Reducing CO2 in US cements Premium
The US cement market is increasingly accepting lower-carbon cements such as Portland limestone and ternary blended cements. Cement producers such as CalPortland Cement are inclu...
Blended Cement
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Going Green in Dubai Premium
Green Cement Factory LLC (GCF), a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Shun Shing Group, commenced commercial operations of its greenfield slag grinding plant in March 2021. The new 1M...
Dyckerhoff CEDUR composite cement rebuilds Lörrach hospital
Dyckerhoff secured an order for the delivery of 68,000m³ of concrete to rebuild the central hospital in Lörrach, southwest Germany. The concrete is produced with Dyckerhoff Ceme...
INSEE Cement starts production of Portland composite cement
INSEE Cement (Lanka) Ltd has extended production of its Portland composite cement (PCC) to its Ruhunu cement plant , increasing production of the new SLS 1697 product to meet th...
India champions blended cements
India's production of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) continues to fall as the manufacture of blended cements, such as Portland pozzolana cement (PPC), Portland slag cement (PSC)...
Holcim transitions leading US plants to blended cement production
LafargeHolcim US (Holcim group) has announced that its cement plants in Ste Genevieve and Alpena, Michigan, have transitioned to OneCem ® Portland limestone cement (PLC) product...
Canada’s low-carbon transition Premium
While the coronavirus pandemic has impacted cement demand in Canada, the country’s cement industry continues to work towards a low-carbon cement sector. ICR speaks with Adam Aue...
Kesoram Industries plans geographical expansion
India’s Kesoram Industries (Birla Group) has announced that it will look to increase the geographical spread of its cement business across India. Currently, the company has 7.5M...
Lafarge Cement UK increase concrete longevity with Lafarge Endure SR
Lafarge Cement UK (part of Aggregate Industries and LafargeHocim group) has launched a new high-performance, low-carbon, blended cement called Lafarge Endure SR. The new CEM II ...
The blending menu Premium
Blended cement is the focus of this month’s Technical Forum, namely the complexities of understanding its classification and labelling under the European EN 197 system. The mode...