Cement News tagged under: construction waste
Soil and wind-blown sand cement developed in China17 May 2019, Published under Cement NewsChinese researchers at Ximjiang Communications Construction Group Co Ltd claim to have developed a low-cost and environmentally-friendly cement with ingredients that include natural soil and wind-blown sand. The new 'green cement' also includes construction waste and steel slag and is said to halve both construction costs and time. The cement has been developed to be used in the construction of road infrastructure, railway lines, airports, forestry, agriculture, water conservancy, electric ... |
Cementos Argos18 December 2017, Published under Cement NewsCementos Argos, along with Cemex and Holcim, is facing fines in excess of US$66m for alleged price fixing. Colombia’s trade and industry regulator believes the three companies, which together represent 96 per cent of the country’s cement market, set prices between January 2010 and December 2012. During this period, cement prices rose by almost 30 per cent against inflation of just 9.3 per cent. “Argos, Cemex and Holcim did not offer an economically reasonable or truthful explanation that ... |
Cementos Argos sets up waste recycling company11 December 2017, Published under Cement NewsColombian cement producer Cementos Argos announced the creation of Granulados Reciclados de Colombia, a company that will recycle construction waste into aggregates, bases and subbases. The new firm will operate from Argos' Cota plant in Cundinamarca and will process up to 200tph of waste into wood, metal, plastic and stone as well as up to 1Mta of construction waste. |
CEMBUREAU welcomes EC progress towards circular economy12 February 2016, Published under Cement NewsOn 2 December 2015, the European Commission adopted its ambitious Circular Economy Package, which is expected to help Europe to become more resource efficient. The package has been welcomed by Europe’s cement producers’ association, CEMBUREAU, which sees the step as essential in recycling and reusing waste from various sectors as inputs or fuels in other industrial processes such as the manufacture of cement. At present the cement industry uses alternative fuels for 38.8 per cent of its f... |
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