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The company has experienced a buoyant increase in the volume of cement sold in H1 2021 at 1875 tons, which is more than the volume sold over the entire year of 2020.

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.

The company has set ambitious emissions reduction targets and has joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Business Ambition for 1.5°C and UNFCCC Race to Zero.

Neeraj Akhoury, CEO India Holcim Group and MD & CEO, Ambuja Cements Ltd, shares his perspective on the creation of a more green and sustainable construction sector in India.

The report is an annual account of how the company is building progress for people and the planet in its Nigeria operations while also delivering profit to its shareholders.

Laurent Delade, IBITEK, explains how an end-to-end automated truck and dispatch flow management solution has helped optimise and increase the efficiency of the Aliénor Ciments grinding plant.

The world-renowned architectural firm, Tatiana Bilbao Estudio, designed the project to integrate marine and terrestrial nature with architecture and the human world.

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.

A historic lime kiln located in Gradbach, Quarndon, has been given a new lease of life thanks to a project led by the South West Peak Landscape Partnership working with Tarmac’s Tunstead Quarry.

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has cautiously welcomed the Government's proposals to accelerate the development of a low carbon hydrogen economy but has warned that the costs of the production, transmission and distribution need to be shared by the whole UK economy.