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Lehigh Hanson, Inc., is pleased to announce that its Lehigh Cement plant in Union Bridge, Md., will fully transition from producing ordinary portland cement to EcoCem®PLC as its primary product by no later than January 2023. The Union Bridge plant is currently the company’s largest cement plant in North America.
Region: USA
30.06.2022 16:12UK lime kiln in world-first net-zero hydrogen trial
HIGH-quality lime has been manufactured for the first time in the UK using hydrogen technology as part of a world-first net-zero trial.
Region: Great Britain
28.06.2022 16:56Cities of the future may be built with algae-grown limestone
Global cement production accounts for 7% of annual greenhouse gas emissions in large part through the burning of quarried limestone. Now, a CU Boulder-led research team has figured out a way to make cement production carbon neutral—and even carbon negative—by pulling carbon dioxide out of the air with the help of microalgae.
Region: USA
24.06.2022 17:53Lafarge Canada Advances Lower Carbon Portfolio by Fully Converting Ontario Plant’s Cement Production
Leading the way in providing sustainable and innovative building solutions to the construction industry in Eastern Canada, Lafarge proudly informed that as of today their Bath Cement Plant, located near Kingston (ON), is fully converting its production of general use cement (GU) to reduced carbon portland limestone cement - branded as OneCem - the company’s eco-efficient alternative.
Region: Canada
15.06.2022 16:33Holcim invests in innovative carbon mineralization solution
Holcim announced its financial investment in Blue Planet Systems Corporation, a US-based start-up whose patented mineralization technology is a unique scalable method for capturing and permanently sequestering millions of tons of CO2
Region: USA
02.06.2022 17:40CeMAP warns dumped Vietnam cement imports harming PH recovery
Local cement manufacturers warned that the continuing rise in cement imports from Vietnam at dumped prices puts at risk the domestic industry and adversely impacts the country’s economic recovery.
27.05.2022 10:55Cementir Group Launches AALBORG INBIND™ in Europe, a Binder Solution for High-Performance Mortar and Concrete Applications
The flexible and reliable binder solution empowers the local precast manufacturers to produce a customized UHPC optimizing costs by leveraging on local available materials.