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Determining the influence of occupational cement dust exposure on white blood cells with differential inflammatory markers in workers of a cement plant.
CEMBUREAU reacts to Carbon Border Mechanism vote 08 February 2021
CEMBUREAU, the European Cement Association, has reacted to the adoption of the European Parliament’s Environment Committee report on Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms (CBAM).
“A CBAM is a useful tool to address the imports of products not subject to similar carbon constraints in the European Union and therewith mitigates the carbon leakage risk allowing the European cement industry to deliver low-carbon investments. The Environment Committee s report highlights some key points in this respect, notably that a CBAM should result in EU and non-EU suppliers competing on the same CO
2 costs basis; that the scope of CBAM should be wide to avoid market distortions, and that both direct and indirect emissions should be included” commented Koen Coppenholle, CEO of CEMBUREAU.
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Aniruddha Sharma, Carbon Clean, explains how carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) technology in the cement industry could be the key to achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
Cement is the main raw material used to create concrete, the most widely used man made material in the world. Tonne for tonne, its use is twice that of steel, wood, plastics and aluminium combined, and for good reason; it is durable, safe and strong. And yet, cement also accounts for around 8% of global CO
2 emissions. To put this into perspective, if cement were a nation, it would be the third-highest CO
Spanish cement industry targets 43% emissions drop by 2030 Written by Global Cement staff
24 December 2020
Spain: The Spanish cement association Oficemen has targeted a 43% emissions drop by 2030 across its entire value chain compared to 1990 levels. The objective has been published as part of the association’s sustainability roadmap to 2050. It is a tightening of the previous target of 27% by 2030. Oficemen intends to meet the tougher reduction by using the so-called 5C approach - clinker, cement, concrete, construction and built environment, and (re)carbonation – as detailed by Cembureau, the European Cement Association. Oficemen also revealed that it is working with the Spanish Technological Platform for CO