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Rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) announced today that it has upgraded Cemex’s long-term global scale issuer credit rating to Investment Grade (BBB-) due to its strong financial and operating performance, deleveraging strategy, and flexible capital allocation. “Achieving an investment-grade...

Decarbonisation technology company, Leilac, is pleased to announce the Leilac-2 project will be hosted at Heidelberg Materials’ Ennigerloh cement plant in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.   The selection of Ennigerloh as the Leilac-2 host plant is the result of a thorough...

By 2050, the cement industry aims to achieve carbon neutrality across the entire value chain – clinker, cement, concrete, construction, and (re)carbonation, a strategy we refer to as our 5C approach. Further details on the 5C approach are available in...

Council and European Parliament negotiators reached a provisional political agreement today on a regulation to establish the first EU-level certification framework for carbon removals. The voluntary framework is intended to facilitate and speed up the deployment of high-quality carbon removal and...

Industry 5.0 – Smart Solutions for Cement and Construction Online Conference and Exhibition  February 6 and 7, 2024 between 2.00 – 3.30 pm CET Conference Schedule   DAY 1    Tuesday, 6th of February 2024 | Online   14:00 CET...

Industry Link announces the much-anticipated online conference Industry 5.0 – Smart Solutions for Cement and Construction, taking place on the 6th and 7th of February 2024. This conference is an online event, free to attend for cement professionals, academia, research,...

Holcim is entering a partnership with Greentown Labs, the largest incubator of climate tech startups in North America, to accelerate open innovation for the decarbonization of the built environment. The premium “Terawatt” partnership with Greentown, with incubators in Somerville, Mass....

With this partnership, Votorantim Cimentos intends to increase renewable energy consumption in Brazil to 75%, strengthening its decarbonization strategy and increasing its competitiveness. Atlas Renewable Energy, an international leader in providing renewable energy solutions for corporations, and Votorantim Cimentos, a...

Carbfix has achieved a major milestone by injecting CO2 dissolved in seawater into Iceland’s basaltic subsurface at Helguvík in Reykjanesbær, Iceland. This represents an important step in the advancement of carbon capture and storage technology, as it is the world’s...

The transition from Nanocem to Innovandi marks a significant milestone in the field of cementitious materials research. In celebration of this evolution, the Innovandi Nanocem PhD Prize has been established by the Global Cement and Concrete Association. This prestigious award...