Europe & CIS

Supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) will play a key role in the cement industry’s pathway to net zero.

These digital tools support customers by identifying the best Cemex products and solutions and enables the selection of the most innovative, cost-efficient as well as sustainable choice.

Buzzi's Fanna cement plant in Friuli Venezia Giulia is taken over by Alpacem. Buzzi subscribes to a 25 percent stake in the Austrian company Alpacem Zement Austria GmbH.

New figures from the Mineral Products Association (MPA) provide more concrete evidence of the slowdown in Britain’s construction industry.

The Rohrdorfer Group wants to produce CO2-neutral cement by 2038.

Cemex and Synhelion announced today a significant milestone in their joint effort to develop fully solar-driven cement production: the scaling of their technology to industrially-viable levels.

Following a series of lab and plant trials, the trial has been designed to test the concrete’s durability and longevity in a true to life airport setting.

Holcim completed the acquisition of the Cooper Standard Technical Rubber GmbH (CSTR), a leading manufacturer of highly durable and technical rubber products, which are used for roofing systems.

Tuija Kalpala (M.Sc., Econ.) has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Management Team. She will take up her duties on 1 November 2023 at the latest and will report to the President and CEO Riku Kytömäki.

Thanks to its ongoing focus on innovative production techniques, global building supplier Cemex has reduced the embodied carbon of its mortar range by over 30%.

EUROSAC and CEPI Eurokraft have published new recyclability guidelines for paper sacks. These guidelines provide recommendations for the materials used and for the physical construction of paper sacks.

CCP Building Products have announced that the first trials using their Greenbloc Technology and Carbon8’s CircaBuild aggregate have resulted in the production of cement-free carbon-negative concrete blocks.

The World Cement Association (WCA) has announced that it is welcoming OneStone Consulting, a management consulting firm with global reach, as an Associate Corporate Member.

Cool Planet Technologies Limited (CTP), a company using advanced membrane capture technology for carbon capture, has signed a series of agreements with Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon GmbH.

Titan Cement International SA announces the second quarter and half year 2023 results with H1 2023 sales reaching €1,229 million, up 18.7% YoY as a result of solid levels of domestic demand across their main markets and products, along with firm pricing dynamics.