The Holcim Lägerdorf CCU carbon capture and utilisation project in Northern Germany has officially been started. The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by representatives from politics and business, including Holcim, Thyssenkrupp and Linde. The Holcim C2B (Carbon2 Business) project will capture…
A second kiln line at the Lebap cement plant in the Koytendag region in Turkmenistan with a clinker capacity of 3000 tpd and 1.1 Mta of cement has been commissioned. Line 2, which has been supplied by thyssenkrupp Polysius received…
Schwenk Zement contracted thyssenkrupp Polysius to build a demonstration plant for the production of meca-clay in the Allmendingen cement plant in Germany. Meca-clay can be produced without the conventional clay calcination (we reported here 15.12.2023). The process uses all-electric technology…
Schwenk Zement and thyssenkrupp Polysius jointly developed an innovative technology for the activation of clay, to reduce the CO2 in the global cement and concrete production. The meca-clay technology enables the activation of all types of clay using only electrical…
It has been communicated already since several months. GCC, in which Cemex has a 40% minority stake, will build a new 3000 tpd kiln line in Odessa, TX, in the USA by year end 2025. Thyssenkrupp Polysius is the supplier…
At COP28, thyssenkrupp Polysius signed a project with Fujairah Cement Industries (FCI) to replace fossil fuels with alternative fuels (AF) and to reduce CO2 emissions. FCI is the largest cement producer in the UAE with two Polysius kiln lines combining…
About a year ago Grupo Cementos Chihuahua (GCC) announced the expansion of the Odessa cement plant in Odessa TX, USA. The plant has been acquired in 2016 from CEMEX and is producing mainly oil-well cement. A new line with about…