This episode of the World Cement Podcast is a little different from the usual as it’s the first of a two-parter where we take a look back at the closing CCUS panel discussion from this year’s EnviroTech conference.

With EnviroTech 2026 taking place in London, this year’s CCUS panel discussion placed a special focus on projects taking place in the UK, like Hynet and Peak Cluster.

To give our audience insight into these projects, Senior Editor, David Bizley, put questions to a panel of experts: Rachel Sutton, Interim CEO of Peak Cluster, Tolga Timirci, Head of Global CCUS Projects at Heidelberg Materials, and Tom Redfern, Head of Sustainability at Holcim UK.

This first episode includes an introduction to the Peak Cluster project and a discussion the surrounding the challenges and opportunities facing CCUS in the UK.

Stay tuned for part two where we take questions from the EnviroTech and World Pipelines CCS Forum audiences.

In this episode of the World Cement Podcast, Senior Editor David Bizley is joined by Professor Leon Black of the University of Leeds to discuss the Safe, Sustainable, and Swift Reconstruction of Ukraine (S3RoU) project which is working to help rebuild the country as Russia’s illegal invasion stretches on past its four year anniversary.

Topics covered, include:

• The development of a novel concrete recycling technology
• The challenges of deployment.
• The potential for rolling out the process elsewhere.

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As the world’s second-largest producer of cement, India represents a significant and growing market that presents both challenges and opportunities. In this episode of the World Cement Podcast, David is joined by Dr S. B. Hegde, Professor of Civil Engineering from Jain College of Engineering to discuss the outlook for India’s cement industry over the coming year. Drawing on topics raised in Dr Hegde’s India-focused regional report published in the February issue of World Cement, areas covered include:

• Production growth & drivers of demand
• Rising utilisation rates
• The challenge of fuel price instability
• India’s decarbonisation efforts
• Highlights to expect over the coming years

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