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…
After several years of almost constants, the cement production of Switzerland (incl. Liechtenstein) declined by -10.0% to 3.730 Mta, after 4.146 Mta in 2022 and 4.177 Mta in 2021. The cement capacity utilization declined from 81.3% in 2022 to 73.1%…
Germany’s TopWerk Group and US-based Partanna have announced a partnership. TopWerk, a leading global equipment supplier for concrete products, regards Partanna’s carbon-negative binder as a direct, plug-and-play replacement solution to Portland cement, that is fully compatible with its machines (photo:…
In 2023, Spain’s cement im- and exported more diverged. While the exports declining by -4.9% YoY to 3.969 Mta, the imports increased by +5.4% to 0.628 Mta.
In Germany, in November average ex-works cement prices of 119.83 €/t have been achieved. This is a +28.2% YoY increase. Maximum cement average prices were 120.16 €/t in September and the maximum YoY increases were in February with +41.2%.
In Germany, in the period from January to November 2023, the cement production declined YoY by -14.8% to 24.090 Mt. In November, the decline has been even -19.9% to 2.220 Mt from 2.635 Mt in November last year. The decline…
In 2023, Spain’s accumulated cement production declined by -3.1% to 17.904 Mta, after 18.483 Mta in 2022 and 18.558 Mta in 2021. In 2023 this corresponds to a cement capacity utilisation rate of only 43.7%.
In 2023, the accumulated cement dispatch of Switzerland (Incl. Liechtenstein) declined by -10.0% to 3.730 Mta, after 4.146 Mta in 2022. Over the years the cement dispatch has been very constant and the decline this year has been almost the…
The German Rohrdorfer Group plans to integrate a clay flash calcination plant into an integrated cement production line. Waste heat from the clinker production shall be used as a heat source for the flash calcination in the Rohrdorf cement plant…
The Port of Aalborg in Denmark will be the first large-scale infrastructure hub for handling captured CO2 for further processing, either to be stored underground or utilized in the production of green fuels. The plant will be constructed by US-based…