Heidelberg Materials’ Bulgarian subsidiary in Devnya and renewable energy developer CWP Europe have signed a preliminary agreement to develop a new CWP wind farm. According to CWP, the investment exceeds more than € 300m, which will make the project the…
Ecocem and Tata Steel IJmuiden in the Netherlands have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance the use of Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) and Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) steel slags as next-generation materials in low-carbon cement as Supplementary Cementitious Material (SCM).…
The Danish Energy Agency announced last week that Aalborg Portland has been awarded a contract to capture, transport, and store 1.25 Mta CO2 from 2030. Sixteen companies initially expressed interest in the funding pool of 28.7 billion DKK, and 10…
Heidelberg Materials France has commissioned a state-of-the-art kiln line at its Airvault cement plant. It replaces two semi‑dry process clinker lines with a modern pre-calciner system with 1.25 Mta capacity. This milestone is part of the company’s modernisation project at…
After successful cold tests with the new kiln7 line at Cimpor’s Alhandra cement plant in Portugal, the first kiln firing has been reported. The project is intended for a production capacity increase from 3000 tpd to 3600 tpd, as well…
Martin Paterson, Chief Commercial Officer of the Dutch company everox, gave an outstanding presentation at the World Cement Association (WCA) Annual Conference in Bangkok in April about the “The next generation of building materials”. everox patented a process, which separates…
ABB and Germany’s alcemy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop AI solutions for cement and concrete quality optimisation, while supporting carbon reduction targets. The partnership will integrate alcemy’s AI and ML-based quality prediction technology with ABB’s automation…
CURA Climate Inc. (CURA) from Canada and the Titan Group announced in a MoU to test a new innovate limestone splitting technology (Photo: Team members of both companies). The project starts with laboratory testing, followed by technical and commercial assessments…
Heidelberg Material’s Airvault plant in France will be one of Europe’s cement plants with the lowest CO2 footprint by 2030. Now, the first step nears completion with the installation of the new kiln 6 with 4000 tpd clinker capacity, which…
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…