A graduate of Physics and Materials Engineering from INSA de Lyon together with a DEA in characterization of inorganic materials, Nicolas has spent 12 years in heavy industry (metallurgy, power generation) in France and abroad, before joining the Cement Industry. He also has an MBA degree from IAE Lyon.
He joined Lafarge in 2000, taking first a position in the Centre Technique Inter-unités (5 years of international assignments), then an operational role in Italy before being transferred to the Asian Technical Center for 5 years as head of Maintenance and Technology for all of Asia.
Mr. Meyre has afterwards managed Industrial Ecology/Geocycle France for 7 years with a team that was directly responsible for the supply of Alternative Fuels and Alternative Raw Materials (+/-800kT of recycled materials per year).
Since May 2020 he has been facilitating the ARM Business Development focusing first and foremost on Europe aiming at higher circularity through co-processing of mineral waste streams.
Nicolas will speak at the upcoming CarbonZero Alternative Fuels and Raw Materials 2023 Conference & Exhibition (October 26-27 in Lyon, France). His topic will be Circularity and decarbonization: mandatory levers for the survival of the cement industry in Europe and will discuss:
- Japan 1999 : Circular Economy Vision: the right way to go to maximize the 3R initiatives, learnings 20 years after
- Extended Responsibility of the Producer for Construction Materials : an opportunity or a threat ?
- Clinker basics in term of minerals
- Holcim-Geocycle PARM trials paving the way to clinker made entirely out of wastes
- Q&A