European cement news

The construction company Bodner BaugesmbH & Co KG from Kufstein commissioned RTB with the delivery of concrete for twelve planned monolithic floor slabs. Rohrdorfer Transportbeton, is delivering around 22 000 m³ of concrete for the logistics centre of SPAR Österreichische Warenhandels AG in Wels.

The Norwegian parliament has approved the investment in a full-scale carbon capture facility at the HeidelbergCement Norcem plant in Brevik, Norway.

The global environmental non-profit organisation CDP has recognised HeidelbergCement as one of the world’s leading companies in cutting emissions, mitigating climate risks and developing the low-carbon economy.

The company is proceeding with its programme to consolidate its warehouse locations and transportation processes for spare and wear parts and related services globally.

The company, Riedergarten Immobilien, is currently building the Tullnerfeld residential park near Vienna, for which Rohrdorfer is continuously supplying concrete.

Dr. Bernd Buchholz, Economics Minister of Schleswig-Holstein, recently visited the Holcim cement plant in Lägerdorf. The Minister of Economic Affairs and the representatives of the WESTKÜSTE100 real-life laboratory discussed the important topic of industrial decarbonisation.

Resource management company Geminor has signed an agreement for the delivery of 120 000 t of SRF to cement producer Aalborg Portland.

The companies have announced a two-and-a-half-year service agreement covering the full flowsheet at 17 TITAN Cement plants across in Europe, Africa, North- and South America.

Since September 2020, the Gmunden hospital has been supplied with heat from the Gmunden cement works, which means that more than twice as much waste heat can be sensibly used than a year ago.

The pilot project ‘catch4climate’, for which four cement manufacturers have joined forces, is actively tackling the capturing of carbon and its subsequent industrial use.