Europe & CIS

The co-existence of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms (CBAM) and free allocation is essential, says CEMBUREAU.

Students at a local secondary school have been given an opportunity to quiz employees at Tarmac about the benefits of ‘earning and learning’ to mark the start of this year’s National Apprenticeship Week.

GlobalData expects a strong recovery for the Spanish construction industry in 2021, with an expansion of 7.4% expected this year. The industry will be supported by a combination of increased government spending on infrastructure projects.

The company is calling on industry professionals from across the construction and infrastructure industry to take part in research aimed at providing a snapshot of views and attitudes to carbon reduction and net zero.

The company has announced its participation in the Low Emissions Intensity Lime and Cement 2 (LEILAC 2) project, a research and innovation initiative aimed to decarbonise the cement production process.

The company is celebrating 20 years of its wetland project with the RSPB, with the announcement that a further 80 ha. of restored land from Hanson’s Needingworth site in Cambridgeshire will be transferred to the Ouse Fen nature reserve.

The company won the award for delivering exceptional resurfacing works at the Silverstone Circuit. The winning team was made up of 75 Tarmac employees from across the business.

The company has been chosen as the supplier for a grey-to-white cement line conversion for the Turkish cement producer, Çimko Çimento. The project is expected to be commissioned in early 2022.

The further development and scaling-up of the LEILAC technology has begun; it has been decided to build the LEILAC 2 demonstration installation for carbon capture at the HeidelbergCement cement plant in Hanover, Germany.

The company has announced the acquisition of Edile Commerciale and the signing of Cemex Rhone Alpes. These operations are hoped to strengthen LafargeHolcim’s position in Europe.

The company recently supplied coloured concrete for Europe's largest tropical adventure world, Tropical Islands.

The company is providing over 40 000 t of a spray concrete for the construction of the Thames Tideway Tunnel, the biggest infrastructure project undertaken by the UK water industry.

The company’s Polish subsidiary Górazdze Cement and BayWa r.e. have signed a purchase agreement for electricity from the Witnica Solar Park.

The company has supplied approximately 30 000 t of cement for the Teruel Airport Platform (PLATA).

The company will represent the building materials industry, to accelerate climate action through innovation.