Holcim Ltd

Cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete and building solutions

Holcim reported 2025 net sales of CHF 15.7 billion. Its 2025 report says 8 million tons of construction-demolition material were recycled, alternative raw materials represented 14% of cement production inputs, and the company is targeting more than 20 million tons of construction-demolition material by 2030. Public sources do not identify an open site-level feedstock lane or buyer contract.

CHF 15.7B 2025 net sales

8M t Construction-demolition material recycled in 2025

14% Alternative raw materials in cement production inputs

20M t 2030 construction-demolition target

• Limestone, clay, gypsum and other cement raw materials
• Construction-demolition material and recovered aggregates
• Fuels, water, electricity, admixtures and mineral additions

Outputs and residuals to resolve

• Cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete and building solutions
• Recovered construction materials and circular products
• Kiln dust, quarry fines, demolition rejects and process residuals require site-level review

First decision: Pick one circular construction hub or cement plant. Match recovered material chemistry, grading, contamination, transport and permit conditions to one product specification.

Holcim Ltd is the public operating group headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.

Product system

The group sells cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete and building solutions, including ECOPact, ECOPlanet and ECOCycle offerings.

Circularity evidence

Holcim reports recycling 8 million tons of construction-demolition materials in 2025 and identifies ECOCycle products as containing at least 10% such material.

Evidence boundary

The portfolio and aggregate volumes are public. A site-level receiving specification, yield and customer acceptance still need qualification.

Decision boundary

The public record supports one bounded next move: Pick one circular construction hub or cement plant. Match recovered material chemistry, grading, contamination, transport and permit conditions to one product specification. It does not establish a buyer, commercial approval or supply agreement.

This is a public screening map. It separates company-disclosed flows from open qualification work. It does not convert a destination into a buyer or an announced ambition into operating capacity.

Qualify one circular aggregate lane

The 8 million ton headline is not the same as a buyer-grade product.

Next evidence: Select source, hub, grading, contamination limit, code and end market.

Move alternative raw material into a blend decision

Chemistry and consistency determine whether a secondary mineral displaces primary input.

Next evidence: Compare oxide chemistry, moisture, grind, dosage and cement performance.

Map the city-to-hub logistics

Circular construction economics are local because demolition material is heavy and low-value to move.

Next evidence: Model source radius, sorting, preprocessing, transport and delivered cost.

• Annual Report 2025 Holcim, company report https://www.holcim.com/investors/publications/annual-report-2025
• Full year 2025 results Holcim, company release https://www.holcim.com/media/media-releases/full-year-2025-results
• Annual report PDF Holcim, 2025 integrated report https://www.holcim.com/sites/holcim/files/docs/27022026-finance-holcim-fy-2025-report-full-en.pdf
• Circular construction Holcim, official ECOCycle and construction-demolition material disclosure https://www.holcim.com/sustainability/circular-construction

Source hierarchy: filings and company disclosures first. The brief states what those sources support and leaves the unresolved plant, grade, permit, buyer and mass-balance questions explicit.

The next useful working session starts with: Pick one circular construction hub or cement plant. Match recovered material chemistry, grading, contamination, transport and permit conditions to one product specification.