After a decade in the works, researchers at University of California, Los Angeles, have successfully devised a way to produce cement with 98% less CO2 emissions than traditional methods. The UCLA team ...
The ZeroCAL approach, which can be integrated within the existing cement-production process, uses limestone feedstock to produce calcium hydroxide — which emits no carbon dioxide when burned to ...
In this interview, AZoM speaks to Paul Haigh, Product Manager at CARBOLITE, about the QA of raw materials process testing within the cement industry. Can you start by giving our readers an overview of ...
As the most widely-used building material in the world, it’s no surprise that making cement is one of the single biggest contributors to our carbon emissions problem. MIT researchers now claim to have ...
SOMERVILLE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sublime Systems, a developer of technology to produce decarbonized cement, today announced that it has closed a $40 million Series A funding round, led by ...
Scientists at the University of Michigan have managed to flip the entire cement production process on its head, drastically ...
Discover how PGNAA is transforming materials analysis in mining, cement, and steel. Get expert insights from Thermo Fisher’s Garry Noble.
July 2023 was the hottest month ever recorded. Scorching heat, droughts, a disruption of the polar jet stream, and record-high ocean surface temperatures offer just a taste of how climate change is ...
Literally and figuratively, cement is the glue that holds our cities together. Each year, humans use more than four billion tons of this material — the key ingredient in concrete — to build homes and ...
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Cement industry slams into a wall and there is no way back

Cement, the gray powder that quietly underpins modern life, has finally met its limits. After decades in which ever more concrete seemed synonymous with progress, global consumption has stalled and, ...