Material Evolution has launched an industrial scale, ultra-low carbon cement production plant in Llay in Wrexham in the UK. The Mevo A1 facility has an initial capacity of 0.12 Mta and produces a clinker-free cement, called MevoCem, which reduces CO2…
Cemex announced an initial industrial scale hydrogen project at its Rugby cement plant in the UK. Hydrogen has emerged as a low-carbon energy source within the construction industry’s decarbonization roadmap. The technology will be provided by HiiROC, the pioneering British…
UK’s Carbon Clean announced the launch of its breakthrough CycloneCC C1 series, marking the penultimate stage in the technology’s commercialization. The company has developed a modular rotating packed bed (RPB) technology with a propriety amine-based buffer salt technology, that is…
The Government of the UK reaffirmed its commitment on carbon capture storage projects in Northern England and announced a € 26.3bn funding over the next 25 years to establish two carbon capture clusters in Merseyside and Teesside. The Padeswood cement…
Aggregate Industries, which is part of the Holcim Group, is constructing a new import terminal and grinding plant at the Port of Tilbury in Essex, UK. For the state-of-the-art grinding unit (photo of the construction site, a new LM 30.2…
Heidelberg Materials UK intends to construct an industry leading carbon capture facility at their Padeswood cement works in North Wales to capture up to 0.8 Mta of CO2. The project will protect 222 direct and indirect jobs, create 54 additional…
Aggregate Industries (AIUK), part of Holcim Group, announced a significant investment into a new import facility at the Port of Liverpool, UK. The investment is part of a long-term plan to support increased demand for cementitious products across the UK…
Heidelberg Materials signed a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for their CCS project at Padeswood cement in Flintshire, UK. This comes after the company choose already about a year ago Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ KM CDR solvent-based process for the…
UK’s Aggregate Industries, which is a part of Holcim, operates the 1.0 Mta dry-process cement plant in Cauldon, Stoke-on-Trent. The company will use Petrofac’s consulting team to identify opportunities for capturing CO2 at the Cauldon plant. The facility currently emits…
Cemex Ventures in Madrid, Spain, has increased its stake in UK-based HiiROC. The startup-company has developed a novel proprietary process for the production of low-cost, zero emission hydrogen. The technology ‘Thermal Plasma Electrolysis (TPE)’ is using a fraction of the…