Cement News tagged under: green cement
Suvo raises AUD2m to advance low-carbon green cement technology24 October 2024, Published under Cement NewsSuvo Strategic Minerals has successfully raised AUD2m (US$1.33m) in a heavily-oversubscribed placement to fund the development and commercialisation of its low-carbon green cement technology. Perth-based businessmen Mario Casotti and Alberto Ferraro, owners of Western Australia's leading pre-cast and pre-stressed concrete supplier PERMAcast, contributed AUD300,000 to the raise, securing their place on Suvo’s register. Suvo's innovative process utilises industrial waste streams, such as ni... |
Open Compute Project launches 'green concrete' trials with hyperscale giants18 October 2024, Published under Cement NewsThe US-based Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) has teamed up with major hyperscale companies, including Meta, Google, AWS and Microsoft, to test and promote low-embodied carbon concrete, commonly known as "green concrete." This initiative marks a significant step toward reducing the environmental impact of data centre construction by adopting more sustainable building practices. As part of this project, engineering and construction firm Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc (WJE) is co... |
India's Navrattan Group to launch green cement10 April 2024, Published under Cement NewsIndia-based construction company Navrattan Group is planning to launch a green cement into the local market. According to the company, the new cement will offer builders, architects and developers a viable alternative to traditional cement without compromising on performance or durability. “By leveraging technologies and sustainable manufacturing processes, the group aims to set new standards of excellence in the field of construction materials,” said Navrattan Group. “The green cement w... |
Green cement in the US is becoming big business28 March 2024, Published under Cement NewsThe US cement market has been playing catch-up with markets such as Asia where the share of the market held by supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) has grown substantially over the last decade. While factory-produced Portland limestone (Type IL) cement is now rapidly expanding its market share in the US, future innovation is seeking to increase clinker replacement by SCMs even further with the production of a new generation of green cements. SCMs such as fly ash and slag cement cur... |
Sublime Systems to build first commercial plant27 March 2024, Published under Cement NewsUS-based Sublime Systems has been awarded up to US$87m in funding by the US Department of Energy (DOE). The funding will be used to accelerate construction of Sublime’s first commercial manufacturing plant in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Sublime, which first launched in 2020, has scaled up its electrochemical cement manufacturing process to a pilot capacity of 250tpa at its plant in Somerville. The next step, the Holyoke commercial facility, will produce up to 30,000tpa of Sublime Cement™, wit... |
St Constant plant switches over to OneCem® production21 February 2024, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Canada ( Holcim ) has achieved full transition of production from traditional general-use cement to OneCem ® a greener product that results in significantly lower CO 2 emissions, at St Constant Cement plant in Quebec. "We are excited to take another crucial step in our sustainability journey. The transition to OneCem production at our St-Constant plant indicates Lafarge Canada's nonstop commitment to driving positive change within our construction industry. Our teams have be... |
Adani Cements plans green capacity expansion05 September 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe new capacity additions for Adani Cements would be only for manufacturing of green cement, as it looks to double the production of the commodity to about 140Mta by FY27-28. The two Adani Group cement companies, ACC and Ambuja Cements, would only add capacities through the organic route, which would be mainly funded through internal accruals. Green cement is manufactured by reusing industrial wastes, such as slag and fly ash and energy efficiency modes, which reduces carbon emissions. Ind... |
Cemfree Masonry Mortar used in ExCel expansion25 August 2023, Published under Cement NewsCemfree Masonry Mortar, an ultra-low carbon construction material, is set to be used on its first major project, the expansion of the ExCeL London, saving over 11,000kg of CO 2 e. McLaren Construction and Lyons & Annoot specified just over 100t of Cemfree Masonry Mortar for the internal blockwork. Now it is Cemfree Masonry Mortar’s largest project application yet. The UK’s first mortar entirely free of Portland cement (PC), this alternative offers a remarkable reduction in carbon emiss... |
Trials begin on graphene-enhanced green cement20 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsTrials on graphene-enhanced green cement are due to begin in June this year, lead by a consortium including First Graphene Ltd, Breedon Cement Ltd , Morgan Sindall Construction and The University of Manchester. The consortium first received funding for its research in February 2022 when its was awarded GBP190,034 (US$235,585) by the UK government’s innovation agency, Innovate UK. Since then, data from production sites at Breedon and First Graphene has shown that graphene-enhanced cement ... |
Going Green in Dubai06 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsGreen Cement Factory LLC (GCF), a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Shun Shing Group, commenced commercial operations of its greenfield slag grinding plant in March 2021. The new 1Mta state-of-the-art facility is based in the Dubai Industrial City, UAE, and supplies the domestic construction sector with premium sustainable products. Green Cement Factory, Dubai Industrial City, UAE, is equipped with four 4000t drive-through silos to store and prepare the company’s product range for dis... |