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UK: Titan Group will build and operate a processing and beneficiating facility for ponded fly ash at the former Fiddler’s Ferry power station in Warrington, following a long-term agreement with site owner Peel NRE. The plant will process 300,000t/yr of wet fly ash from 2027, with scope to double the capacity at a later date. Titan will use the material in low-carbon cement, while Peel NRE will receive help to advance restoration of the site. The ash will reportedly meet BS EN 450 quality standards.

Peel NRE director Kieran Tames said “We are very pleased to have reached this agreement with Titan, which follows years of hard work fully evaluating the potential to transform the waste ash material from the power station directly into a low-carbon construction product. This agreement has the potential to accelerate the recovery of waste ash from the lagoons, enabling their restoration and enhancement as envisaged by the development framework that was approved by the local authority last year. Through our partnership, existing customers will continue to source ash from the site, ensuring continuity of supply for their applications.”

US: Fortera has appointed Sandy Clancy as Chief Projects Officer and John Dotson as General Counsel.

Clancy previously worked as General Manager of Project Delivery at JERA Americas. He has also held roles in the US, Canada and Singapore with Ormat Technologies, Wood, PTTEP, Coogee Chemicals, Canadian Natural Resources and Husky Energy.

Dotson holds over 25 years of corporate legal experience. He recently worked as Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary at HDT Global, and previously held roles at Chevron and Raytheon.

US-based Fortera is a low-carbon cement manufacturer with a plant in Redding, California. Its ReCarb technology turns industrial CO₂ into cement.

Malaysia: Cementir Group subsidiary Aalborg Portland Malaysia has launched CEM II/A-LL 52.5N with 12% lower CO₂ emissions compared to Aalborg White CEM I 52.5N. The product, part of the D-Carb family, maintains high and consistent early-age performance and is aimed at supporting industrial decarbonisation. It will be distributed primarily in Australia, with further availability across Asia.

Aalborg Portland APAC managing director Fabrizio Piero Carraro said “The demand for low carbon white cement is rapidly increasing across APAC markets, particularly in more mature markets like Australia. This growth is being driven by clear policy direction, defined industrial decarbonisation targets and rising environmental awareness among industry players. As a result, we are seeing a strong shift toward white cement solutions that offer both reduced carbon emissions and high performance.”

UK: Material Evolution has secured a venture debt facility from HSBC Innovation Banking UK to support the development and scaling of its ‘ultra-low CO₂’ cement technology.

The producer uses alkali fusion and AI-powered design to manufacture its MevoCem product, which the company says reduces CO₂ emissions by up to 85% compared to ordinary Portland cement. The venture debt facility will reportedly be used to help ‘grow the company’s commercial traction’, according to a press release.

Canada/Greece: Titan Group and Carbon Upcycling Technologies have entered into a memorandum of agreement to explore the commercial deployment of Carbon Upcycling’s technology for producing local, low-carbon building materials. Carbon Upcycling will conduct feasibility studies at two Titan cement plants, with the aim of producing supplementary cementitious materials using captured CO₂ and local materials.

Carbon Upcycling’s demonstration plant is currently operating in western Canada, and the company is now developing its flagship commercial-scale project in eastern Canada.

Greece: Holcim has broken ground at the Olympus project at its Milaki plant, which will produce 2Mt/yr of ‘near-zero-CO₂’ cement from 2029. The producer will invest €400m in the development, and it has secured €125m from the EU Innovation Fund. The plant will combine OxyCalciner and Cryocap FG technologies for carbon capture. Holcim said the project would create over 1000 jobs for the local area.

Holcim CEO Miljan Gutovic said “The Olympus project in Greece is one of our seven large-scale, EU-supported carbon capture, utilisation and storage projects that are setting the Clean Industrial Deal in motion. Together, these will enable Holcim to offer over 8Mt/yr of near-zero cement across Europe by 2030.”

UAE: Emsteel has signed a strategic partnership with Finnish company Magsort to produce decarbonised cement using steel slag. The agreement follows an industrial-scale pilot at its Al Ain plant that used 10,000t of steel slag to produce low-carbon cement. To meet growing local demand, Emsteel will build an integrated line at the Al Ain facility to process steel residue from its Abu Dhabi steel plant.

US: Fortera has achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification for its ReCarb Plant in Redding, California, which produces 15,000t/yr of ReAct low-carbon cement. The international certification establishes protocols for quality management systems and ensures delivery of products and services that meet regulatory requirements. Fortera said that the certification process involved months of internal audits, documentation of operating procedures and responding to third party feedback.

France: Ecocem will invest €170m to build four new production lines for its ACT low-carbon cement technology in Fos-sur-Mer and Dunkirk. This follows a €50m investment at Ecocem’s Dunkirk facility to deliver its first production line. The additional manufacturing capacity will come online between 2028 and 2030. At full capacity, ACT production in France will reach 1.9Mt/yr, reducing CO₂ emissions by 800,000t/yr and creating 60 jobs. The French government has reportedly committed to working closely with Ecocem to identify operational and financial solutions to accelerate and deliver the expansion.

UAE: Manufacturing conglomerate Exeed Industries has signed a memorandum of understanding with sustainable building materials producer Partanna Oasis to explore local production of carbon-negative cement alternatives in the UAE. Both parties will plan to establish a brine conversion facility, a tolling facility and a cement plant to commercialise Partanna’s products in the UAE. The two companies will collaborate on certification, performance testing and regulatory alignment.