Heidelberg Cement news

Heidelberg Materiales Hispania has appointed Carlos Sánchez Galán as the new General Manager to replace Jesús Ortiz Used, who has been in this position for the last 18 years.

Cement Australia, a joint venture between Heidelberg Materials Australia and Holcim Australia, acquires the cementitious division of the Buckeridge Group of Companies based in Perth, Australia.

Heidelberg Materials and thyssenkrupp Polysius have signed a front-end engineering design contract for the plant design of the clinker production line of the GeZero CCS project.

A total of 1.2 million hours of technical precision work went into the successful integration of the carbon capture plant into the existing Brevik cement plant

Heidelberg Materials North America has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Giant Cement Holding Inc., an established cement producer on the US East Coast with a focus on using waste-derived fuels.

Heidelberg Materials’ Grange Top quarry in Rutland, which is adjacent to its Ketton cement works, has become the site of a major palaeontological find, as remains of a 170 million year old pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic period have been uncovered.

Hanson Australia celebrate historic milestone by transforming to Heidelberg Materials Australia, in line with its parent company’s global rebranding strategy.

The focus for the front-end engineering design (FEED study) is on the design and integration of the various systems into the overall technical concept, which also includes a CO2 transport solution.

Heidelberg Materials increased its result from current operations before depreciation and amortisation (RCOBD) by 3% to €1,451 million, while further improving its RCOBD margin by 39 basis points to 25.2%. The result from current operations (RCO) grew by 3% to €1,124 million.

Heidelberg Materials UK has introduced evoBuild, its global brand for low-carbon and circular cement, ready-mixed concrete, aggregates and asphalt products.