France’s annual cement production -7.9% in 2024
The preliminary annual cement production in France declined by -7.9% to 14.170 Mta, after 15.378 Mta in the last year and 16.791 Mta in 2022.
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Ecocem to build a low-carbon cement line in France
Ecocem announced the first commercial low-carbon cement production line for ACT technology at its Dunkirk manufacturing facility in France. The new production line will be operational by 2026 and will initially provide an annual production capacity of 300,000 tonnes of…
Holcim in France selected by EU Fund for cleantech project
Holcim has been selected for a grant from the EU Innovation Fund for its carbon capture and storage (CCS/CCUS) project in Martres-Tolosane (photo), France. This grant for the breakthrough CarboClearTech project in this cement plant brings the number of Holcim’s…
Hydrogen solutions from France for industrial combustion
Lhyfe and Fives, both from France, offer a complete solution for decarbonising industrial combustion processes using green hydrogen. Lhyfe is one of the word pioneers in the production of green and renewable hydrogen, and Fives is a world leader in…
Holcim France announced short-term investments
Holcim France recently announced valuable short-term investments of € 60m for the decarbonization of its operations. The investments will include initiatives in the Martres-Tolosane cement plant (photo) to improve carbon capture, as well as the recovery of fuels from biomass…
Heidelberg Materials will close two plants in France
Heidelberg Materials France plans a restructuring that would result in the closure of the two cement plants in Beffes (photo) and Villiers-au-Bouin in Indre-et-Loire. 170 employees are affected by the plant closures in 2025. The decision comes amid a significant…
Progress with AMeLI lime project in Dunkirk, France
SigmaRoc and Arcelor Mittal reported progress with their AMeLI Green Lime project in Dunkirk in France. In the joint-venture of the two companies a new quicklime plant (illustration) with a capacity of 0.9 Mta is constructed on the QPO quay…
Heidelberg Materials CCS-project in Airvault, France
Heidelberg Materials updated information about the Airvault GOCO2 project in France. In the Airvault cement plant the existing 2 semi-wet kilns are replaced with a new 4000 tpd kiln line from German plant supplier thyssenkrupp Polysius by 2025. The new…
Fives supplies hydrogen technology to Holcim in France
For their cement decarbonation, Holcim is using hydrogen as an alternative fuel at its Malle cement plant in France. In first trails, injection rates of more than 50% have been achieved (we reported here 22.02. 2024). Fives Pillard provided the…
French NeoCem to build a clay calcination plant
French start-up company NeoCem has raised more than €23 m to build a clay calcining plant in Saint-Maximin, in the Oise Department, Picardy region in Northern France. The company, which is a spin-off of Lille’s NeoEco Engineering company, will use…