Heidelberg Materials celebrates the opening of its new cement plant in Mitchell, Indiana, the second-largest single cement production facility in North America. The state-of-the-art plant will substantially increase local production levels while significantly reducing CO₂ emissions and energy consumption for Heidelberg Materials North America. The project, realised on time and on budget despite disruptions from...
This SpectraFlow order is the 49th order for the Cement Industry and the 1st airslide analyzer installation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This order raises the installed base in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to 7 analyzers (6 Crossbelt, 1 Airslide) and worldwide to 71 analyzers (40 Crossbelt & 31 Airslide).
“We closed 2022 with a very good result thanks to a great finish in the fourth quarter,” says Dr. Dominik von Achten, CEO of Heidelberg Materials. “As part of our Customer Excellence Programme, we were able to more than offset the sharp rise in energy costs in the fourth quarter for the first time during...
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 fuels with concentrated solar thermal (“CST”) energy in clinker production, the key component in cement....
Ambuja Cements, the cement and building material company of Adani Cement, part of Adani Group wins the National Award for Energy Excellence in Indian Cement Industry, under the Grinding Category for the measures adopted in improving energy efficiency at the Roorkee plant. The award instituted by the National Council for Cement and Building Materials was...
Votorantim Cimentos, a building materials and sustainable solutions company, has revised its decarbonization targets to 475 kg of CO2 per tonne of cement by 2030. Votorantim Cimentos’ new global target is 8.7% lower than the target of 520 kg of CO2 per tonne of cement, previously announced as part of its 2030 Sustainability Commitments. The new scope...
A substantial decrease in CO2 emissions for the cement and concrete Industry is at our fingertips and could be reached overnight with negative investment and with no additional cost. The only thing it needs is for the decision to be taken. The potential of Turkey as a reliable supplier of cementitious materials to Europe is...
Contact us for a very special pricing offer to end this August on a highly comprehensive report available on the EU ETS (European Union Emissions Trading System) program. The report provides detailed data and insights on several aspects of the ETS and its impact on the cement industry as follows: • What are the main sources of...