Europe & CIS

A new dosing silo for granulated blast furnace slag is being built at Rohrdorfer Zementwerk GmbH's Gmunden site, with an investment of €1.3 million.

Fluor Corporation have signed a Front-end Engineering and Design (FEED) contract with Heidelberg Materials for its GeZero project to integrate an industrial-scale carbon capture and storage solution into its cement production facility in Geseke, Germany.

The Plant of Souselas projects a sustainable future with a focus on decarbonisation and technological innovation.

Facility will reduce emissions by up to 400 000 metric t of CO2 annually for Heidelberg Materials – one of the world’s largest building materials companies.

A total of 1.2 million hours of technical precision work went into the successful integration of the carbon capture plant into the existing Brevik cement plant

With effect from January 1, 2025, Philip Glörfeld will take over overall responsibility for the sales activities of the Polysius business unit as “Head of Business Development & Sales”.

Partners with Coolbrook to leverage zero-carbon heating tech, cutting fossil fuel use in manufacturing.

Heidelberg Materials North America has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Giant Cement Holding Inc., an established cement producer on the US East Coast with a focus on using waste-derived fuels.

“TITAN Digital Accelerator” initiative is the result of TITAN Group’s collaboration with the Centre for Research & Technology Hellas and the International Hellenic University, promoting applied research for digital solutions in the industry of building materials’ solutions.

Summit Materials, Inc. has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Quikrete Holdings, Inc. for US$52.50 per share in cash, for a total enterprise value of approximately US$11.5 billion, including debt.

Cemex Ventures has announced an initial hydrogen deployment at industrial scale with HiiROC at its Rugby cement plant in the United Kingdom.

Breedon, Meldgaard, Recycl8 and Veolia have combined expertise to lay first-ever low-carbon IBAA / R8 concrete in the UK at Veolia’s Ling Hall site.

Cemex was awarded the Net-Zero Industries Award by Mission Innovation at a ceremony during COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan for its revolutionary clinker decarbonisation process using concentrated solar power.

Rohrdorfer Baustofftechnik at the Krieglach (Styria) site has been producing sustainable electricity with photovoltaics (PV) since July.

thyssenkrupp held its ground in a difficult market environment – positive free cash flow before M&A and progress with the transformation in fiscal year 2023/2024