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Spirit Energy, a Centrica business, has announced a major milestone in the development of the Morecambe Net Zero (MNZ) Peak Cluster project, the world’s largest cement decarbonisation project. The UK’s North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has advanced the project into the Assess Phase under carbon storage licence (CS010), a key step toward preparing a permit application for underground CO₂ storage.
Canada’s Carbon Upcycling has entered into an agreement with an investment company for up to 10m USD in asset-secured financing. The proceeds will support the company’s flagship project at the Ash Grove cement plant in Mississauga.
Holcim has completed two acquisitions of demolition materials recycling businesses and agreed to make a third, accelerating circular construction across Europe. The three companies have a combined annual permitted processing capacity of around 1.3 million tons.
Holcim has been selected for a European Union Innovation Fund grant for its carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Campulung, Romania, which will produce near-zero cement from 2032 and advance the EU’s Clean Industrial Deal.
This was conveyed by Taufiek Bawazier, Director General of Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, and Textile Industries at the Ministry of Industry, during a visit to the Solusi Bangun Indonesia (SBI) cement factory in Bogor, West Java.
KwaZulu-Natal’s sole cement producer has completed the upgrade to its kiln at its Simuma Plant in Port Shepstone.
