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Carbon8 bags £5m funding

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3 years ago

July 20, 2022

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Carbon8 has secured a £5 million investment, led by EDF and Vicat, to accelerate the deployment of its carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) technology applied to industrial residues in heavy industry. At Vivatech (Paris), Carbon8 announced the closure of the funding round.

Vicat, the international cement group, EDF Group and its corporate venture capital arm, EDF Pulse Ventures, have co-invested £4 million in the company.
Carbon8 has developed and commercialised a technology to help hard-to-abate industrial sectors decarbonise, and shift these industries to a more circular operation by converting their residues into assets for commercial use. Carbon8’s CCUS solution can help industries like cement, energy from waste, steel and paper, achieve their net zero targets; these industries are currently responsible for over 20 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

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Cement industry to gain from new infrastructure spending

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2 weeks ago

July 24, 2025

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As per a news report, Karan Adani, ACC Chair, has said that he expects the cement industry to benefit from the an anticipated US$2.2tn in new public infrastructure spending between 2025 and 2030. In a statement he said that ACC has crossed the 100Mt/yr cement capacity milestone in April 2025, propelling the company to get closer to its ambitious 140Mt/yr target by the 2028 financial year. The company’s capacity corresponds to 15 per cent of an all-India installed capacity of 686Mt/yr.

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AI boom drives demand, says ACA

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2 weeks ago

July 24, 2025

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The American Cement Association projects a nearly 1Mt annual increase in US cement demand over the next three years, driven by the surge in AI data centres. Consumption by data centres is expected to grow from 247,000 tonnes in 2025 to 860,000 tonnes by 2027. With over 5,400 AI data centres currently operating and numbers forecast to exceed 6,000 by 2027, the association cautions that regulatory hurdles and labour shortages may impact the industry’s ability to meet demand.

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GoldCrest Cement to build plant in India

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2 weeks ago

July 23, 2025

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GoldCrest Cement will build a greenfield integrated plant with a 3.5Mt/yr clinker capacity and 4.5Mt/yr cement capacity. GoldCrest Cement appointed Humboldt Wedag India as engineering, procurement and construction contractor in March 2025 and targets completion by March 2027. It has signed a 40-year supply agreement with Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation for 150Mt of limestone from its upcoming Lakhpat Punrajpur mine in Gujarat.