Germany-based Heidelberg Materials /DE has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire SEFA Group Inc., the largest fly ash recycling company in USA. Based in Lexington, South Carolina, the operations of the SEFA Group include five business units, five utility partners, 20 locations and more than 500 employees. The group currently supplies quality fly ash to more than 800 concrete plants in 13 states.
2MOF Technologies, a Northern Ireland-based company whose technology efficiently captures CO2 directly from industrial sources, is rebranding to Nuada. The new name is an ode to the company’s Celtic origins and is inspired by the ancient mythical king, Nuada, whose name means “to capture”.
Dr Rainer Gaebel, Managing Director at Refratechnik Holding/DE, gave us the opportunity to find out more about Refratechnik’s corporate philosophy (with its around 2000 employees at 27 sites), that is to live sustainability.
Together with Horn & Co. Group/DE, RHI Magnesita/AT launched in autumn 2022 MIRECO – a leading secondary refractory raw materials platform in Europe. The new team has also launched a new recycling centre in Austria. At the heart of MIRECO is the concept CERO (Continuous Economic Recycling Optimization) Waste, a customised concept that uses circular economy to enable the use of high-quality recycled raw materials and prevent expensive and environmentally harmful landfill as far as possible.
Dr Christoph Riemer has assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Zschimmer & Schwarz Group as of 1 January 2023.
Since fall 2021, the European alumina industry has been facing significant and continuous increases in its production costs. Natural gas and electricity triplicating prices led to a first cost pass-through. The invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation and the sanctions imposed to Russia has pushed further the energy prices amid a tightening of gas supply.
In the meantime, other raw materials have increased significantly, and inflation have reached high rates in all countries since decades. Those factors led to another cost past-through during spring. In the past weeks, the situation has worsened.
WEERULIN GmbH, COFERMIN Chemicals GmbH & Co. KG and MAYERTON Refractories join DFFI (Deutsche Feuerfest-Industrie e. V.) – German Refractories Association.
Shinagawa Refractories/JP, a leading global supplier of refractory solutions, announced that it has entered into a Know-How License Agreement for certain refractory products and services with Dalmia Bharat Refractories/IN, one of the most prestigious and well-respected refractory producers in India.
Primetals Technologies/GB and RHI Magnesita/AT have signed in November 2022 a cooperation contract to jointly develop a new technology for melting low grade Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) for green steelmaking.
The German refractory industry is a world leader in product quality and in the application areas of high-temperature processes. The processing of refractory materials is of particular importance. That is why the German refractory industry is supporting the establishment of a professorship Refractory Engineering“ as an industrial partner. Dr Amin El Gammal has been appointed on the tandem professorship.