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CRH plc and its partner, the Australian Barro Group, have entered into an agreement with ADBRI Ltd, formerly known as Adelaide Brighton, to acquire all ADBRI shares. The partners own a 47.6% minority stake and submitted a non-binding offer to…
Ambuja Cements Limited, which is part of the Adani Group, plans to increase its green power to 60% from 418 MW in FY 23-24 to 1466 MW by FY 27-28 in absolute terms. The more than 1000 MW targeted additional…
The EU Innovation Fund will provide 191 €m for the GeZero project of Heidelberg Materials at the Geseke cement plant (photo credit: Steffen Höft) in Northern Germany. GeZero aims to deploy an entire CCS value chain, capturing 0.7 Mta of…
The imports of Portland and blended cements by the USA declined in the first 3 quarters 2023 by -0.7% to 13.867 Mt, after 13.966 Mt in the same period last year. However, there is a decline from quarter to quarter…
In the USA, in the first 3 quarters of 2023 in total 66.863 Mt of Portland and blended cements have been dispatched. This is a -2.9% YoY decline compared to 68.873 Mt in the same period last year. The largest…
The CO₂NTESSA CCS project by the NEXE Group has been included in the list of strategic investment projects of the Republic of Croatia. NEXE operates a 1.0 Mta cement plant in Našice, Croatia. The cement kiln shall be modified with…
Carbon capture is central to any realistic plan for decarbonising the cement industry. Northern Ireland’s Nuada, which rebranded this year from MOF Technologies Ltd. is in the ‘Innovandi Open Challenge Programme’ of the GCCA with Holcim, SCG, Cementos Argos and…
In Argentina, from January to November 2023, the cement dispatch declined by -2.5% to 11.741 Mt. However, after a 0.1% increase in October, in November the dispatch declined by -10.9% to 1.026 Mt, after 1.151 Mt in November last year.
From January to November 2023, the cement exports by Argentina declined by -41.0% to 0.049 Mt after 0.083 Mt in the same period last year. The exports become almost insignificant, although in November there has been a small recovery by…
Medcem Çimento, which is a subsidiary of the Eren Holding, is commissioning its new kiln line in Mersin, Türkiye. The new 9000 tpd kiln line comprises several technical highlights and will boost the clinker capacity of Medcem by more than…