Europe & CIS

The momentum of improving profitability and margins delivered in Q1 2023 continued in April and May, as refractory pricing was largely maintained against a background of reducing costs.

The AUMUND Group is indebted to its proprietor Franz-Walter Aumund who passed away in February 2023, for leaving a solid and financially secure organisation.

Volvo Group has signed an agreement to collaborate with Heidelberg Materials, one of the largest building materials companies in the world.

The Wietersdorfer Group closed the 2022 financial year with a turnover of €974 million.

Cooperation agreement on feasibility study signed.

Aggregate Industries has taken delivery of the next generation of cement tanker fuelled by a green bio-fuel in a UK first.

Ken McKnight, Member of the CRH Executive Committee, is elected President, and Jon Morrish, CEO Western & Southern Europe, Heidelberg Cement, as Vice-President.

CEMCOR's Cookstown plant in Northern Ireland has completed a £6 million sustainability upgrade, including replacing the plant's bag filter.

Carbon8, the UK cleantech company that specialises in carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) has appointed Paul Drennan-Durose as its new Chief Executive Officer.

The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has issued a call to action, alongside the CEOs of major cement and concrete manufacturers, for the industry to redouble its efforts, and to work in partnership with governments, to reach net zero.

A project led by Umeå University, Nordkalk AB, and the Swedish Energy Agency has reduced carbon dioxide emissions from lime kilns in Sweden by more than 36 000 tpy.

Fidelis New Energy and Aalborg Portland are pleased to announce that they have signed a letter of intent enabling the cement producer to potentially supply more than 400 000 t of CO2 to the Norne Carbon Storage Hub in Aalborg through a direct pipeline connection by 2030.

Cemex has been trialling the use of existing pre-cast material in its concrete products, including solutions made of up to 100% recycled aggregates.

The provider of low carbon solutions for the cement and construction industries, has announced the appointment of Jaouad Nadah as Innovation Project Manager.

"This alliance brings together players offering ready-to-deploy solutions to decarbonise the cement value chain cost-effectively and quickly, and we are proud to be part of it."