Europe & CIS

Capsol Technologies’ first of two CapsolGo® demonstrations campaigns for cement producer SCHWENK has commenced operations at Akmenes cement plant in Lithuania.

Luke Olly, decarbonisation manager for cement manufacturer Aggregate Industries, comments on the government’s record £22bn carbon capture funding announced in early October.

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HERACLES have signed a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract with Air Liquide Engineering and Construction (E&C) for the CO2 capturing, liquefaction, storage, and dispatch facilities as part of HERACLES’ large-scale OLYMPUS carbon capture & storage (CCS) project in Greece.

CIMPOR intends to invest US€1.4 billion in Portugal by 2030, much of it to meet the "number one challenge" of decarbonisation, with infrastructure, technology and new products, the CEO said.

Holcim has closed the divestment of its business in Kenya through a sale to Amsons Group of its entire 58.6% stake in Bamburi Cement Limited, resulting in cash proceeds of more than US$100 million for Holcim.

The FLSmidth & Co. A/S Board of Directors have announced changes to the Board ahead of the Annual General Meeting on 2 April 2025.

The Rohrdorf Group's application to acquire a controlling 49% stake in Asamer Baustoffe Holding GmbH (ABHO) has been approved by the competition authorities in Austria and Slovakia.

Herbert Humps is the new Head of Sales and Marketing in the Cement division.

As part of the plant planning, KHD will be carrying out a FEED (Front-End Engineering Design) study for the new oxyfuel kiln at Heidelberg Materials’ Geseke cement plant in Germany.

FLSmidth announces that Joshua Meyer, President, Mining Service Business Line and Annette Terndrup, Group General Counsel, are stepping down from their roles and will be leaving the company.

Concrete Rudolph GmbH, a company of the Rohrdorfer Group for almost six years, will be fully integrated into RBW Rohrdorfer Betonwerke from January 1, 2025.

The World Cement Association (WCA) has published a landmark white paper authored by its CEO, Ian Riley, analysing the long-term outlook for global cement and clinker demand.

Capsol Technologies has signed a cooperation agreement with Holcim Group.

Holcim announces the successful completion of its share buyback programme initiated on 18 March 2024.