Romania: Holcim is preparing to invest more than €3.5m at its Valea Pravăț plant in Argeș county, as part of a project that aims to incorporate construction and demolition waste into the cement manufacturing process. The investment will go towards an installation designed to store, dose and transport crushed concrete from demolition works. On 3 September 2026, the Argeș County Environmental Directorate published Holcim Romania’s application for an environmental permit for the project, entitled ‘CDM Injection into the Clinker Cooler.’
The planned system will have a processing capacity of approximately 10t/hr and will include a metal storage hopper, a belt feeder, chain and belt conveyors, an electromagnetic separator to remove ferrous materials, dust removal filters and gravity-sealing flaps that connect the new system to the existing grate cooler. The investment is expected to be carried out between September 2026 and April 2027 and is part of the plant’s ongoing modernisation and efficiency improvements.