European cement news

The company estimates that the output of the Eastern European construction industry will be severely impacted by COVID-19 containment measures in 2020, and that the Western European construction industry will contract by 5.1%.

Catherine Kerninon, EUROSAC, and Kennert Johansson, CEPI Eurokraft, discuss the results of a recent study by Sintef which investigated the shelf life of paper and plastic cement sacks.

The company is to introduce short-time work for employees in Germany, while the Supervisory Board and the Management Board of the company are to waive 20 % of their fixed salaries in Q2 2020.

The company has donated an authentic mock-up model of a supermobile concrete mixing plant type EUROMIX to the vocational school for ready-mixed concrete technology and concrete production technology in Freistadt.

The Vicat Group has shared a summary of the Group's Combined Annual General Meeting, held 03 April, including an overview of how the company has been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

The company has issued a statement regarding its operations in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

The company predicts that, across the globe, the construction industry will be heavily affected due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

The European Cement Association, CEMBUREAU, has welcomed the prospect of an EU carbon border mechanism, as a step towards achieving carbon neutrality.

The company is starting the further development and scale-up of the LEILAC technology (Low Emissions Intensity Lime And Cement).

The companies have developed the first fully electric truck mixers with 10 and 12 m³ drums on a 5-axle chassis.