Europe & CIS

The company and its partners will carry out a study to explore the optimal integration of a carbon capture unit at the Hanover plant in Germany.

H-IONA is the first low-carbon cement to be granted CE marking. This fourth technology meets all the mechanical, physical, chemical and durability requirements of the NF EN 15743 standard of June 2015.

The Hynovi project aims to capture 40% of the carbon emitted by Vicat’s Montalieu-Vercieu cement plant in eastern France. Carbon produced by the plant will be recovered and combined with Hynamics’ low-carbon hydrogen to produce carbon-free methanol.

A climate-friendly road surface cement CEM II / A-LL 42.5 N with a lower proportion of clinker from HeidelbergCement was successfully used for the first time during the project.

Ecocem has announced the appointment Pat Cox – former President and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and former member of the Irish parliament – as Chair of Ecocem Group.

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.

Oliver Schopp succeeds Thomas Wiesmann, who entered retirement on 31 July.

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.

The new collaboration between FLSmidth and Chart joins the two companies’ efforts to adapt and commercialise Chart’s Cryogenic Carbon Capture for customers in the cement industry.

The framework further aligns CEMEX’s corporate sustainability commitments to its financing strategy, as part of its Future in Action programme.

The quarry has come to the aid of a local resident, who reached out for help after a field that is home to rescue ponies was left unusable due to flooding.

This software will be used to optimise the dispatch of Lafarge France’s truck fleet in the aggregates business.

Tudor Griffiths Group has announced the acquisition of two concrete plants in north Wales as part of ambitious growth plans.

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.

The company has announced its strategy to become nature-positive by restoring and preserving biodiversity and water while bringing more nature into cities.