Federbeton, which represents Italy’s cement and concrete industry, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Assocarta, the association of paper, cardboard, and pulp producers, to develop synergies in circular economy and decarbonization initiatives. The agreement aims to recover and...

Japan’s Renewable Energy Institute (REI) has released on the 16th of October 2025, a new report titled “The Decarbonization Pathway for Japan’s Cement Industry: Take Urgent Actions to Align with the 1.5°C Target.” The study calls for immediate and coordinated...

Panel Discussion: Navigating the Path to Carbon Neutrality — Policy, Standards & Market Dynamics Achieving carbon neutrality in the cement industry will require more than technology alone — it demands credible standards, coherent policy frameworks, and markets that drive change....

The European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition (ERCST) hosted a pivotal event this week titled “The Future of Emissions Trading in the EU: Carbon Dioxide Removals (CDRs)”, unveiling the fourth report in its seven-part series under the “Future...

Renewables as the Cornerstone of Sustainable Economic Models: Europe, China, and the Hydrogen Transition under the Additionality Principle presented by Dr. Vlad Stoicescu, President of Romanian Sustainable Fuels Association Europe is accelerating its renewable and hydrogen transition to bolster energy...

The Cementitious Materials International Technical and Trade Congress which was held in Casablanca, Morocco on April 18-19 was a highly praised and sold out event. It brought together experts from around the world to discuss how cementitious materials (SCMs) can...

CEMEX’s update to its Green Financing Framework aligns it with its more ambitious decarbonization goals announced in 2022. Through this update, CEMEX will strengthen financing avenues for innovative technology needed to reach carbon neutrality. CEMEX announced that it has updated...

CEMEX announced that the U.S. Department of Energy awarded US$3.2 million to Solar MEAD, a joint project headed by CEMEX, Sandia National Laboratories, and Synhelion, which aims to decarbonize cement production. Solar MEAD aims to replace the use of fossil...

The cement manufacturing process is highly intensive in heat consumption and carbon emissions. Stakeholders are increasing pressure to decarbonize not only the cement industry but the construction industry, too. But how we can achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 by implementing...

HeidelbergCement has acquired six ready-mixed concrete plants and one sandpit via its Czech subsidiary Českomoravský beton, a.s. from Kámen Zbraslav, a.s. in the Moravia region in the Eastern part of the Czech Republic. All plants have a well-established residential and commercial customer base around the city of Brno, with a high demand for sustainable building solutions.