Overview of the Cimpor Souselas plant.

Global Cement speaks to Susana Coimbra, Plant Manager at Cimpor’s Souselas plant in Portugal, about the plant’s history, its production process and its many exciting sustainability-focused projects as it enters its 51st year.

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Concrete produced using alternative raw materials can be deployed in all the same ways as conventional ordinary Portland cement (OPC)-based concrete. Photo credit: Abdul Zreika via Unsplash and ALCCC.

The Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS) and other founding members launched the Alliance for Low-Carbon Cement and Concrete (ALCCC) in May 2023. Since then, its membership has more than doubled to 28 companies and associations within the European cement and concrete space.

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