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US Buzzi Unicem invests in Queens Carbon’s SCM 

Buzzi Allentown

US Buzzi Unicem, a subsidiary of Buzzi S.p.A., joined as a strategic investor and development partner with Queens Carbon, developing a hydrothermal cement processing technology to reduce the energy consumption and cost for both carbon capture and carbon-neutral cement production.…

Heidelberg Materials completed US Giant Cement acquisition

HM Harleyville

Heidelberg Materials North America completed successfully the acquisition of US Giant Cement Holdings and its subsidiaries from the Fortaleza, Uniland and Trituradora groups (we reported here 3.12.2024). The acquired operations include a cement plant in Harleyville (photo) in South Carolina,…

GCC’s plant expansion in Odessa, TX in the USA

GCC Odessa

Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) is expanding its Odessa cement plant in Texas, USA by 1.1 Mta, while reducing significantly the greenhouse gas emissions. The company has concluded two bank loan agreements totalling US$ 135m to fund the project. The…

Cemex invests in US Terra CO2 low-carbon SCMs

TERRA CO2 2

Cemex Ventures aims to accelerate the growth of US-startup Terra CO2, by linking it with Cemex’s vast network and resources. Terra CO2 is a Colorado-based company that has developed a scalable, low-carbon alternative for replacing cement in concrete.  The product OPUS…