Sources: California Nevada Cement Association, Anaheim Hills, Calif.; CMCM staff Just shy of 30 months since releasing “Achieving Carbon Neutrality in the California Cement Industry,” California Nevada Cement Association (CNCA) producers report considerable progress on related public policy, material processing and market development measures toward their 2045 goal: • Leadership in Read more…
Sources: Carbon Upcycling Inc., Calgary; CMCM staff A $26 million Series A funding round positions Carbon Upcycling to expedite carbon capture and utilization projects at the Cemex Rugby, U.K. and Ash Grove Cement Mississauga, Ontario plants. Work is concurrent on the projects, which represent the first commercial deployments in portland Read more…
Sources: Portland Cement Association, Washington, D.C.; CMCM staff The Portland Cement Association Sustainability Summit, presented August 22-24 from 10 a.m. to Noon via Zoom, will feature member company representatives and industry or government agency allies addressing the five PCA Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality pillars. Open to all stakeholders and interested Read more…
Sources: CHAR Technologies, Toronto; CMCM staff The world’s leading steel producer, ArcelorMittal S.A., has invested $6 million in CHAR Technologies and entered a purchase agreement for biocarbon output from the startup company’s Thorold, Ontario processing plant. The investment advances collaborative efforts of CHAR and ArcelorMittal Dofasco to develop a drop-in Read more…
Sources: CHAR Technologies Ltd., Toronto The Government of Canada Clean Fuels Fund has pledged $1.43 million to CHAR Technologies, developer of a high temperature pyrolysis (HTP) technology for converting wood and other organic wastes to renewable natural gas and CleanFyre-branded biocarbon, a carbon-neutral alternative to metallurgical coal used in steel Read more…
Sources: Votorantim Cimentos, São Paulo; CMCM staff Votorantim Cimentos is the latest multinational cement, aggregate and concrete producer to use a sustainability-linked financing instrument, whereby repayment terms partly hinge on the extent to which a target capital investment lowers a plant operation’s current carbon dioxide emissions levels. A key operator Read more…
Sources: Leadership Group for Industry Transition, Stockholm; Global Cement and Concrete Association, London; CMCM staff The World Economic Forum-backed Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) and the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) have launched the Green Cement Technology Tracker to help policymakers, industry stakeholders, academics and the public monitor worldwide Read more…
Sources: Valmont Industries Inc., Omaha, Neb.; CP staff The top concrete power transmission and distribution pole producer has marked an inflection point in (GHG Protocol-defined) Scope 2 and 3 emissions and (Environmental Product Declaration-cited) global warming potential metrics at its Bristol, Ind. plant. Valmont Industries’ new $35 million operation is Read more…
Souces: Brimstone, Oakland, Calif.; CP staff Venture capital-backed Brimstone, developer of a portland cement alternative processed from calcium silicate rock, reports third-party certification that its product meets or exceeds ASTM C150, Standard Specification for Portland Cement. Results of testing by Twining Consulting of Fountain Valley, Calif. indicate a concrete binder Read more…
Sources: CarbonCure Technologies, Halifax, Nova Scotia; CP staf CarbonCure Technologies, developer of a widely deployed process for mineralizing and permanently sequestering carbon dioxide in concrete, has announced a major investment by Blue Earth Capital of Switzerland, part of a broader collaborative funding round exceeding $80 million. Funding round participants include Read more…