Cemex CEO González stresses regulator outreach for GCCA leadership term

Sources: Cemex S.A.B. de C.V., Monterrey, Mexico; CP staff Cemex Chief Executive Officer Fernando González has been elected to a two-year term as president of the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), London. “It is a great honor,” he notes, “particularly as we enter this ‘decade to deliver,’ a period during which we must accelerate our decarbonization efforts. My number…

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Titan Group eyes cement kiln potential in heat battery technology stake

Sources: Rondo Energy Inc., Oakland, Calif.; CP staff Titan Cement Company S.A., Athens, has joined a venture capital funding round for Rondo Energy, whose heat battery technology holds promise for decarbonizing cement production and power generation. The modular Rondo Heat Battery uses established methods to transform renewable electricity into heat at 98 percent efficiency, and has potential for high scalability…

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Votorantim Cimentos NA joins Silicon Valley innovation platform

Sources: Plug and Play, Sunnyvale, Calif.; CP staff The parent company of Prairie Material, Canada Building Materials and St. Marys Cement is partnering with the Plug and Play Sustainability Platform to tap technology incubating in Silicon Valley and around the world. The collaboration enables Toronto-based Votorantim Cimentos North America to identify startups driving developments in such areas as digitization; new…

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ECOncrete secures power transmission traversing Long Island Sound

Placement of 50 nature-inclusive ECOncrete Marine Mattresses, totaling 6,250 sq. ft., is providing large-scale armoring and protection for the Cross-Sound Cable, a 24-mile underwater electrical transmission line under contract by Eversource and the Long Island (N.Y.) Power Authority. Operated by PSEG Long Island, the cable allows electricity to be transmitted between Long Island and Connecticut.  The articulated concrete block mattresses…

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