Europe & CIS

Hoffmann has introduced a range of four products: H-P2A, H-UKR, H-EVA, H-IONA, all designed to modify the composition of cement to lower its carbon footprint.

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has appointed Lex Russell, Managing Director of CEMEX UK Materials, as its new Chair for the next two years.

Holcim announces the opening of its Innovation Hub to showcase its sustainable building solutions and serve as a co-creation lab to accelerate low-carbon, circular and energy-efficient building worldwide.

Betolar is contributing to the green transition in construction by helping to speed up the updating of standards for building materials. The aim is to influence standards to support the adoption of new building material technologies in construction.

Since spring 2022, SaltX Technology and SMA Mineral have collaborated to jointly create electrified lime plants of the future without CO2 emissions. The parties have now agreed on a joint roadmap until 2028 by signing an in-depth cooperation agreement in which the parties' commitments are regulated.

Responsible for up to 8% of global emissions, the cement and concrete industry must swiftly decarbonise.

Cemex is strengthening its aggregates supply in Europe with the purchase of two quarries near Madrid as part of its strategic bolt-on acquisition strategy.

Researchers from the University of Aberdeen will work other European universities and research institutes as part of the DETOCS research partnership led by multinational cement industry equipment provider FLSmidth.

In a UK first for readymix concrete products, Aggregate Industries has invested in individual product and plant EPDs for its London Concrete business.

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.