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The company has recently seen the 1750th HGV in its fleet become compliant with Euro 6 emissions standards.
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The company has recently seen the 1750th HGV in its fleet become compliant with Euro 6 emissions standards.

Cementos Balboa has a modern integrated cement plant located in Alconera, in the province of Badajoz (in the Extremadura region, Southwest of Spain), with an installed production capacity of 1.6 million tpy of cement.

At a new project in France, FLSmidth will deliver equipment to replace clinker with environmentally friendly clay, cutting up to 16% of CO2 emissions compared to existing cement products.

At Holcim’s Lägerdorf cement plant, two comprehensive studies have been successfully carried out to prepare investments for the conversion to an oxyfuel process.

The company has congratulated the young winners of the Solutions for the Planet (S4TP) Big Ideas Competition 2021 following its virtual national final, which saw students from schools across the country present innovative new sustainability initiatives to an online judging panel.

The company is currently on track to achieve its 3 times leverage target by the end of June, two and half years ahead of its original target of December 2023.

While the cement industry supports the concept of a Carbon Border Adjustment mechanism (CBAM), CEMBUREAU is concerned by messages coming out of the European Commission that the level of free allowances for industry may be reduced for sectors covered by CBAM.

This is CEMEX Ventures’ second investment in Modulous in less than a year, after the company won the VC’s global Construction Startup Competition 2020.

The company has introduced Aggneo, a high-quality recycled aggregate based on demolition concrete.

The contracting division of leading building materials supplier, Aggregate Industries, has opened a pioneering new laboratory for materials testing.

The aim of the agreement is to highlight, promote and prescribe clinker-free low-carbon cement.

The companies have signed a global commercial partnership to accelerate the cement industry’s net zero ambitions.