With reducing the environmental impact of cement manufacture high on the agenda for producers, sustainable cement additives based on renewable materials can contribute towards reducing a plant’s carbon footprint and lowering costs. By Leslie Buzzell, Alessandro Schibuola & Riccardo Stoppa, GCP Applied Technologies, USA.
Modern cement producers face numerous challenges and opportunities. Amongst these, reducing their environmental footprint has rapidly topped their agenda. Cement plants have become at the same time one of the most prominent CO2 emitters and leaders in reducing such emissions.1,2
