European Cement Producers Shift to Alternative Fuels and Use Slag in Construction

 Alternative fuel in cement kilns In September 2025, one of Europe’s leading cement plants announced the completion of a €2.5 million burner system upgrade project, carried out in cooperation with FLSmidth. The modernized kilns are now capable of efficiently operating on Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) — a recovered solid fuel derived from industrial and municipal waste. […]

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The European Cement Market: How CBAM and Technology Are Transforming the Industry – Heidelberg Launches Net-Zero Cement, While Poland Invests in CCS

Revival of Decarbonisation Innovations: Heidelberg Materials Introduces Net-Zero Cement in Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina Heidelberg Materials has announced the introduction of its revolutionary cement evoZero® to the South-Eastern European market — the world’s first cement with a zero-carbon footprint. Production has already started at the Brevik plant in Norway, which actively captures and stores

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Import of Cement in the European Union: Trends for 2024–2025 and the Vision of EASTGAS S.R.L. on the Development of Domestic Production

In recent years, the cement market in the European Union has shown stable growth in imports. According to GTAIC estimates, in 2024, the volume of cement imports across 30 European countries amounted to 15.38 million tons, equivalent to USD 1.7 billion. The main importing countries are Hungary (5.21% of total imports), Italy (4.51%), Poland (2.73%),

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Pig Iron from Slag and Mill Scale Briquettes — Alternatives for European Metallurgy Amid Crisis and CBAM

EASTGAS S.R.L. is actively expanding its range of products for the metallurgical industry, offering two key solutions: pig iron product from blast furnace slag and briquettes made from mill scale. Our pig iron product is manufactured by crushing, cleaning, and screening blast furnace slag. The particle size ranges from 10 to 800 mm, with a high

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Pig Iron Market in Europe: Overcoming Unhealthy Dependence, CBAM Challenges, and Alternative Solutions from Eastgas SRL

EU and the Pig Iron Market: A Decade of Dependence Coming to an End The European Union has long been critically dependent on pig iron imports, primarily from Russia. This dependence became particularly evident in the last decade: Russian pig iron consistently accounted for over 60% of the EU’s external supply. Italy was the largest

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EASTGAS S.R.L. participated in the 17th Global Slag Conference 2025

EASTGAS S.R.L. is proud to announce its participation in the 17th Global Slag Conference, held on 25–26 June 2025 in Vienna. The event gathered 140 delegates from 36 countries and served as a key platform for discussing the future of metallurgical slags in the construction industry. The focus of the conference was on effective solutions

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The use of Fly ash actively contributes to a sustainable future for the cement industry

As part of its commitment to the principles of the circular economy, EASTGAS S.R.L. continues its active efforts to supply cement plants with high-quality products for the production of low-carbon cement. We supply high-quality blast furnace slags — Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GBFS) and Air-Cooled Slag (ACS) — as well as Class F Fly ash,

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European funding for low-emission cement development using blast furnace slag

Ecocem, a European leader in low-carbon cement technologies, recently received €4 million in funding from the European Union through the EIC Pathfinder Challenges 2024 program. The goal of the project is to develop an innovative technology that utilizes slag from electric arc furnaces, transforming it into a high-performance supplementary cementitious material. This initiative is part

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