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The US startup Furno Materials, headquartered in Mountain View, California, has successfully closed a $6.5 m seed funding round. The key innovation is their highly efficient, vertical reactor which reduces the 4-steps of clinker production into a single and compact…
In Mexico the January 2024 white cement production of the integrated cement plants recovered by +33.2% to 0.085 Mt, after 0.064 Mt in Jan. last year and 0.083 Mt in Jan. 2022.
In Mexico the January 2024 grey cement production of the integrated cement plants increased by +3.3% to 3.544 Mt, after 3.432 Mt in Jan. last year and 3.230 Mt in Jan. 2022. This is the largest Jan. cement production within…
Cockburn Cement Ltd. (CCL), which is part of ADBRI, started in 2022 the Kwinana upgrade project in Australia. The project targets the transitioning of the cement production from Munster to Kwinana, installing 2 new ball mills with 2 x 100…
In the USA, in 3 weeks, start-up Fortera Corporation will open the world’s first commercial-scale CO2 mineralization plant at CalPortand’s Redding cement plant. The ReCarb® plant is inspired by nature and converts CO2 back into mineral form, to make carbon…
In Germany, January mostly has highest month-on-month (MoM) cement price increases. This January it was moderate with +3.4% MoM from Dec. 2023. However, compared to Jan. 2023 the average cement prices increased by +15.3% YoY, after increases of +33.9% YoY…
The German VDZ (Cement Manufacturers Association) published a study on the future demand for CO2 pipelines from CCS-technologies. Such pipelines are necessary to transport captured CO2 to depleted wells in the North Sea or elsewhere. The study analysed the German…
In the first 2 months of the year, the cement exports in Azerbaijan increased by +22.1% to 0.1102 Mt, after 0.0903 Mt in the same period last year. In January the exports increased by +61.1% YoY, while in February the…
In the first 2 months of the year, the cement production in Azerbaijan increased by +29.8% to 0.547 Mt, after 0.421 Mt in the same period last year. In January the production increased by +23.2% YoY, while in February the…
SigmaRoc and Arcelor Mittal reported progress with their AMeLI Green Lime project in Dunkirk in France. In the joint-venture of the two companies a new quicklime plant (illustration) with a capacity of 0.9 Mta is constructed on the QPO quay…