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HeidelbergCement and agricultural cooperative Felleskjøpet AGRI, together with shipping company Egil Ulvan Rederi, have received support from Norwegian government enterprise Enova to build the world's first zero-emission bulk carrier. The vessel is scheduled for completion and commissioning in 2024.

The development and testing of the aggregate-binder compound, with a maximum grain size of 4 mm for the plant in Laupheim, was carried out under the leadership of the SCHWENK R&D team in Karlstadt in close cooperation with the company Röser IV GmbH and SCHWENK Bauberatung .

Lucky Cement Limited and Reon Energy today announced a 34 MW captive solar power project with a 5.589 MWh Reflex energy storage. The project set to be installed at Lucky Cement’s Pezu plant in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will hold not only Pakistan’s largest on-site captive solar plant but also the largest ever energy storage solution.

Votorantim Cimentos ended 2021 with net profit of R$1.6 billion, an increase of 244% compared to 2020, primarily due to better operating results—with growth in sales in all regions where the company operates—and gains related to the consolidation of acquisitions made in North America and Spain.

LafargeHolcim in the United States today unveiled its new identity as Holcim US, uniting legacy brands and strengthening the company’s purpose to build progress for people and the planet across the nation. 

Marking a big shift in helping to reduce CO2 emissions in construction across Western Canada, Lafarge announced today that their Richmond plant will manufacture only OneCem, the company’s lower carbon portland limestone cement for use in materials across BC and the Pacific Northwest.

The Board of Directors of Buzzi Unicem SpA met today to examine the preliminary figures for the financial year just ended.