Europe & CIS

Mohamed Ben Driss Alami has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Holcim UK’s Cement Division to lead the charge on bringing more low carbon cement solutions to market.

Holcim UK has successfully demonstrated a new low-carbon cement formulation made partly from recycled concrete fines (RCF), by taking part in a cross-industry trial.

Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies announce the signing of a partnership with Matériaux Travaux Publics (MTP), a distributor of construction materials for public work companies in France.

The WCA has expressed that cement prices could triple or quadruple under current European policies, while presenting its vision for sustainable industry transformation in Frankfurt.

The new Board members include three Non-Executive Directors; Professor Sylvie Retailleau, Frédéric Guimbal, and Brett Desmond.

Replacing an existing Horomill (horizontal roller mill) with a Pfeiffer MVR vertical roller mill at the Karsdorf works is an important step towards reducing carbon emissions.

TITAN Group has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire Vracs de L'Estuaire, a company with significant facilities, including a grinding plant located at the port of Le Havre in Northern France.

Molins has signed the third amendment to its sustainable syndicated financing, originally formalised in 2019 and first amended in 2021, followed by a second amendment in 2023.

Heidelberg Materials increased its revenue slightly by €51 million or 1% to €5807 million (previous year: 5756) in comparison with the same quarter of the previous year.

Around 3500 t of the product is being stored in silos at Port of Goole and is available for use in projects throughout England.

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) hosted an event in Parliament that brought together leading UK cement producers, MPs, ministers and government officials in support of the UK cement industry and highlighted the opportunity it presents.

Holcim has been selected for a European Union Innovation Fund grant for its carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Campulung, Romania.

This collaboration, formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), represents a pivotal milestone in TITAN’s commitment to scaling sustainable building materials across Europe and beyond.

The EU Innovation Fund has selected four of Heidelberg Materials’ pioneering projects in the field of carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) for grant agreement preparation under its Net-Zero Technologies Call.

FLSmidth Cement is now wholly owned by an affiliate of Pacific Avenue Capital Partners. To mark this new chapter, the company will rebrand to Fuller® Technologies.