The rotary kilns in cement plants are heated to a scorching 1,400 degrees Celsius to burn ground limestone down to clinker, the raw material for ready-to-use cement. Unsurprisingly, such temperatures ...

Cement is used to bind concrete, the most-used construction material in the world and a significant source of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Its manufacturing contributes as much as 8 percent of the ...

The cement industry faces significant challenges in its journey towards sustainability, grappling with environmental, economic, and social complexities. One of the foremost hurdles is the industry’s ...

Among major industrial polluters, cement is one of the ‘hard to abate’ industries as carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are an inescapable output in the production of clinker from coal, releasing at ...

AI-based modeling of geopolymer concrete emissions offers a breakthrough in sustainable construction, optimizing GGBFS use ...

The Confluence Park project looked to nature for inspiration, using custom pavers to represent the flow of two merging waterways and 29-ft. concrete ‘petals’ to form pavilions. The Confluence Park ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TOKYO: 7012) announced today its receipt of an order from Taiheiyo Cement Corporation (Taiheiyo) to supply a cement plant waste heat recovery ...