• Heidelberg Materials commissioned new dry kiln line with modern pre-calciner system at Airvault cement plant in France, replacing two semi-dry clinker lines.
• New clinker line capacity set at 1,250,000 tonnes per year; modernisation project totals more than EUR 350 million, partly funded by French government.
• Upgrade targets nearly 90% of plant energy demand from alternative fuels; electricity use per tonne of cement expected to fall about 10%.
• Lower clinker factor expected to cut cement carbon footprint at site by almost 30% versus prior production; company also plans calcined clay use.
• AirvaultGOCO2 CCUS project planned for around 1,000,000 tonnes of CO2 captured per year; project secured EU Innovation Fund grant.

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