The companies have signed a letter of intent to establish a carbon separation plant based on Hereon's PolyActive™ membrane technology. The plant is to be built in Holcim's cement plant in Höver, near Hanover.
Continuing to strengthen its senior team, Aggregate Industries has appointed Lee Sleight as the new Managing Director of its Readymix Concrete division and member of the company’s Executive Committee.
The company has opened the innovation centre in Paris to accelerate the development of new technology and products that will help the cement and construction industries decarbonise more quickly.
With this cement plant, Votorantim Cimentos complements its current operations in Spain, and expects to increase its operational efficiencies, accelerate its decarbonisation roadmap and enhance its distribution network.
The company has signed the ‘Business Ambition for 1.5°C’ Commitment, a global campaign led by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) in partnership with the UN Global Compact and the We Mean Business coalition.
The company has invested in a new 50kW photovoltaic installation at its readymix concrete production plant in Pruszków, Poland.
Since the beginning of 2021 Jura-Cement-Fabriken AG Switzerland has been using the newly launched PREMAS 4.0 Predictive Maintenance Solution on an AUMUND Belt Bucket Elevator at its cement plant in Wildegg.
EXERGY INTERNATIONAL, a provider of new-generation ORC power plants, a company jointly invested in by Tica Group and Golden Eagle Group, has named Dario Puglisi as Chief Executive Officer.
Forty of the world’s leading cement and concrete manufacturers have joined forces to accelerate the shift to greener concrete by pledging to cut CO2 emissions by a further 25% by 2030, marking a decisive step in the race to ‘Net Zero’ concrete by 2050.
The company has launched a comprehensive biodiversity report, its Natural Assets Action Plans (NAAP), which was completed by Ulster Wildlife in partnership with the Mannok Environmental Team.
The sustainability profile of the floor solution is driven by its smart design, using 50% less materials, its green concrete with Holcim’s ECOPact Plus offering a 33% lower carbon footprint and its circularity profile using Holcim’s green cement with 20% recycled construction and demolition waste inside.
The targets are a key component of Future in Action, CEMEX’s programme focused on developing low-carbon products, solutions, and processes to transition to a net-zero carbon company by 2050.
The CSTB has been accompanying Hoffmann Green Cement since 2017 by assessing the performance, durability and safety of its low-carbon cements.
The company has announced that as part of its growth strategy, it has signed an agreement to expand its presence in the regions of Madrid and the Balearic Islands.
The company has pushed its portfolio optimisation programme and has signed agreements to sell its regional aggregates and ready-mixed concrete businesses in the regions of Catalonia, Madrid, and Asturias as well as its ready-mixed concrete business on the Balearic Islands to different buyers.