Source: CMCM staff Just-deployed renewable energy infrastructure at the Alamo Cement Co. plant in San Antonio, Texas reflects carbon dioxide emissions reduction measures that parent and ultimate parent companies, Buzzi Unicem USA Inc. of Bethlehem, Pa. and Buzzi Unicem S.p.A. of Italy, have outlined for customers, investors and policymakers on both Read more…
Sources: Buzzi Unicem USA Inc., Bethlehem, Pa.; CMCM staff Alamo Cement Co. will source up to 15 percent of annual electricity requirements for its San Antonio plant from a new 24,700-panel solar field built adjacent to the operation’s limestone quarry. Full use of the 45-acre renewable energy infrastructure will position Read more…
Sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Portland Cement Association, Washington, D.C.; CMCM staff The 86 facilities recognized in the EPA Energy Star Industrial Program—10 cement plants in eight states among them—are credited with saving more than 100 trillion Btu of energy and preventing 6 million-plus metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. Read more…
Sources: Heidelberg Materials, Germany; CMCM staff The parent company of key North American cement, aggregates and concrete operator Heidelberg Materials is the latest multinational producer in its sector to validate 2030 carbon dioxide emissions reduction targets according to the Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) 1.5°C framework. Across U.S., Canadian and Read more…
Sources: CRH Ventures, Dublin; CMCM staff Ash Grove Cement plans to install a series of Carbon Upcycling reactors engineered to convert carbon dioxide, industrial byproduct and secondary mineral feeds to concrete-grade cementitious materials. A top five North American cement operator, Ash Grove will inaugurate the technology at it Mississauga plant Read more…
Sources: Cemex S.A.B. de C.V., Monterrey, Mexico; CMCM staff Along with solid 2022 financials, Cemex reports a 4.6 percent year over year reduction in carbon dioxide emissions tied to its global cement, aggregate and ready mixed concrete operations, compounding a record 4.4 percent cut achieved in 2021. Under Future in Read more…
Sources: Cemex S.A.B. de C.V., Monterrey, Mexico; Sandia LLC, Albuquerque, N.M.; CMCM staff The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $3.2 million to Solar MEAD, a joint project of its New Mexico affiliate, Sandia National Laboratories, global portland cement operator Cemex, and Swiss concentrated solar thermal (CST) technology developer Synhelion. Read more…
Sources: Cemex Ventures, Monterrey, Mexico; CMCM staff Carbon Limit, Boca Raton, Fla. developer of a non-calcined, supplementary cementitious material that captures and stores atmospheric carbon dioxide in concrete slabs or structures, made the Cemex Ventures Top 50 Construction Technology Startups 2023 report. The venture capital arm of Mexico-based cement, aggregates Read more…
Sources: Heidelberg Materials North America, Irving, Texas; CMCM staff The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise initiative (CarbonSAFE) has awarded nearly $9 million for a study of carbon dioxide storage prospects in the subsurface geology at Heidelberg Materials’ upgraded Mitchell, Ind. cement plant. The proposed study Read more…
Sources: Sublime Systems, Somerville, Mass.; CMCM staff Sublime Systems has closed a Series A funding round to support commercialization of technology that replaces the most energy- and fossil fuel-intensive aspects of portland cement production. The company derives a portland cement alternative from a variety of graded, abundantly available calcium and Read more…