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France’s Vicat will fully decarbonize Montalieu-Vercieu

Vicat Montalieu

The VAIA-project (Vicat Advanced Industrial Alliance) at France’s largest cement plant is receiving a grant by the EU Innovation Fund. The project at the Montalieu-Vercieu (Isère) 2.0 Mta capacity plant (photo) will produce calcined clay, using the MECAClay technology to…

Schwenk’s MECACLAY project in Lithuania to be funded

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The MECACLAY project by Schwenk Cement will receive a grant from the EU Innovation Fund for a first-of-its-kind industrial scale production plant at Akmenes cement (photo) in Lithuania. The new system is based on an all-electric clay activation process jointly…

DREAM CCS project by Heidelberg Materials in Italy

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The DREAM project by Heidelberg Materials at the Rezzato-Mazzano cement plant represents the first full-scale CCS and full chain (Carbon Capture and Storage) project in Italy’s cement sector. About 1 Mt of CO2 shall be captured each year. The CO2…