Africa & The Middle East

At COP 28, CarbonCure celebrates operations on six continents with pan-African developer ARISE IIP’s adoption in Benin and Gabon.

Ten of the world’s largest concrete companies and cement plants in a collective acknowledgement for action.

Holcim has become a founding member of the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s (SMI) Circularity Task Force.

A new report has highlighted decarbonisation progress in the global cement industry, as world leaders debate climate action at COP28.

TCI signs agreement with Sinai White Portland Cement Company for the development of Egypt’s first bulk cement silos in Arish Port.

Ahead of COP28 and in line with the UAE's net zero agenda Emirates Steel Arkan and A³&Co.® have announced their collaboration for the decarbonisation of cement.

Martin Engineering has celebrated its 20th anniversary of growth across the African continent.

Nikos Nikolakakos, CEMBUREAU, explains the concept of co-processing and how it will help to improve the cement industry’s sustainability.

Sven Demmig and Sunny Schoone, Innomotics, a Siemens company, elaborate on how solutions in automation, electrification and digitilisation can help to decarbonise the cement industry.

EBRD has teamed up with A³&Co.® to lead an initiative at the Arabian Cement Company in Egypt.

National Cement, one of the largest cement manufacturers in East Africa, to acquire 99.94% of CIMERWA.

Dr Aidan O’Sullivan, Carbon Re, considers the challenge of digitalisation in the cement industry and highlights the lessons to be learned from the energy sector.

Cemex is supplying Vertua lower-carbon concrete for Cavalli Tower.

Holcim has signed agreements to divest its businesses in Uganda and Tanzania.

Mines, data centres, chemical plants, food processing facilities, and steel and cement manufacturing could all decarbonise with LDES deployment.