Spain’s cement exports down -9.1% in 11M 2024
In the first 11 months in 2024, Spain’s cement exports declined by -9.1% to 3.375 Mt, after 3.712 Mt in the same period last year and 3.873 Mt in the year before.
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KHD Group to supply Oxyfuel kiln at Geseke in Germany
The KHD Group will be carrying out a FEED (Front-End Engineering Design) study for the new Oxyfuel kiln at Heidelberg Materials’ Geseke cement plant in Germany. The contract is part of the planning phase of the GeZero CCS project, which…
Holcim in Germany tests Capsol’s carbon capture technology
Capsol Technologies has signed a contract with Holcim Group for the carbon capture project at Holcim’s Dotternhausen plant in Southern Germany. The contract includes the delivery of a carbon capture demonstration campaign, based on the CapsolEoP® (End-of-Pipe) technology. The technology…
Holcim in Europe is using Neustark for CO2 removal
Holcim Central Europe West and Swiss newcomer Neustark are jointly commissioning 14 plants for the removal of CO₂ in Switzerland, Germany, Italy and France. Lafarge France, part of the Holcim Group, will use the technology in the Gennevilliers granulats facility, where…
Italy’s cement production down -2.6% in 10M 2024
In the first 10 months in 2024, Italy’s cement production decreased by -2.6% to 15.595 Mt, after 16.011 Mt in the same period last year and 16.225 Mt in the year before.
Germany’s cement production -6.8% in 10M 2024
In the first 10 months in 2024, Germany’s cement production declined by -6.8% to 20.481 Mt, after 21.979 Mt in the same period last year and 25.626 Mt in the year before.
Estonia’s cement production -6.5% in 10M 2024
In the first 10 months in 2024, Estonia’s cement production declined by -6.5% to 159 kt, after 170 kt in the same period last year and 230 kt in the year before.
UK’s Material Evolution launched green cement factory
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…
Germany’s Aumund + Holcim develop electrical clay calcination
Aumund is developing an electrical clay calcination system in a joint development with Holcim at its test centre in Rheinberg, Germany (photo: demo-unit). Clay activation is achieved by a combination of electrical heating and materials circulation in an enclosed pan…
Enagás and Heidelberg Materials collaborate in Northern Spain
The two companies signed a collaboration agreement to promote carbon footprint reduction projects in Northern Spain. Heidelberg Materials will develop CO2 capture technologies at its two cement plants in Añorga (photo) and Arrigorriaga in the Basque region of Spain. Enagás…