WCA welcomes government commitments to low carbon cement and concrete
The World Cement Association has welcomed commitments from the UK, India, Germany, Canada and UAE to support new markets for low-carbon cement and concrete, at COP26.
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The World Cement Association has welcomed commitments from the UK, India, Germany, Canada and UAE to support new markets for low-carbon cement and concrete, at COP26.
The company has been recognised, for the ninth consecutive year, as a global benchmark in sustainability in the construction materials sector, according to the Dow Jones Global Index (DJSI).
In Glasgow, a new public artwork about a greener future has been produced with Holcim’s sustainable concrete, reducing the carbon footprint by more than 70%.
The company has won awards for outstanding achievements in building safe working environments for its employees, customers, and the communities which it serves at the Mineral Products Association (MPA) and British Precast Health and Safety Awards.
Othon Manis and Panagiotis Margaris, TITAN Group, explain how cement plants could improve their operational efficiency, product quality, and environmental performance by leveraging AI solutions.
CEMEX Ventures, together with Dysruptek, Ferrovial, GS Futures, Hilti, VINCI Group's Leonard and NOVA by Saint-Gobain, recently celebrated the Pitchday event for the ten winners of the Construction Startup Competition 2021.
The company’s cement reshaping activities have progressed well and EBITA in cement was positive for the first time since Q1 2020.
Thomas Schulz, FLSmidth’s Group CEO, has made the decision to take a role outside of the company, and will therefore step down as FLSmidth’s CEO by end of 2021. Mikko Keto has been appointed incoming CEO by FLSmidth’s Board of Directors, effective 01 January 2022.
The report draws data and insights from the 90 largest cement markets in the world representing over 95% of global cement consumption.
The company has been independently assigned AA/Stable/ A1+ ratings to the bank facilities by CRISIL, AA Ratings for its entire long term existing and proposed borrowings, and A1+ for UCWL’s short term borrowing programme.
The company has announced that it has signed an agreement with HeidelbergCement to acquire all its business in the South of Spain, which includes a modern integrated cement plant, three aggregates quarries and eleven ready-mix plants in Andalusia region.
KettenWulf describes the development of efficient, sustainable and resource-saving central bucket elevator chains for the cement industry.