Europe & CIS

The company believe that the bolt-on acquisition will support growth in the German market.

Calix and RHI Magnesita have agreed to undertake studies up to and including basic front-end engineering and design for a commercial-scale demonstration facility at an RHI Magnesita site.

Construction and infrastructure professionals are confident that the UK can deliver the Prime Minister’s 68% carbon reduction target by 2030 but want further clarity from the government ahead of COP26 – according to new industry research released yesterday.

The company helped celebrate community heroes at the prestigious Gateshead Awards 2021 held recently.

As part of its commitment to championing gender equality, Aggregate Industries has announced that it has signed up to a Construction News initiative designed to help firms in the sector become more welcoming to women.

More than 150 participants joined EUROSAC’s virtual Congress 2021 on 28 May 2021.

The company has completed the procedures for the acquisition of a white cement unloading and dispatch terminal located in the port of Alicante, with a silo and storage capacity of 10 000 t.

The company has recently seen the 1750th HGV in its fleet become compliant with Euro 6 emissions standards.

Cementos Balboa has a modern integrated cement plant located in Alconera, in the province of Badajoz (in the Extremadura region, Southwest of Spain), with an installed production capacity of 1.6 million tpy of cement.

At a new project in France, FLSmidth will deliver equipment to replace clinker with environmentally friendly clay, cutting up to 16% of CO2 emissions compared to existing cement products.

At Holcim’s Lägerdorf cement plant, two comprehensive studies have been successfully carried out to prepare investments for the conversion to an oxyfuel process.

The company has congratulated the young winners of the Solutions for the Planet (S4TP) Big Ideas Competition 2021 following its virtual national final, which saw students from schools across the country present innovative new sustainability initiatives to an online judging panel.

The company is currently on track to achieve its 3 times leverage target by the end of June, two and half years ahead of its original target of December 2023.

While the cement industry supports the concept of a Carbon Border Adjustment mechanism (CBAM), CEMBUREAU is concerned by messages coming out of the European Commission that the level of free allowances for industry may be reduced for sectors covered by CBAM.

This is CEMEX Ventures’ second investment in Modulous in less than a year, after the company won the VC’s global Construction Startup Competition 2020.