European cement news

The EU Innovation Fund, one of the world’s largest funding programmes for innovative low-carbon technologies, has selected Heidelberg Materials’ pioneering GeZero carbon capture and storage (CCS) project for grant agreement preparation.

Holcim has been selected for three grants from the European Union (EU) Innovation Fund for breakthrough carbon capture utilisation, and storage (CCUS) projects in Belgium, France, and Croatia.

The EU Commission has selected IFESTOS, TITAN Group’s groundbreaking carbon capture project in Greece, for grant agreement preparation in the context of the third call for large-scale projects under the EU Innovation Fund.

As part of its decarbonisation strategy, Heidelberg Materials pioneers a large-scale closed-loop recycling project called CIRCO2BETON®.

KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG (KHD) has received a contract from Cimpor Portugal, the largest cement producer in Portugal and a member of Oyak Group, to modernise production line 7 at its Alhandra cement plant.

TITAN Group announces the successful completion of a €26 million green investment at the Kamari cement plant in Greece, marking a significant milestone in the Group's decarbonisation program.

The European Union has awarded Cemex and WtEnergy a €4.4 million grant for the implementation of a novel waste-to-fuel technology utilising synthetic gas at its Alicante cement plant in Spain.

Nordkalk’s owner SigmaRoc plc today announced that it has successfully installed its first carbon capture module at Nordkalk’s site in Köping in Sweden.

Buzzi Spa has announced that it has reached an agreement for the salve of some of its Eastern European operations to CRH, a leading building materials company, for a total of €100 million.

Cooperation agreement on feasibility study signed.