Cement News tagged under: low-carbon cement
Fortera carbon capture plant to come on-stream at end of 202311 August 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe construction of the Fortera carbon capture unit at at CalPortland ’s Redding cement plant , should be finished this year. Fortera’s Vice President of Product Development, Dr Craig Hargis, says they should be producing ReCarb™materials in 2024. Dr Hargis says the finished, more environmentally-friendly product should not be any more expensive than conventional concrete; with the same uses. "It could, really, be used anywhere existing cement is used," he said. "So, that would inclu... |
Joint venture announces raw clay low-carbon cement plant28 July 2023, Published under Cement NewsOnly a few months after its creation, the Borda Occitanie joint venture of Vicat and Materrup has announced the start of a project to build a low-carbon cement plant based on raw clays in Carbonne in Haute-Garonne, southwest France, to produce 60,000tpa of cement named MCC1. The raw clay used comes from the circular economy with the recovery of quarry co-products. Developed by Materrup and qualified then assessed by Vicat R&D experts, MCC1 © Occitanie has the same technical charact... |
Lafarge Richmond plant switches to ECOPlanet production26 July 2023, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Canada ( Holcim Group) has announced its conversion to the production of 100 per cent ECOPlanet cement at its Richmond Cement plant in British Columbia (BC), Canada. ECOPlanet, Holcim’s brand of low-carbon cement, offers a minimum 30 per cent reduction in CO 2 emissions per tonne in comparison to ordinary Portland cement. “This is a proud moment for our organisation," says Brad Kohl, president and CEO of Lafarge Canada (West). “This conversion in Lafarge’s Western Canada ... |
Brimstone cement certified as ASTM C15014 July 2023, Published under Cement NewsBrimstone, 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... |
Cem'In'Eu launches Fusiocim low-carbon cement10 July 2023, Published under Cement NewsAfter adopting a low-carbon supply chain, Cem'In'Eu continues to decarbonise its products with the launch of Fusiocim, the latest addition to its line of waterproof bags. Cem'In'Eu projects for its new low-carbon offer (bulk and bag) an objective of 45 per cent of sales within three years. As a result Cem'In'Eu's clinker factor will decrease from 82 per cent in 2019 to 66 per cent in 2026, reducing the carbon footprint of its cements on average by 730 to 645kg of CO 2 /t of cement produ... |
Material Evolution secures funding to scale up low-carbon cement production30 June 2023, Published under Cement NewsUK-based Material Evolution, an advanced materials company producing low-carbon cement from industrial waste streams, has secured GBP15m (US$18.9m) in funding to scale up production of its low carbon cement, which offers an 85 per cent lower carbon footprint than ordinary Portland cement. The company has developed an innovative, low-energy, low-capex manufacturing process that uses zero heat and solves the high CO 2 emission problem in conventional cement production, explains Business... |
Leube commissions new silo to support low-carbon cements02 June 2023, Published under Cement NewsAustria-based cement producer Zementwerk Leube recently entered a new 3250t cement silo, “Silo 10”, into service. Work on the silo had started in February 2022. It is expected that in addition to a significant increase in storage capacity, the cement company will also benefit from increased flexibility and improved product offer. With its four chambers the silo can store different cement types, enabling the company to meet growing demand for lower-carbon cements. This will include the ... |
New capacity for new cement30 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsTitan America LLC has fully converted its cement production to low-carbon Type IL limestone cement. To enable this change the company has opened and expanded several terminals and additional facilities are also under construction. By Titan America LLC, USA. Figure 1: Titan America is investing in the expansion of its terminal capacity to enable a more efficient supply of low-carbon Type IL cement, including a tripling of capacity at its Chesapeake terminal in Virginia as shown abov... |
Dyckerhoff supplies low CO2 efficient construction16 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe new residential quarter in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, "Mein Ludwigs”, has been supplied with Dyckerhoff ’s low CO 2 efficient cements and concretes for the large-scale construction project. The new residential area is currently being built on a former 2.5ha company site in the southwest of Ludwigshafen, near the banks of the Rhine, Germany. It was planned by the multiple award-winning Frankfurt architecture firm Stefan Forster Architekten, which specialises in residential buildings. Th... |
Prometheus Materials appoints Director of Product Management10 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsPrometheus Materials team welcomes Leo Atencio as its new Director of Product Management. Leo is a leader in sustainable design products and sustainable construction with over 25 years of experience in the building materials industry. He has successfully developed and deployed a number of innovative sustainable products and previously worked in aggregates, concrete and precast building materials within several sectors of the industry. Based in Boulder, Colorado, USA, Prometheus Materials ... |