
Shareholders support all proposals at LafargeHolcim's 2021 Annual General Meeting
LafargeHolcim shareholders have approved all of the Board of Directors’ proposals at the Annual General Meeting that took place in Zug.
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LafargeHolcim shareholders have approved all of the Board of Directors’ proposals at the Annual General Meeting that took place in Zug.

A successful volunteering partnership between Tarmac and the Peak District National Park Authority is looking to the future by agreeing a five-year extension.

The company has announced that it has acquired the freehold of the property at Huntsmans Drive in Teesside, UK, and can now confirm the start of commissioning of its UK based Subcoal production line.

As part of the transaction, the parties will combine their North American assets in a jointly-held entity. Votorantim Cimentos International will hold 83% and CDPQ will indirectly hold 17% of the shares.

The company has introduced Ruckit Field, a new mobile experience to support bulk material suppliers, haulers, and buyers in lowering costs and optimising truck usage.

Cemex Holdings Philippines has announced that its consolidated net sales decreased by 8% during the first quarter of 2021, versus the comparable period in 2020, amounting to PHP 5.2 billion.

Dwight Savage has joined Schust as Project Manager. Savage will provide customers with an air pollution control project that is done safely and meets or exceeds the customer’s clean air goals and objectives.

In cooperation with leading key players, Sika is working on the development of concrete admixtures implementing the LC3 technology that lowers CO2 emissions, developed by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne.

The company will supply the Maulini group with its clinker-free low-carbon cement based on its H-UKR technology to enable it to undertake major construction work in Switzerland including the Chêne-Blanc project, a 6-villa real-estate set in Onex, just outside Geneva.

The company has inaugurated three new expansion plants for ready-mix concrete located in Sonsonate, La Paz and Apopa. Holcim also inaugurated an aggregates plant, located in the Tepeagua canton of the La Libertad municipality.

Lafarge Canada has released new Environmental Product Declarations for its ECOPact concrete.

Riccardo Stoppa, GCP Applied Technologies, details how reducing CO2 is a critical endeavor for cement plants.