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Nexus Fulbright Scholar and Marie Curie Fellow Mauricio Giraldo, Alternative Fuels Director at Cementos Argos Colombia, will approach “Road to net zero: Achieving quantity and quality of alternative fuels in developing economies”. The intervention will take place this November at...

Argos USA made an investment close to USD 40 million to renew its fleet of mixer trucks.  The useful life of an Argos mixer truck is between 8 and 10 years or more than 70.000 cubic yards delivered. Argos, Grupo...

The Inflation Reduction Act, which passed the Senate this August, would unlock around $369 billion to find solutions for climate change. It marks the single largest investment in combating global warming in American history. Experts have estimated it will reduce America’s planet-heating...

The Industry Link team is delighted to announce Dr. Yianni (Ioannis) Spanos, Director of Sustainability at KEO International Consultants as a Speaker at CarbonZero: Alternative Fuels and Raw Materials Global Conference and Exhibition 2022. At the conference, Dr. Spanos will...

CarbonZero Global Conference and Exhibition is welcoming the Federation of the European Precast Concrete Industry (BIBM) as a strategic partner. The Federation’s members can now attend CarbonZero: Alternative Fuels and Raw Materials Global Conference and Exhibition 2022 with significant discounts....

Despite the slowdown in the world economy, Votorantim Cimentos continues to operate within solid financial metrics and with high liquidity, maintaining its investment grade status with a stable outlook attributed by the credit rating agencies Moody’s and Fitch. The company’s leverage remained at stable levels and in line with our financial policy. In May, we carried out a transaction in the international market that repurchased the most expensive debt in our portfolio, taking advantage of attractive market rates. And we used funds from debt issuances in the local market with more attractive rates to finance our operation,” said Bianca Nasser, Global CFO of Votorantim Cimentos.

The Indian Achievers Award recognizes the outstanding merits of  Saurabh Palsania, the Group Commercial Head of Dalmia Cement Bharat Ltd, one of India’s most promising cement companies. Mr. Palsania has received the “Green Hero Award” for working effectively for use...

A long-awaited 2,4 km long bridge has opened that links southern coastal areas to the rest of the country. The cable-stayed bridge was built for €526 million with the support of the European Union (EU) which put up €357 million,...

According to Eurostat estimates, CO2 emissions grew in 2021 in almost all EU Member States, with the largest increase in Bulgaria (+18.0%), followed by Estonia (+13.1%), Slovakia (+11.4%) and Italy (+10.6 %). The only two countries with an estimated decrease...

● EU Investments in Holcim Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage projects in Germany and Poland ● Grants based on highly scalable technologies at the forefront of Europe’s decarbonization ● Accelerating Holcim’s net-zero roadmap with 2030 and 2050 targets validated by...