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Cemex in Spain pushes two decarbonation projects

Cemex Alicante

Cemex announced to seek EU funding for two of its decarbonation projects in Spain. In February 2023 Cemex signed an agreement with green fuels producer ETFuels, to transform CO2 from their Alicante cement plant (photo) into green fuels. It is planned…

US Furno’s cement kiln superlatives attract investors

Furno Reactor

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…

Germany’s cement prices in Jan. increased moderately

Germany Price Jan 2024

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…

Acc. to German VDZ a CO2 pipeline grid is required

Germany CO2 Transports

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…