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Baker Hughes Joins WCA as an Associate Corporate Member

The World Cement Association (WCA) has announced that global energy technology company, Baker Hughes, has become the latest addition to its international community, joining as an Associate Corporate Member.

 
 

CEMEX aims to create first zero-emissions fleet

The company has announced that it will work together with Volvo Construction Equipment and Volvo Trucks to develop a zero-emissions fleet with electromobility solutions that aligns with CEMEX’s climate action programme, Future in Action.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies is granted a H-P2A patent in Europe

This issuance of a second patent for the company’s H-P2A technology, following the one granted in the United States in 2020, further strengthens the protection of Hoffmann Green Cement’s intellectual property and therefore intensifies the barriers to entry on the decarbonised cement market.

 
 

CEMEX launches nationwide merchant pallet recovery service

The CEMEX pallet recovery scheme aims to reduce timber waste in the supply chain and make greater environmental efficiencies, as part of its ‘Future in Action – Committed to Net Zero CO2’ Climate Action Strategy.

 

Mannok to increase bagged cement output

The company has invested a further €2.1 million in its cement bagging facilities with the acquisition of state-of-the-art technology which will double the output capacity of its weatherproof bagged cement product range.

 
 

Federal Minister of Economics visits Holcim’s Lägerdorf plant

On 24 August, Federal Economics Minister Peter Altmaier (CDU) visited the Holcim cement plant in Lägerdorf together with Mark Helfrich, member of the Bundestag for the Schleswig-Holstein parliamentary constituency Steinburg - Dithmarschen Süd.