LH and CDC: low-carbon construction solution
LafargeHolcim and CDC Group plc (CDC), the UK’s development finance institution, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to set up a company to produce and promote an affordab...
Low-Carbon Cement
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Canada: climate agenda presents economic opportunity
Canada has seen a real softening in its cement market with major cement companies seeing an annual fall of 15-16 per cent, according to Michael McSweeney, president and CEO of t...
Harnessing CO2 Premium
The worldwide anthropogenic emissions of CO2 in 2013 were estimated at 37Gt, according to the IPCC and IEA, including the cement industry’s contribution of 2-2.5Gta, ie 5.5-6.5 ...
Lafarge and Solidia commercialise a new low-carbon solution for the construction sector
Lafarge has reached a new milestone in its partnership with US start-up Solidia Technologies® with the signing of an agreement to commercialise a technology allowing a significa...
Canadian commitments Premium
As this year’s IEEE-IAS/PCA Technical Cement Industry Conference heads to Toronto, Canada, ICR speaks with Michael McSweeney, president and CEO of the Cement Association of Cana...
Cuba introduces low-carbon cement in Guantánamo
The production of domestically-developed low-carbon cement has started in the Cuban province of Guantánamo. The new type of cement blends PP350 Portland cement with activated cl...
New low-carbon cement type receives funding
An EPFL-led consortium which is developing a new blend of cement that promises to reduce the carbon footprint of concrete by up to 40 per cent has received financial backing fro...
Lafarge Canada's Bath cement plant celebrates 40th anniversary
The Lafarge Canada cement plant at Bath is celebrating 40 years of building better cities and communities around the Great Lakes region. Built in 1973, the Lafarge Canada Bath c...
Cuba’s Siguaney produces first low-carbon cement
Siguaney saw its first low-carbon cement produced on an industrial scale. The Cuban cement plant in Sancti Spíritus delivered a pilot output of 130t of SIG-B45 cement, according...
CSI reports encouraging carbon reduction data
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)’s Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) has published the latest update to the ‘Getting the Numbers Right’ databa...