US and Puerto Rican dispatches down 4% in August
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement, including imports, in the USA and Puerto Rico declined 4.3 per cent YoY to 9.55Mt in August 2025, according to the US Geological ...
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Brimstone a step closer to building first US alumina plant in 50+ years
The Brimstone Rock Refinery would pioneer a "mine to metal" pathway for domestic aluminium production. In 2024 the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstra...
200th anniversary of the Portland cement patent
200 years ago today, on 21 October 1824, the patent for Portland cement was granted to Joseph Aspdin (1778-1855), a bricklayer and inventor from Leeds, UK. The product was calle...
Aluminium and iron in clinker Premium
Aluminium and iron are two of the key components in Portland cement clinker. Varying their presence in clinker can have significant effects on the final clinker. Arthur Harrisso...
C2S solid solution reactivity in high-belite cement Premium
The key cause of the high energy intensity in the cement production process is the high heat required to form alite, the main constituent of Portland cement. One option is to lo...
7th Brazilian Conference on Portland Cement
Over 250 delegates gathered in the Maksoud Plaza Hotel, São Paulo, Brazil, for the 7th Brazilian Conference on Portland Cement (CBCi) between 20-22 June 2016. The conference hig...