Worley has signed a non-exclusive owner’s engineering Master Services Agreement (MSA) with Holcim to support carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) projects across the EU and the UK. The agreement covers 14 projects, including eight supported by the European Innovation Fund.…
Sweden’s Cemvision and Siemens AB have signed a strategic partnership to develop and scale near-zero carbon cement production facilities. Cemvision has created technology capable of reducing emissions by up to 95% compared to conventional cement production by producing circular cement…
Ambuja Cements, which is the cement part of India’s Adani Group, has partnered with UK-based clean technology company Leilac Limited to develop a commercial-scale low-carbon cement pathway. The companies said they will jointly undertake a commercial demonstration project at Ambuja’s…
Compared to the traditional clinker – cement process, the ReCarb® cement process by Fortera in their Redding plant (photo) in California, USA, is simpler, uses less raw materials and a kiln temperature of only 950°C. The high-performance, low-carbon ReAct® bright…
Heidelberg Materials in Germany is regarding CCS as a key lever to achieve climate goals, however strategies have changed. Because the costs for CO2 transport and storage can be as high as the capture costs, the transport and storage challenges…
Carbon capture must become cheaper and easier to implement. This is one of the key messages by Dr. Kristina Fleiger of the German VDZ in an award-winning presentation at the Global CemCCUS conference in Hamburg in Germany this month. In…
Cement Australia has temporarily paused operation of its Railton cement plant in Tasmania to upgrade its kiln firing system. The A$106 million investment is funded A$59.6 million by the Australian Government. The new firing system will allow the co-processing of…
Bright Hydrogen Solutions (BrightHy), announced the signing of a long-term agreement with Çimsa in Spain for the supply and operation of a green hydrogen production facility at Çimsa’s Buñol cement plant. Çimsa, a subsidiary of Sabancı Holding, was founded in…
The CCS project by Schwenk Latvia is supported by the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA). As part of the project, Schwenk plans to install a carbon capture and storage system to reduce CO2 emissions of the cement plant…
In a pilot phase, Vietnam has introduced GHG (greenhouse gas) emission quotas for 110 cement plants for the period 2025-26. The allocation of quotas is done annually on a facility-by-facility basis, helping businesses gradually access the emission control mechanism. During…