Europe & CIS

The trials are the latest example of the efforts to reach a 2050 goal of operating as a net zero company globally.

Klaus Baernthaler, ANDRITZ, outlines the development of the European cement industry’s first pilot CCUS plant.

The capacity of the plant is 5000 tpd and the storage facility has a diameter of 80 m.

The goal is to significantly reduce CO2 emissions from existing cement plants and at the same time prospectively utilise the captured CO2 for other applications.

Italian Magaldi Power supplied a feeder-extractor for the Italcementi cement plant in Samatzai, Sardinia, Italy.

Dr Diana Casey, Mineral Products Association, gives an overview on the current state of the British cement industry and what benefits and hurdles lie ahead for operators in the UK.

Based in Iowa, Morse Rubber manufactures and markets specialised, heavy-duty rubber products for mineral processing, among others.

The programme supports Cemex’s efforts to increase the use of rail to move its materials, as part of its Future in Action sustainability strategy.

Cement decarbonisation pioneer Fortera has joined the Alliance for Low Carbon Cement and Concrete (ALCCC), alongside international NGO ECOS and ten other inaugural alliance members to make low-carbon cement the norm.

A new ground-breaking study by the multi-stakeholder Alliance modelled different mitigation scenarios, in which the clinker-to-cement ratio in Europe incrementally decreases to 60%, 50%, or 40% by 2050.

The financial year 2022 closes with a value of production of around EUR 80 ml, in line with the previous year, but characterized by a clearly growing volume of new orders reaching EUR 145 ml.

Through this programme, Holcim repurchased 36 804 453 shares on a second trading line on SIX Swiss Exchange.

Holcim was selected by SBTN among the first seventeen global companies and the only one in its industry, based on its advanced science-driven approach to nature.

The newly agreed PPA will see Iberdrola provide Holcim with 250 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of renewable energy per year from its Baltic Eagle offshore windfarm in Germany.

Holcim acquires Besblock Ltd, a leading supplier of precast materials to the UK Midlands construction industry.