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Siam Cement Group has invested in Rondo Energy, joining decarbonisation investment leaders Energy Impact Partners and Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures.
The Clean Energy Ministerial CCUS (CEM CCUS) and the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) have today, at the first-ever Global Clean Energy Action Forum (GCEAF), announced an agreement that will help scale up the deployment of CCUS throughout the cement and concrete industry.
Holcim has completed the acquisition of Cantillana, a specialty building solutions market leader in Belgium with 2022 estimated net sales of EUR80 million.
The GCCA, PCA, and FICEM have, at a New York Climate Week event, showcased the cement and concrete sector’s decarbonisation progress that has been made since the launch of the industry Net Zero Roadmap, in October 2021.
CEMEX announced today that it is reaffirming its commitment to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly those focused on climate action; sustainable cities and communities; responsible consumption and production; and industry, innovation, and infrastructure.
Holcim has closed the sale of its business in Brazil to CSN (Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional) for an enterprise value of US$1.025 billion.
Terra CO2 Technology, the scalable low carbon alternative for cement production, announced today the preliminary results of their OPUS supplementary cementitious material used in the Minnesota Road Research Facility (MnROAD) on Interstate 94.
HeidelbergCement is further expanding its portfolio of large-scale CCUS projects with a new initiative in the United States.
Lehigh Hanson, Inc. is pleased to announce it has received approximately US$3.7 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) to conduct a front-end engineering design (FEED) study retrofitting Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc. (MHIA’s) carbon capture technology at its new state-of-the-art cement plant in Mitchell, Indiana.
CEMEX announced today that, through certain subsidiaries, it has successfully closed the previously informed sale of its operations in Costa Rica and El Salvador to Cementos Progreso Holdings, S.L., through its subsidiaries, for an approximate amount of US$329 million, as per the terms of the transactional documents.
The fourth annual Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) “Concrete in Life” photography competition has launched, with professional and amateur photographers from around the world set to capture the beauty of concrete and showcase the role of concrete in a sustainable world.
Argos, Grupo Argos' cement company, is renewing its fleet of trucks in the United States by purchasing 200 mixer trucks with state-of-the-art technology.