European cement news

The company has announced the signing of a three-year contract for the development and marketing of its low-carbon cement with Alegina, a Vendée-based company that specialises in designing and manufacturing innovative materials and products from oyster shells and other seashells.

The company has signed the Business Ambition for 1.5°C Commitment, a global initiative led by the SBTi in partnership with the UN Global Compact and the ‘We Mean Business’ coalition, aimed at limiting global warming to 1.5°C and achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 at the latest.

19 July marked the unveiling Striatus in Venice, the first-of-its-kind 3D Concrete Printed bridge, designed by Block Research Group and Zaha Hadid Architects, in collaboration with incremental3D and made possible by Holcim.

TITAN Cement Group is one of the first cement companies worldwide to have its CO2 emissions reduction targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)* as consistent with levels required to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.

Following a difficult start to the year for Western Europe’s construction industry, which contracted by 6.4% in 2020, economic activity has picked up significantly since the spring and is forecasted to rise sharply and grow by 5.7% in 2021, according to GlobalData.

CEMBUREAU, the association of the European cement industry, is ready to engage on the Fit for 55 legislative package published by the European Commission on 14 July.

Students at Leuphana University Lüneburg have been working on practical digital business projects for the building materials manufacturer Holcim.

The highest Platinum rating under the ‘Zero Waste to Landfill’ standard has been awarded to all of Titan’s cement plants in Greece – Kamari, Patra and Thessaloniki – in the context of the global transition towards a circular economy and the reduction of landfill waste.

The company has announced that it has successfully closed the previously announced sale of its white cement business, including its Buñol cement plant in Spain, to Çimsa Çimento Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S., for a total consideration of approximately US$155 million.

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) believes that new requirements for biodiversity net gain, and application of the ‘metric’, could lead to worse outcomes for nature than those delivered through the current minerals planning system.