Cement News tagged under: Research & Development
Cemex and Ecocem partner on lower-carbon R&D18 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsCemex and Ecocem have agreed to work together in a new partnership to explore opportunities to use lower-carbon cementitious material in concrete production, according to a statement by the two companies. Initially, the partnership will trial lower carbon solutions in ten of Cemex’s French readymix production plants, with the ambition to extend in France and potentially the wider region as part of a portfolio of initiatives in the sector. Developing innovative partnerships with key ind... |
HeidelbergCement to move Italcementi's research centre to Germany30 November 2020, Published under Cement NewsHeidelbergCement, parent company of Italcementi, is planning to move the Bergamo research centre to Germany, according to reports in Italia Oggi. The step is part of the company’s strategy to further optimise the effectiveness, processes and structures of its activities, which includes the centralisation of its research functions in a single location. The timing of the move, which is expected to affect the 32 employees of the centre, has not yet been disclosed. |
Cemex and Carbon Upcycling to increase industrial waste use04 November 2020, Published under Cement NewsCemex SAB de CV has signed an agreement with Carbon Upcycling Technologies to improve processing of residue or byproducts from industrial processes and to capture CO 2 to produce nanomaterials and low-CO 2 concretes. Cemex Ventures will work with Carbon Upcycling Technologies to increase the 3Mta of industrial residue that Cemex uses for cement and concrete additions, and therefore reduce the volumes being sent to landfill. The initiative will increase the reactivity of industria... |
University of Seville and FLACEMA sign power cost research collaboration30 June 2020, Published under Cement NewsThe University of Seville and the Andalusian Labour Foundation for Cement and Environment (FLACEMA), Spain, have signed a scientific collaboration agreement to launch an industrial research project into a tool to optimise the electricity cost of cement plants using artificial intelligence (AI). Power accounts for around 18 per cent of total production costs in Spanish cement plants, significantly eroding their competitiveness on the global market. The research, which has seen significant... |
Graphene may have commercial use as concrete additive14 September 2018, Published under Cement NewsZenyatta Centures Ltd's research with the University of Toronto into cement strength when using small quantities of graphene from Albany Graphite has led to some startling results. Using just 0.02 per cent of the graphene product when combined with cement saw compressive strength of cured cement paste increase by 39 per cent, reports Junior Mining Network. Professor Deman Panesar, University of Toronto Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, said, "This encouraging preliminary result ... |
University study in Niger locates new raw material deposits17 November 2017, Published under Cement NewsThe Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU , Lapai, has completed mapping and characterisation of industrial mineral deposits in Nasarawa, Kwara and Niger states. Prof Muhammad Maiturare, vice chancellor at IBBU said the university was commissioned to undertaken the project by the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC). "The results showed that cosmetic, jewellery, cement, battery, paint, ceramics, pharmaceutical and building materials industries could be developed ... |
Oman Cement and Sultan Qaboos University sign research pact26 July 2017, Published under Cement NewsOman Cement Company and Sultan Qaboos University signed a Research Cooperation Programme agreement on 19 July to pursure a mutual interest in the fields of research and training. The agreement was signed by Dr Rahma Ibrahim Al-Mahrooqi, Deputy Vice Chancellor for Postgraduate Studies & Research, Sultan Qaboos University, and Salem Abdullah Al-Hajry, Acting CEO, Oman Cement Co. Under the programme, both parties agreed to explore opportunities to potentially collaborate in the areas of ... |
HeidelbergCement and RWTH Aachen to research 'CO2MIN'30 June 2017, Published under Cement NewsHeidelbergCement and Aachen University are setting up a three-year project to investigate absorbing CO 2 from flue gas using olivine and basalt. Funded by EUR3m from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), and surpported by supported by the Potsdam Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) and the Dutch start-up Green Minerals, the CO2MIN project aims to turn carbonised minerals into a value-added product. Olivine and basalt are able to bind CO 2 over t... |
LafargeHolcim opens Construction Development Lab in Morocco31 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsLafargeHolcim has opened a new Construction Development Lab (CDL) in the Moroccan city of Casablanca. The laboratory, the firm’s eighth, joins those in Algeria, Argentina, China, France, India, Malaysia and Mexico and will specialise in developing construction solutions adapted to the particular needs of the local and wider African markets. The CDL will employ 50 engineers, architects and technicians and will also work to develop partnerships with star-tups and higher education institu... |
USA: scientists develop programmable cement08 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsScientists at Rice University, Texas, USA, have decoded the kinetic properties of cement and developed a way to "program" the microscopic, semi-crystalline particles within. The process turns particles from disordered clumps to organised cubes, spheres and other forms, making the material stronger, less porous and more durable. The Rice lab created cubes and rectangles by adding small amounts of positive or negative ionic surfactants and calcium silicate to C-S-H and exposing the mix t... |