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Slag Cement Association designed its Slag Cement University as a resource and central repository of educational resources on slag cement use in concrete construction.

INSEE Cement has extended production of its Portland Composite Cement to its Ruhunu Cement Plant, increasing production of the new SLS 1697 product to meet the growing demand of the local market. Portland Composite Cement (PCC) is the result of years of research, and is a superior blended cement produced exclusively at the Puttalam integrated cement manufacturing facility earlier, to address the high carbon footprint of OPC cements, while also producing compressive strength equal to or beyond that of OPC at all ages.

The flexible and reliable binder solution empowers the local precast manufacturers to produce a customized UHPC optimizing costs by leveraging on local available materials.

TITAN Group is expanding its effective capacity in the USA with a new $37 million investment in its Norfolk import terminal in Virginia. The investment will upgrade TITAN’s import capacity in the country while also allowing it to continue expanding its offering of low carbon cement and cementitious products, contributing to the Group’s net-zero goal.

Carbon removal technology company CarbiCrete is among the few who seems to be on course. It’s found a way to make cement-free concrete, while trapping CO2 inside it. It’s running a commercial-stage pilot, backed by the government of Canada and Quebec, at concrete manufacturer Patio Drummond’s plant.

CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (“CEMEX”), announced today that CEMEX Ventures, its corporate venture capital and open innovation unit, is investing in Carbon Upcycling Technologies, a Canadian startup and global leader in developing carbon utilization and grinding technologies for the cement industry.

Titan America announced the construction of a new 70,000-ton dome at its existing Roanoke Cement Company import terminal located in Chesapeake, VA.