Conclusions from the most innovative conference on decarbonization by using alternative fuesl and alternative raw materials are clear: financing green solutions and the implication of all stakeholders is essential for lowering the emmissions footprint of cement and construction, one of the heaviest polluters sectors. CarbonZero: Alternative Fuels and Raw Materials Global Conference and Exhibition 2024,...
New speakers confirmed for CarbonZero Global Conference and Exhibition, October 10 and 11, Wellington Hotel and Spa Madrid, Spain Key Note: Dr. Peter Breithaupt, Scientific officer, European Commission EU Innovation Centre for Industrial Transformation and Emissions – INCITE INCITE is created to scan systematically the horizon of innovative industrial environmental processes which if they are...
OYAK Cement embraces an important role for climate change: Entrepreneurship- presented by Murat Sela, General Manager – Oyak Cement, Alternative Fuels towards accelerating the shift to net zero – BUA Cement Perspective given by Yusuf Binji, Managing Director and CEO – BUA Cement and Fostering Waste Co-Processing in Latin America’s Cement Kilns by Proverde’s Manager Carlos Roberto Escobar are just a few topics to...
Full-year net sales of CHF 27,009m, recurring EBIT of CHF 4,760m and industry-leading recurring EBIT margin of 17.6% Free cash flow after leases of CHF 3,705m Earnings per share[1] up 9% to CHF 5.42 Proposed 12% increase in dividend to CHF 2.80 per share New share buyback of CHF 1 bn in 2024 Strong 2024...
In 2022, Votorantim Cimentos was recognized by CDP as one of the best evaluated companies in the 2022 Climate Change Program
CarbonZero Global Conference and Exhibition 2023 will be held at InterContinental Lyon – Hotel Dieu. This exquisite and chic hotel, located at the heart of the Peninsula of Lyon, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999 is the winner of France’s Leading hotel for 2 years in a row and the Best Hotel for Business...
CEMEX announced that it has signed an agreement with green fuels producer ETFuels, to transform CO2 from CEMEX’s Alicante cement plant in Spain into green fuels. This carbon utilization project, groundbreaking in its scope and potential contribution to European energy security, demonstrates significant progress in testing and scaling technologies that are designed to contribute to accelerating...
Heidelberg Materials North America announced approximately $8.9 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise (CarbonSAFE) initiative, to study the subsurface geology for suitability for the storage of carbon dioxide at its new state-of-the-art cement plant in Mitchell, Indiana. The award, which is managed by the U.S. National...
The UN-backed Scientific Assessment Panel to the Montreal Protocol on Ozone Depleting Substances gave us recently an optimistic scenario about the ozone layer – it is on track to recover within four decades. However, the ambitious goal of the cement industry to become climate-neutral by 2050 has to be achieved through digitization – it is...
– Interview with Dr. Edelio Bermejo, Holcim’s global head of research and development (R&D) and intellectual property (IP), by Guy Woodford, Aggregates Business editor – The cement and construction industries are among the highest CO2 emissions generators in the world. The cement industry alone accounts for 8% of global emissions, not far behind the agriculture...