Europe & CIS

FLSmidth signs agreement to divest its Cement business to become a pure-play supplier of technology and services to the mining industry.

Material Evolution have announced it has secured a venture debt facility from HSBC Innovation Banking UK, a leading financial partner to high-growth, innovation-led businesses.

The Government’s £725 billion plan to modernise public assets, decarbonise infrastructure, and boost housing, transport, health and justice has been welcomed by the Mineral Products Association (MPA).

Ecocem has obtained a Technical Evaluation of Products and Materials in the French market for ACT1, the first version of its groundbreaking scalable cement technology.

Festive opening of Brevik CCS in Norway, the world’s first industrial-scale carbon, capture, and storage (CCS) facility in the cement industry.

FLSmidth has entered into a share purchase agreement with Nrep and AG Gruppen to dispose all shares in FLSmidth’s subsidiary ‘Matr. No 2055 A/S’ owning land and buildings located in Denmark.

Cemex in Central Europe Materials is developing its focus on renewable energy, providing both environmental and financial benefits.

A large synchronous electric motor created for a steel plant in India is the most efficient ever made, thanks to Top Industrial Efficiency design.

Betolar's advanced metal separation technology enables the purification of industrial slag.

Jon Morrish, Area Board Member for the Region Europe, Heidelberg Materials, is elected President, and José Antonio Cabrera, President of CEMEX, Europe, Middle East and Africa, as Vice-President.

Hakkers and Paebbl just released their first project at the Port of Rotterdam that significantly reduces the environmental impact of maritime anchoring.

Cumulative investment in carbon capture and storage (CCS) is expected to reach US$80 billion over the next five years, according to DNV’s new Energy Transition Outlook: CCS to 2050 report.

Dr von Achten was officially confirmed as President at the GCCA Global CEO Gathering and Leaders Conference in Mexico City in June 2025.

The newly instated Plant Manager at Holcim UK’s cement plant in Cauldon, Staffordshire, UK, has put protecting the local environment and boosting community engagement at the top of his agenda for the role.

Cemex UK is launching its Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) offering to the industry, to help support organisations achieve their own Biodiversity Net Gain requirements following the changes to UK legislation.