme, have invested in MOF Technologies (MOF Tech) as part of their Series A funding round. An existing investor has also invested in the company at this time. A spin-out from Queen’s University Belfast, MOF Tech is a Northern Ireland-based company that has developed an energy efficient carbon capture solution to r...
UltraTech Cement receives EPD certificates for four products
UltraTech Cement has been granted Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) certificates for four of its cement products – ordinary Portland cement (OPC), Portland pozzolana Cement (PPC), Portland slag cement (PSC) and Portland composite cement (PCC). An EPD is a clear and objective report that explains the materials used to make a product and how that product impacts the environment th...
Seratech's decarbonisation technology wins OBEL Award
UK-based Seratech Ltd has won the 2022 OBEL Award for its technology for the decarbonisation of cement and concrete. The award, a new international prize for architectural achievement, is presented each year by the Henrik Frode Obel Foundation and aims to honour outstanding architectural contributions that help to positively change our physical environment. For 2022 the theme of the award was ...
Vassiliko Cement donates land for bird breeding
Vassiliko Cement has donated four plots of land, amounting to an area of around 45,000m2, to environmental NGO Terra Cypria. The land, which falls within a ‘Natura 2000’ protected zone, is located in the Ayia Ekaterini and Ayia Paraskevi gorges and is a breeding ground for peregrine falcons, the European roller, the Cyprus wheatear, and the masked shrike. A statement released by Terra Cyp...
Shell and CRH sign decarbonisation agreement
Shell and CRH have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) whereby both businesses will work together to develop and deploy decarbonisation solutions and technologies to accelerate their progress towards net zero emissions. The agreement will see Shell and CRH work together to explore decarbonisation opportunities across transport, operations, and materials. The solutions include, b...
CEMEX affiliate signs Mexican recycling agreement
Through its affiliate Pro Ambiente, CEMEX will work with Tetra Pak and the government of the Mexican city of Querétaro to recycle over 1.5m beverage cartons per month. Pro Ambiente, through its Broquers Ambiental facility, processes nearly all the municipal waste generated in Querétaro, recycling approximately 4500tpm of solid residue. The waste is used as a climate-friendly fuel to power...