LKAB Minerals UK is producing calcined clay as a supplementary cementitious material (SCM) by milling recycled brick waste from Forterra’s Kings Dyke factory. The partnership between LKAB and the building products manufacturer Forterra, is pioneering the use of recycled calcined…
Holcim is the global leader in the production of calcined clay cements in 2025 with a new plant in Ecuador. The company is accelerating the use of calcined clay that can reduce the CO2 footprint in cement production by 50%.…
Heidelberg Materials Benelux started the batch production of calcined clay at its Ghent cement plant (photo) in Belgium. The calcined clay is for the production of Q-CEM, which shall pace the way for the production of low-carbon cements. Q-CEM delivers…
CBI Ghana announced the launch of Supacem LC3-45, an innovative limestone calcined clay cement (LC3) that is the first commercial calcined clay with less than 50% clinker. The new product reduces the reliance on imported clinker and sets a new…
Sinoma CBMI Construction Ltd. announced the launch of a calcined clay pilot plant in the Tangshan test centre in the Hebei province in China. This projects strengthens the company’s initiative in calcined clay research and flash calcination. Sinoma already has…
With its strategic investment of USD 55m at its Tabasco cement plant in Macuspana, Holcim Mexico will start for the first time the production of calcined clay cements (LC3) (we reported here 14.02.2024). However, Holcim did not release any information…
The cement plant of Nova Cimangola in Angola’s Luanda region has been upgraded to produce calcined clay. The upgrade was carried out with technology supplied by Portugal-based IPIAC-NERY to achieve 0.3 Mta of calcined clay. Accordingly, the cement plant is…
Ciments de l’Afrique (CIMAF) will install a calcined clay processing line in Burkina Faso, West Africa. The project on the site of the existing Bobo Dioulasso grinding plant is funded by the IFC (The International Finance Corporation). The IFC will…