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Holcim announced to invest US$ 100m in its flagship cement plant in St. Genevieve in Missouri, USA. The plant operates one the largest single-kiln lines in the world. The investment will expand the plant’s current state-of-the-art production and logistics capabilities…
After the first 3 quarters in 2023 the cement production in China declined by -3.0% to 1522.0 Mt and 1568.9 Mt from January to September 2022. The decline increased to -7.6% in the 3.Q, when only 544.3 Mt were produced…
Not an easy year in Pakistan’s cement industry. After 2 quarters this calendar year with almost 2-digit decline YoY, the production increased in the 3.Q 2023 by +23.1% YoY to 11.845 Mt. While in 2023 the cement dispatch is with…
The cement industry in Europe is on a transformation path towards carbon neutrality. What kind of structural change will be necessary and how competitive will the cement industry be across the European countries and other world regions after these structural…
In Poland, after the first 3 quarters of the 2023, the cement production is with 12.619 Mt still -13.4% below the production of 14.579 Mt in the period January to September 2022, but the 3.Q 2023 shows that with -6.0%…
In Morocco, the cement dispatch is after the first 3 quarters this year with 9.169 Mt still -2.3% below the dispatch in 1.-3.Q in 2022, but from quarter to quarter the situation improved, leading in the 3.Q this year even…
Heidelberg Materials starts its CCUS project at Devnya Cement in Bulgaria. The ANRAV project received a funding of € 189.7m by the EU Innovation Fund in January this year. The ANRAV project will avoid 7.8 million tons of CO2 emissions…
In Indonesia, Heidelberg Materials has signed an agreement via its subsidiary Indocement to acquire 100% of the shares in PT Semen Grobogan. The company operates an integrated cement plant in Central Java, which started commercial production in 2022. With this…
The cement dispatch of Switzerland (incl. Liechtenstein) declined in the first 3 quarters of 2023 by -10.1% to 2.854 Mt after 3.174 Mt in the first 3 quarters in 2022. Now, in the 3.Q 2023 (July to September) the decline…
Ultratech currently operates 555 MW of green power, which makes up 19% of their energy requirements, 210 MW are WHR systems and 345 MW is renewable energy. By FY26, the WHR capacity shall be increased by 23% and renewable energy…