Holcim Poland demonstrated at the Małogoszcz cement plant that a 100% thermal substitution rate (TSR) is possible. The result has been achieved in several tests, in collaboration with Geocycle, by using only alternative fuels in kiln firing, totally replacing fossil…
Holcim Romania and its key partner Carmeuse in the carbon hub CPT01 project will receive a grant from the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) for this initiative, while the project is also financed by the EU Innovation…
SaltX Technology from Sweden established a full partnership with Holcim after a first agreement had been signed in June 2025 and Holcim became a shareholder. The SaltX technology platform combines electrified calcination (EAC) with electrified sintering (a new development). The…
Holcim Philippines commissioned a new AFR handling and dosing system at their ‘La Union’ cement plant in Bacnotan (photo) on the island of Luzon, a 4h 30m drive north from Capital Manila. The project comprises the installation of a 1,440…
Holcim inaugurated at their Obourg cement plant in Belgium Europe’s largest floating solar power plant with a capacity of 31 MW. The power plant has been installed by TotalEnergies on a floating array on a rehabilitated chalk quarry lake (photo)…
Cemex announced that it is in the process of divesting certain operations in Colombia. The divestment is expected to take place through several separate transactions with different parties by the end of the year. In a first step, the company…
Last week, Holcim and Air Liquide signed a strategic agreement for the Go4Zero flagship CCS project at the Obourg cement plant in Belgium, however the Final Investment Decision (FID) remains subject to additional effective partnerships across the value chain, as…
Holcim is the global leader in the production of calcined clay cements in 2025 with a new plant in Ecuador. The company is accelerating the use of calcined clay that can reduce the CO2 footprint in cement production by 50%.…
At the Höver cement plant of Holcim in Germany a membrane CCS technology by Cool Planet Technologies (CPT) is under construction. After initial tests 2 year ago, in the 2nd phase of the project, about 10 kta of CO2 shall…
According to press news, Holcim has put the flagship Go4Zero CCS project at the Obourg cement plant in Belgium on hold. The project received a €230m EU fund for a total investment of about € 500m to install a new…