Brazil’s state-owned oil giant Petrobras made history in the voluntary carbon market by buying carbon credits for the first time to offset its emissions. The carbon offsets Petrobras landmark purchased are from the Envira Amazonia project that protects the Amazon rainforest. The project, which began in 2012, aims to protect 39,000 hectares of rainforest in Acre’s...
Cemex is strengthening its aggregates supply in Europe with the purchase of two quarries near Madrid as part of its strategic bolt-on acquisition strategy. Madrid and its surrounding areas are currently undergoing major urban expansion. Through this acquisition, Cemex is better positioned to serve customers in the area, particularly for infrastructure projects. The deal strengthens...
South Africa Industry Development Executive Dr. Dhiraj Rama joins CarbonZero Global Conference and Exhibition as speaker! Cement & Concrete SA (CCSA), the consolidated body taking the lead on all matters relating to cement and concrete in South Africa and its members recognize that achieving the nationally determined commitments (NDC) in terms of the country climate...
Developing low carbon cement and construction solutions while reducing the global carbon footprint of the traditional cement manufacturing process by more than half is what the Managing Director of Ecocem’s European business, Conor O’Riain, will be speaking about during CarbonZero Global Conference & Exhibition 2023 (October 26-27, Lyon, France). Investors in Ecocem include Saint-Gobain Group,...
Cemex reported second quarter of 2023 results on July 27, 2023 with a 10% growth in Sales and 29% growth in EBITDA, and EBITDA Margin expanding by 3.3pp to 21.1%. With these results, Cemex is close to its goal of recovering 2021 margins, set in 2022 in response to unprecedented inflation. The improvement in EBITDA...
USD 110m venture capital fund in construction technology startups Holcim to provide capital and access to its global operations and experts to maximize scale up and growth potential Empowering disruptive startups at forefront of innovative and sustainable building solutions Register at carbonzero@industrylink.eu for visiting the Holcim Innovation Center in Lyon this October Holcim announces its...
Heidelberg Materials’ newly launched GeZero carbon capture project will fully decarbonise cement production at the company’s Geseke plant in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany The first-of-its-kind project will showcase an entire CCS value chain solution for an inland location and aims to capture 700,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually from 2029 The EU Innovation Fund supports flagship projects...
Holcim Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) projects in Belgium, France and Croatia selected Grants follow EU funding for Holcim CCUS projects in Germany and Poland Highly scalable projects based on mature technologies and advanced partnerships Grants by EU Innovation Fund add to Holcim’s commitment to invest CHF 2 billion in CCUS projects by 2030...
Reviewing the majority of steps towards a CO2 reduction in cement production, a strong focus is on increasing alternative, possibly secondary raw materials or fuels. This is also a direct consequence of the target to reduce the clinker input factor and shift to cement types using more alternative materials. These materials often come from a...
LEC, Holcim Group, chooses the Italian firm for the installation of a 10 MWe waste heat recovery system in its cement plant at Fujairah. Turboden S.p.A., a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group Company, together with ENGIE Solutions GCC, was selected by LEC for the production and installation of a 10MWe WHR Organic Rankine Cycle system at...