Heidelberg Materials announced in a new masterplan the additional reduction of clinker capacity in Europe. While in a first wave from 2022 to 2025 the clinker capacity in Europe has been reduced by about 13% with plant closures in France…
Heidelberg Materials recently published the projected evoZero cement production volumes of fully approved projects in Europe (photo: Brochure with evoZero). The volumes are achieved by the cement production in Brevik, Norway and Padeswood in the UK. In 2025, 100 kt…
In the first 9 months in 2025, Germany’s cement production increased by +0.5% to 18.221 Mt, after 18.137 Mt in the same period last year and 19.671 Mt in the year before.
In the first 10 months in 2025, cement production in Spain increased by +10.2% to 13.497 Mt, after 12.244 Mt in the last year and 12.151 Mt in the year before
In the first 10 months in 2025, Spain’s cement exports decreased by -12.7% to 2.697 Mt, after 3.089 Mt in the same period last year and 3.441 Mt in the year before.
In the first 10 months in 2025, Spain’s cement production increased by +5.7% to 15.587 Mt, after 14.751 Mt in the same period last year and 15.249 Mt in the year before.
In the first 9 months in 2025, Estonia’s cement production increased by +5.2% to 151.5 kt, after 144.0 kt in the same period last year and 152.0 kt in the year before.
Dutch company SCW Systems aims to install a first-of-a-kind plant for the treatment of steel slag waste streams in Sweden, transforming previously underutilized resources into valuable materials. The Steel CleanUp technology that will be installed (photo: pilot plant), uses a…
In the first 8 months in 2025, Portugal’s cement consumption declined by -1.6% to 2.657 Mt, after 2.701 Mt in the same period last year.
Heidelberg Materials is pausing its investment in CCS carbon capture at the cement factory in Slite, Sweden. This announcement comes after the Swedish Energy Agency rejected the company’s application for further co-financing the CCS project. The project, which aimed to…