Vicat announced that they entered into a process to acquire Cemex’s ready-mix concrete (RMC) and aggregates operations located in South-Eastern France. The proposed transaction would involve the acquisition of Cemex in South East France, including a network of 48 ready-mix…
Heidelberg Materials France plans a restructuring that would result in the closure of its site in Ranville in the Normandy region (photo credit: Heidelberg Materials Philippe Calandre). The measure comes after a significant decline in cement volumes following weak construction…
Cem’In’EU (Cement Innovation in Europe) operates two small cement production plants with a total capacity of about 0.5 Mta and a bulk mineral terminal at the Port of Sète in the South of France. The young industrial company welcomed Philippe…
Omya partners with Lafarge Ciments, which is a member of the Holcim Group, to support the development of low-carbon cement and concrete solutions in France, effective from October 1, 2026. The collaboration is on the reduction of the clinker content…
Hoffmann Green reported a record turnover in the first half of 2026. In France, nearly 40,000 metric tons of green cement have been sold in the first half of 2026, which doubles the volumes from the same period last year.…
The Vicat Group accelerates industrial decarbonisation in France with two alternative energy projects at two of its cement plants, supported by the French Ecological Transition Agency (ADEME) and industrial partners. At the Xeuilley plant, where already 100% of alternative fuels…
French company Fives FCB and US start-up NOC Energy joined forces to accelerate smarter energy use and the decarbonisation of the cement industry. By integrating NOC Energy’s clean heat technology, NOC Cell™, of which one single module (currently 10 MW)…
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…
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…
The VAIA (Vicat Advanced Industrial Alliance) CCS project by Vicat aims to capture and store 1.2 Mta of CO2 at the Montalieu-Vercieu cement plant, the largest in France. Now the French Government has awarded a *Grand Projets Industriels de Décarbonation*…