Spain’s cement production declined -11.2% by February
In Spain, in the first 2 months of the year the cement production declined by -11.2% to 2.578 Mt, after 2.904 Mt in the first 2 month 2023 and 2.925 Mt in 2022.
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Sweden’s Salt X Technology is reinventing calcination
The electric arc calcination (EAC) technology from Sweden’s Salt X company may change the industrial calcination in the global cement and lime industry. The plasma technology can not eliminate the CO2 formation from calcining limestone, but enables cost efficient carbon…
Heidelberg Materials CCS-project in Airvault, France
Heidelberg Materials updated information about the Airvault GOCO2 project in France. In the Airvault cement plant the existing 2 semi-wet kilns are replaced with a new 4000 tpd kiln line from German plant supplier thyssenkrupp Polysius by 2025. The new…
Green light for CCU-project in Lengfurt in Germany
Heidelberg Materials received the building permit for its Cap2U (Capture-to-Use) project in the Lengfurt cement plant in Germany. The carbon capture and use (CCU) system is based on an amine scrubber technology developed for the exhaust gas stream from cement…
The trend in Spain’s quarterly cement production 2023
In Spain, the annual cement production in 2023 declined by -3.1% to 17.904 Mta (we reported here earlier). However, the quarterly cement production shows a very negative trend in last year.
Fives supplies hydrogen technology to Holcim in France
For their cement decarbonation, Holcim is using hydrogen as an alternative fuel at its Malle cement plant in France. In first trails, injection rates of more than 50% have been achieved (we reported here 22.02. 2024). Fives Pillard provided the…
Germany’s Heidelberg Materials confirmed Leilac-2 location
The new Leilac-2 location will be at the Ennigerloh cement plant of Heidelberg Materials in NRW in Germany. After the decision to shut-down the clinker production in the Hanover plant, where the original Leilac-2 project was already well advanced and…
Heidelberg Materials’ Anthemis CCS project in Belgium
Heidelberg Materials intends to equip the recently modernized Antoing plant of its Belgian subsidiary (known as CBR) with an innovative hybrid carbon capture unit. The Anthemis CCS project, established in January 2023, shall reduce the CO2 emission by 97%, equivalent…
Germany’s Schwenk Cement to build a meca-clay plant
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…
Austria’s Scheuch implements CO2 capture technologies
Scheuch, who is based in Upper Austria, develops and supplies a portfolio of solutions for flue-gas cleaning, included carbon-capture technologies. The company is currently working intensively on the implementation of various CO2 capture projects for industrial clients. For the cement industry…