Europe & CIS

Holcim launches Europe’s first calcined clay cement operation in its Saint-Pierre-la-Cour plant in France to deliver ECOPlanet green cement.

Climate tech pioneer Carbon Re is joining forces with cement manufacturing consulting firm A³&Co.® to accelerate the decarbonisation of the cement industry.

ABB has delivered advanced automation and digital technologies to Votorantim Cimentos, as it embraces Industry 4.0 in cement to simultaneously optimise production and decarbonise operations.

Cement 2 Zero (C2Z), a UK-based demonstrator project to trial the world’s first zero-emissions cement on an industrial scale, was officially launched this week having successfully conducted the first in a series of pilot-scale melts.

More than 14 000 entries were submitted from every major continent, by both amateur and professional photographers for this year’s competition, run by the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA).

FLSmidth reviews the development and installation of an entirely new combustion system that is helping Mannok Cement meet its sustainability targets.

Heidelberg Materials acquires SER Group, a leading integrated company in the demolition and construction materials recycling business, based in Heilbronn, Southern Germany.

Calderys has become an independent company owned by Platinum Equity, a global investment firm operating companies in a broad range of business markets.

CEMBUREAU, the European Cement Association, welcomes the objectives of the Green Deal Industrial Plan issued by the European Commission.

Hoffmann Green Cement and VM Matériaux have signed the first distribution agreement in mainland France for H-IONA carbon-free cement bags.

The appointments were agreed in a unanimous vote at the WCA General Assembly Meeting, which took place virtually this month.

Carbon2Business is one of two projects in Germany and 17 projects in total that the EU is funding with around €1.8 billion from the innovation fund.

Following the 6th General Assembly of the WCA, Director Emir Adiguzel provided a presentation on the ‘Outlook for 2023.’

The European Union (EU) Innovation Fund announces funding of EUR328 million in two Holcim decarbonisation projects at the Financing Innovative Clean Tech Conference in Brussels.

The WCA has announced its welcome to GCP, part of Saint-Gobain Construction Chemicals, as an Associate Corporate Member.