Carbon reduction

Construction of the Cavalli Tower in Dubai Marina involves the utilization of lower-carbon Vertua concrete

Fast-growing ECOPact and ECOPlanet brands meeting sustainability needs and driving profitable growth

Peak Cluster to provide £180 million per year economic boost from latter part of this decade

Prestigious award for development of innovative sustainable solution for railway signal bases

Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP returns to hear more about company’s roadmap to net zero by 2050

Company gains PAS 2080 verification for management of whole-life carbon in buildings and infrastructure

Major step towards full-scale carbon capture, utilization and storage in Eastern Europe

Cemex chief executive Fernando A. González succeeds Jan Jenisch as president of the GCCA 

Cemex providing more than 20,000yd3 of lower-carbon concrete for world’s largest medical complex

Heidelberg Materials receive certification to new carbon-management standard in the UK 

Innovative steel and cement industry collaboration scales up zero-emission cement trials

Clusters to explore depleted gas field carbon storage solution for major cement and lime plants

Disclosure customized by location to support sustainable construction in all markets worldwide

New Hub aims to accelerate and scale up low-carbon, circular and energy-efficient building

Cemex to supply sustainable lower-carbon concrete for port megaproject in Abu Dhabi

Coomtech Clean Technologies have appointed Barry Mellor as vice-president sales/commercial

Decarbonization research project aims to maximize SCMs in cement composition via digitalization

Companies make further progress towards world’s first fully solar-powered cement plant

Company partners with Heathrow Airport and Ecocem to trial lower-carbon concrete solutions

New plant- and product-specific EPDs for ready-mixed concrete solutions across the capital

Company planning to roll out additional carbon mitigation projects with innovative carbon tech firm

Multi-million-pound bag filter installation set to improve performance and reduce emissions

New tracker to help monitor worldwide decarbonization efforts in the cement industry  

Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects in Belgium, France and Croatia selected 

Heidelberg Materials’ GeZero project aims to capture and store 700,000 tonnes of carbon emissions annually 

Pioneering project in France aims to produce low-carbon cement from demolished concrete

Company empowering disruptive start-ups at forefront of innovative and sustainable building solutions 

Company represents cement and concrete sector at latest high-level government meeting

Companies join forces to develop new range of innovative low-carbon concrete products 

European Union awards Cemex €4.4 million grant for innovative waste-to-fuel technology

Aggregate Industries go the green mile with state-of-the art Renault Trucks E-Tech D Wide  

UK’s first all-electric truckmixer shortlisted in Innovation category at Motor Transport Awards

Company celebrates 150th anniversary with ceremony in Heidelberg under the motto ‘150 years of progress’ 

New CarbonCAP products offer from 30 to 60% reduction in overall embodied carbon

Bulk tanker fuelled by hydrotreated vegetable oil deployed as part of Lafarge Cement business

State-of-the-art plant boosts local production levels and significantly reduces CO2 emissions

UN Secretary General António Guterres backs cement and concrete leaders in call for action 

‘Improving Profitability in a Time of Multiple Global Crises’ will be the theme of this year’s annual conference

Capital Concrete supply largest-ever continuous pour of cement-free Earth Friendly Concrete

Production of calcined clay at Bussac-Forêt to allow launch of new range of low-carbon cements

BAM, Environment Agency and Tarmac trial ultra-low-carbon mixes on Hexham Flood Alleviation Scheme

Company says sizeable development will support county’s progress towards Net Zero

Company introduces range of green cement that delivers more than a 30% reduction in carbon

Acquisition of largest fly ash recycling company in the US and continued portfolio optimization 

Company named as an official Business Champion of the Construction Leadership Council

Companies conduct decarbonization study to cut cement industry emissions by at least 18%

Companies to build world’s first large-scale carbon capture facility in a cement plant

Aggregate Industries’ ECOPact Prime AS scoops Product Innovation of the Year at edie Awards

Government commits to invest in construction of first net-zero CCUS facility in the cement industry

Vertua portfolio restructured to allow for easier identification of the most sustainable options

Mannok and FLSmidth deliver significant step forward in the decarbonization of cement production

Company introduces innovative lower-carbon sprayed concrete for tunnelling projects

Government’s Phase-2 cluster sequencing programme marks another step forward for Padeswood CCS project

Company commits to individual scope 1 and 2 targets as well as a scope 3 target for 2030

ETFuels to transform CO2 from Alicante cement plant into green fuels for use in the shipping industryCEMEX have signed an agreement with green fuels producer ETFuels, to transform CO2 from CEMEX’s Alicante cement plant in Spain into green fuels.

Company also expects to exceed its 2030 European CO2 emissions reduction aspiration

Company supplying 360,000 cubic metres of CO2 mineralized concrete for Tuas Port

Heirloom and Leilac partner to bring lime-based direct air capture technology to market

CEMEX, Sandia Labs, and Synhelion to scale solar energy technology to produce cement

Company to deliver up to 500,000 tonnes of low-carbon calcined clay cement per year

Investment in new concrete roof tile manufacturing facility in Kent and new electric kilns at Broomfleet

Almost one-third of company’s sites now using low-carbon concrete in precast products

Innovation Fund provides €190 million to Heidelberg Materials and PetroCeltic for pioneering project

Holcim granted €328 million from EU Innovation Fund for CCUS projects in Germany and Poland

Mineral Products Association welcomes independent Review’s support for industrial decarbonization

CEMEX launch next-generation admixture solutions that reduce carbon footprint by up to 70%

Mineral Products Association chief executive says support package provides only partial, short-term fix

Company to build one-of-a-kind hybrid carbon capture unit at Belgian Antoing cement plant

Acquisition of low-carbon calcium carbonate leader in northern Italy advances company’s green formulation