At the moment, Holcim is exploring 50 projects globally to capture 5 million tons of CO2 by 2030. Among these are 11 large-scale CCUS flagship projects for the carbon capture, utilization (mineralization) and storage. Some of the largest projects are…
LEC of the Holcim Group, selected the Italian firm for the installation of a 10 MWe waste heat recovery (WHR) system in its cement plant at Fujairah in the UAE. Based on a closed-loop thermodynamic cycle, the Organic Rankine Cycle…
Votorantim Cimentos has secured a US$150m loan from the IFC to upgrade its Salto de Pirapora cement plant in São Paulo. The investment aims to increase the alternative fuel (AF) substitution rate by installing a RDF facility with 120.000 t/y…
Holcim Croatia, part of building materials producer Holcim, announced that EU Innovation Fund will co-finance its 237 million euro (US$266 million) decarbonisaton project. The KODeCo net zero CO2 project will capture and store about 360000 tons CO2 annually from the…
The EU Commission has selected the IFESTOS CCUS project by the Titan Cement Group in their 3rd call for large-scale projects under the EU Innovation Fund. According to the project application the Kamari cement plant will be retrofitted with state-of-the-art…
Heidelberg Materials’ newly launched GeZero carbon capture and storage (CCS) project will fully decarbonise cement production at the company’s Geseke plant in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The CCS project is supported by the EU Innovation Fund and aims to capture 700,000…
Adani Group-owned Ambuja Cement will expand its clinker and cement capacities by 8 Mta and 14 – 16 Mta, respectively, by FY 2028. The two new clinker manufacturing units would operate on green power or renewable energy and help to…
The company celebrated the opening of its new cement plant in Mitchell, Indiana, the second-largest single cement production facility in North America. The capacity of the plant has been expanded to 2.4 Mta cement after a several-year construction period and…