The Toral de los Vados cement plant of Votorantim in the Leon area in Spain is decarbonated. Instead of a huge and costly CCS- project the plant is undergoing different more conventional transformation processes. The decarbonation strategy includes a better…
The Alliance of Low Carbon Cement & Concrete (AllianceLCCC), based in Belgium, provided recommendations for low carbon cement & concrete in their new roadmap 2029. According to the AllianceLCCC, safe, scalable, and cost-effective technology to significantly reduce the massive environmental…
In the first 4 months of 2024, Spain’s cement exports declined by -20.8% to 1.151 Mt, after 1.454 Mt in the same period last year and 1.388 Mt the year before.
In the first 4 months of 2024, Spain’s cement production declined by -14.1% to 5.360 Mt, after 6.240 Mt in the same period last year and 6.005 Mt the year before.
In the first 3 months of 2024 the average cement prices in Germany, calculated from quantities sold and revenues, declined by -1.4%. The latest average cement price has been 122.02 €/t after 123.81 €/t in January.
CemVision announced an agreement with Peab, one of Sweden’s largest construction companies and leading concrete supplier in Northern Europe (Photo: concrete application by Peab). This new agreement marks the start of cement deliveries to several of Peab’s construction projects. Cemvision…
In the first quarter of 2024, cement production in Germany still declined massively by -16.0% to 4.765 Mt, after 5.673 Mt in the same period last year. This decline has an impact on the next free CO2 allowances, which will…
In the first first quarter of 2024. Estonia cement production declined by -12.5% to 35 kt, after 40 kt in the same period last year. However, after many months of decline, in March 2024 there was a 16.7% YoY production…
In the first two months of 2024, Estonia’s cement production continued the decline from last year with another -25.0% production to 21 kt, after 28 kt last year and 38 kt in the first 2m 2022.
The Holcim Lägerdorf CCU carbon capture and utilisation project in Northern Germany has officially been started. The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by representatives from politics and business, including Holcim, Thyssenkrupp and Linde. The Holcim C2B (Carbon2 Business) project will capture…