Holcim has commissioned a membrane-based CO2 capture demonstration CCUS system at its Höver cement plant close to Hanover in Germany. The technology has been developed by the Helmholtz Centre Hereon and commercialised by Cool Planet Technologies. The system (Photo Credit:…
Holcim UAE (former Lafarge Emirates) is operating a carbon capture and storage (CCS) pilot plant at its Al Banah 3.2 Mta capacity cement plant (photo) in Fujairah. CO2 is captured from the flue gas stream in a daily rate of…
Holcim has signed an agreement with Huaxin Building Materials for the divestment of its business in the Philippines (Photo: Davao plant). The transaction involves the initial sale of a 67.62 % stake for USD 527 million. Following the sale of…
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.…
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…