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07.09.2022 13:33Holcim closes Brazil divestment
Holcim has closed the sale of its business in Brazil to CSN (Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional) for an enterprise value of USD 1.025 billion.
Region: Brazil
MP Birla Group firm Birla Corporation plans to increase its cement production capacity by 50 per cent to 30 million tonnes per annum by 2030, the company said in its latest annual report
Region: India
HeidelbergCement is further expanding its portfolio of large-scale CCUS projects with a new initiative in the United States. The project at the Mitchell, Indiana, cement plant of HeidelbergCement’s US subsidiary Lehigh Hanson, Inc. aims to capture 95% of the CO2 emissions from the newly renovated production facility and store them in a local onshore reservoir in the Illinois Basin.
Region: USA
31.08.2022 16:49Lehigh Hanson Receives U.S. Doe Funding for Feed Study of Carbon Capture Project at Its New Lehigh Cement Plant in Mitchell, Indiana
Lehigh Hanson, Inc. is pleased to announce it has received approximately $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.
Region: USA
30.08.2022 16:58ECOCEM launches superfine – low carbon, super-high grade GGBS for specialist applications
Ecocem, Europe’s leading provider of low carbon solutions for the cement and construction industries, today announces the launch of Superfine low-carbon, super high grade GGBS for specialist applications onto the European market.
Region: Ireland
29.08.2022 17:08Mira SA plans to build a cement clinker factory in Cameroon
Cement manufacturer Mira SA will soon launch the construction of an industrial complex in the North region of Cameroon. Reliable sources revealed that the CFA120 billion infrastructure will integrate a clinker production unit with an annual capacity of 700,000 tons.
Region: Africa
26.08.2022 16:55CEMEX announces production expansion plan in Jamaica
CEMEX announced the plan to expand the production capacity at its subsidiary in Jamaica, Caribbean Cement Company Limited (“CCCL”). This expansion aims for an up to 30% increase CCCL’s cement capacity in Jamaica, through an investment of approximately US$40 million for the first phase of the project.