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France: Vicat and Materrup plan to build their first reduced-CO₂ MCC1 raw clay cement plant at Carbonne in Occitanie. The plant will have a capacity of 60,000t/yr. Vicat and Materrup plan for their joint venture to subsequently build three further units across France.

Vicat's chair and chief executive officer Guy Sidos said "This new structure will enable Vicat to provide complementary very low-carbon solutions and meet the different needs of players in the construction sector. Development prospects are promising."

France: Vicat and Materrup have formed a joint venture to industrialise production and accelerate marketing of Materrup's Clay Cement 1 (MCC1) raw clay cement. The Le Moniteur newspaper has reported that the technology is based on a precursor and activator mixture which removes the need for calcination of the clay. Materrup said that this halves MCC1 cement's CO₂ emissions compared with ordinary Portland cement (OPC).

The partners say that clay has better long-term feasibility than other alternative raw materials for cement production, because global reserves are currently 2Tnt.