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Imperial College London awarded GBP1m CCUS additive funding

20 July 2023, Published under Cement News

Imperial College London (ICL) researchers have been awarded GBP1m funding to develop a carbon negative cement additive. The funding comes from the Carbon Capture, Usage & Storage (CCUS) Innovation 2.0 competition, part of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s (DESNZ) GBP1bn (US$1.28bn/EUR1.23bn) Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP).   Imperial researchers are transforming magnesium silicate minerals such as olivine, which are naturally abundant, into a supplementary cementitio...

Captured CO2 to be recycled into Adidas trainers

19 July 2023, Published under Cement News

Oco, a subsidiary of carbon capture utilisation and storage specialist Carbon Upcycling, has formed a major partnership with Adidas. The sports shoe manufacturer will use an ink-based product embedded with captured CO 2 in a new range of trainers. Carbon Upcycling is using its patented technology to capture CO 2 at heavy industrial sites such as the cement sector, but its Oco company will engage with public demand for products that use the potential captured carbon. Oco takes the solid po...

C-Crete Technologies completes debut pour of cement-free concrete

18 July 2023, Published under Cement News

US-based C-Crete Technologies has announced the inaugural pour of its breakthrough cement-free, ready-mix concrete in Seattle. According to the company, the concrete is essentially CO 2 -free and actually absorbs CO 2 from the air over time, with each tonne of C-Crete binder that replaces Portland cement preventing approximately 1t of CO 2 emissions. Around 60t of the new cement-free concrete have been used in the foundations of a project in Seattle to redevelop a 120-year old building.  ...

Brimstone carbon-negative cement meets ASTM standard

18 July 2023, Published under Cement News

US-based climate technology company Brimstone has gained third-party certification of its carbon-negative cement, which the company says marks the first carbon-neutral or carbon-negative cement to meet one of the most commonly-used standards in the construction industry - ASTM C150.  Instead of baking limestone, Brimstone has developed an alternative method for producing cement, starting with carbon-free silicate rock. Chemically extracting calcium oxide from silicate does not release C...

Argos to allocate US$130m for investments to combat climate change

18 July 2023, Published under Cement News

Between 2022 and 2030 Argos has committed to allocate about US$130m in long-term assets (capex) for structuring and implementing initiatives associated with climate change mitigation and adaptation. The focus of these projects will be on the use of lower carbon footprint raw materials, fuel optimisation, the use of alternative fuels (such as urban solid and other industries waste) and energy efficiency. “Concrete is not only the most used building material, but the second most used m...

GeZero CCUS project selected for EU Innovation funding

17 July 2023, Published under Cement News

The EU Innovation Fund, one of the world’s largest funding programmes for innovative low-carbon technologies, has selected Heidelberg Materials ’ pioneering GeZero Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project for Grant Agreement Preparation.     As part of the project, a completely new concept and operational design will be implemented in the company's German cement plant in Geseke . GeZero’s unique approach will model a solution for inland sites that are not in close proximity to the co...

Ecocem to collaborate with Point.P on low-carbon building solutions

17 July 2023, Published under Cement News

POINT.P, part of Saint-Gobain Building Distribution France, and Ecocem have reinforced their long history of commercial collaboration with a partnership announcement to develop and market low-carbon solutions for binders, concretes and mortars.    This partnership will support POINT.P’s ambition to meet its target of reducing cement-related carbon emissions (ready-mix concrete, concrete blocks and prefabricated elements) by 35 per cent by 2030. For Ecocem, it will be an opportunity t...

IFESTOS CCUS project to receive EU commission grant

14 July 2023, Published under Cement News

The EU Commission has selected IFESTOS for grant agreement preparation for the third call for large-scale projects under the EU Innovation Fund. IFESTOS is TITAN Group’s groundbreaking Carbon Capture project in Greece. Marcel Cobuz, chairman of the Group Executive Committee of TITAN Group, stated: "We are truly excited that the Commission has chosen to support our large-scale, highly innovative project. IFESTOS is a cornerstone of our accelerated decarbonisation roadmap to net-zero. In ...

Brimstone cement certified as ASTM C150

14 July 2023, Published under Cement News

Brimstone, the US-based industrial decarbonisation start-up, has received third-party certification that its cement meets or exceeds ASTM C150 standards for ordinary Portland cement (OPC), becoming the first ultra-low carbon, carbon-neutral or carbon-negative cement to meet this critical and universally-accepted industry requirement. "At Brimstone, we believe decarbonising cement relies on three essential principles: producing the exact same trusted material, at much lower carbon, an...

Ultra High Materials shortlisted for GCCA's 2nd Innovandi Open Challenge

14 July 2023, Published under Cement News

Ultra High Materials of Reston, VA and Washington, USA, is one of 15 start-ups, shortlisted by the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), from a global list of applications, for its pioneering Innovandi Open Challenge scheme, to work on developing low-carbon concrete for the world.  The GCCA’s Innovandi Open Challenge brings together start-ups and the industry’s leading manufacturers to work together on innovative ways to cut emissions and accelerate progress. During the Spring, a...