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Climate change: The massive CO2 emitter you may not …

Cement is the source of about 8% of the world's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, according to think tank Chatham House. If the cement industry were a country, it would be the third largest emitter ...

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Producers Shift to Make More Lower-Carbon Portland-Limestone Cement

In 2017 alone, Caltrans used 325,000 tons of cement to upgrade the state highway system. The agency says switching to low-carbon cement has the potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by ...

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Crumbling concrete: why the UK is so concerned about …

This article was amended on 7 September 2023 to remove a reference to reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete being known as "aircrete". Explore more on these topics Raac (reinforced autoclaved ...

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Cement industry news and events from World Cement with …

Holcim has entered a three-year global strategic partnership with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature in order to drive nature-positive …

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Explained: Cement vs. concrete

Though many use "cement" and "concrete" interchangeably, they actually refer to two different — but related — materials: Concrete is a composite made from several materials, one of which is cement. …

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Why Roman concrete outlasts its modern counterpart | CNN

03:55 - Source: CNN. Roman concrete, in many cases, has proven to be longer-lasting than its modern equivalent, which can deteriorate within decades. Now, scientists behind a new study say …

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MIT Researchers Develop New Additives For "Green" Concrete

Making concrete produces large quantities of carbon dioxide both as a chemical byproduct of cement production and in the energy required to fuel these reactions. Every year, about 8% of global ...

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New mix could double concrete's carbon uptake

New mix could double concrete's carbon uptake. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Concrete is not glamorous. It is the workhorse of building materials: versatile, durable, and almost universally ubiquitous, with 30 billion tons of concrete produced every year. Cement, a component of concrete, produces 8% of the world's carbon footprint.

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Cement news updates

Cement news updates The benefits of co-processing Monday 27 November 2023 10:30 Nikos Nikolakakos, CEMBUREAU, explains the concept of co-processing and …

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Cement industry news from Global Cement

India: UltraTech Cement has concluded an agreement to acquire Kesoram Cement from Kesoram Industries for US$912m. The Times of India newspaper has reported that the price includes an equity value of US$646m and debt of US$267m. As part of the deal, Kesoram Industries shareholders will gain single shares in UltraTech Cement for …

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This Carbon-Neutral Cement Is the Future of Infrastructure

Cement, a key ingredient in concrete, requires mined limestone.Now, researchers are replacing the limestone with microalgae. Adding in this biogenic limestone can make concrete carbon neutral, and ...

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Vulcan To Acquire U.S. Concrete

With 27 aggregates operations serving California, Texas and the Northeast, that shipped 12.6 million tons in 2020, the acquisition of U.S. Concrete's portfolio represents a natural addition to ...

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Concrete industry news from Global Concrete

21 November 2023. US: Ireland-based CRH has concluded a deal for the acquisition of Martin Marietta Materials' South Texas business. This includes 20 ready-mix concrete batching plants, alongside the Hunter cement plant and a network of cement terminals on the Gulf of Mexico. The value of the transaction is US$2.1bn.

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Global Cement and Concrete Association …

Forty of the world's leading cement and concrete manufacturers joined forces to accelerate the shift to greener concrete by pledging to cut CO 2 emissions by a further 25% by 2030, working ...

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Our path to net zero

News and Events . News and Events ; Concrete in Life 2023 – Competition Now Open ; News ; Events ; Thought Leadership ; Policies . ... Innovation is a key part of the cement and concrete industry's journey to net zero and is a key part of our 2050 Roadmap. Innovandi, the GCCA's innovation arm runs two key programmes to accelerate and …

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News – Concrete Products

November 27, 2023 Concrete News. Sources: SRM Concrete LLC, Murfreesboro, Tenn.; CP staff SRM Concrete has emerged as Texas' largest ready mixed producer after a deal for 82 plants and 11 volumetric mixer loading sites from Vulcan Materials Co., which inherited the bulk of the properties in its 2021 U.S. Concrete Inc. takeover.

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Cement Producers Are Developing a Plan to Reduce CO2 …

Cement is the most widely used man-made material in existence—it forms concrete when mixed with water, and is used in the construction of everything from buildings and bridges to roads and ...

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SRM acquires Vulcan Materials' Texas ready mixed, …

SRM Concrete has emerged as Texas' largest ready mixed producer after a deal for 82 plants and 11 volumetric mixer loading sites from Vulcan Materials Co., which inherited the bulk of the properties in its 2021 U.S. Concrete Inc. takeover. The transaction is the parties' second of the year, which opened with SRM relieving Vulcan of the USC ...

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CRH to Buy Texas Cement, Concrete Portfolio for $2.1 Bln

Photo: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg News. CRH said it will purchase a portfolio of cement and ready-mixed concrete assets in Texas from Martin Marietta Materials for $2.1 billion. The Irish building ...

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'Cement' vs. 'Concrete': Are They The Same? | Merriam-Webster

But cement is not concrete, so another trial was made, by forming blocks of the latter material 14 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 3 inches thick…. — The American Architect and Building News (Boston, MA), 7 Jun. 1884. Cement is a vital constituent of concrete, but concrete is not cement, Whyfor, then, do we hear "cement blocks ...

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Concrete news and latest updates

News tagged with concrete. Date. 6 hours 12 hours 1 day 3 days all. Rank. Last day 1 week 1 month all. ... Concrete is a construction material composed of cement (commonly Portland cement) as well ...

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Making concrete changes: why the cement and concrete …

An additional complication is that cement is a commodity market, meaning (a) margins are sufficiently low that any price increase from added greening methods could make a product uncompetitive, and (b) there's little ability for clean concrete to differentiate itself from traditional concrete on use cases.

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Newsroom

Portland Cement Association Announces 2023 Winners of Energy and Environment Awards August 09, 2023 PCA Works to Develop Voluntary Guidelines for Low Carbon Cement …

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This includes the 2.1Mt/yr Hunter cement plant, a network of cement terminals on the Gulf of Mexico and 20 ready-mix concrete batching plants. The value of the transaction is US$2.1bn. CRH chief executive officer Albert Manifold said "The acquisition of these high-quality assets further strengthens our market leading position in Texas and ...

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Concrete, a Centuries-Old Material, Gets a New Recipe

Alana Guzzetta, the head of U.S. Concrete's national research laboratory in San Jose, Calif. Jason Henry for The New York Times. Central, part of U.S. Concrete, a manufacturer based …

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New additives could turn concrete into an …

After water, concrete is the world's second most consumed material, and represents the cornerstone of modern infrastructure. During its manufacturing, however, large quantities of carbon dioxide are released, …

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Denver company strikes $3.2 billion deal making it largest …

A Denver-based supplier of concrete, aggregate and asphalt is buying an international company's North American cement business in a deal valued at $3.2 billion, putting it among the top four ...

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Researchers Develop Eco-Friendly, Carbon-Negative Concrete …

By Washington State University April 22, 2023. Washington State University researchers developed a carbon-negative concrete formula by infusing cement with biochar, reducing the industry's carbon emissions. This environmentally friendly concrete reaches strength comparable to regular cement while absorbing up to 23% of its weight …

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Cement Shortages, Concrete Inflation Threaten Biden's …

Concrete is the most ubiquitous human-made substance on earth, so it was inevitable the global inflationary spiral would come for this energy-intensive material too. Soaring cement costs and ...

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Move Over Steel, Carbon-Reinforced Concrete Is …

February 28, 2023. the world's first building made with carbon-reinforced concrete, in which the steel rebar is replaced with carbon fiber. it's worth reading further about the nature of the ...

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