Sources: Heidelberg Materials North America, Irving, Texas; CMCM staff Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has installed a compact carbon dioxide pilot capture system, CO2MPACT, at Heidelberg Materials’ Edmonton cement plant. The pilot leverages the MHI Advanced KM CDR Process; supports testing of different fuel sources and various plant operating modes; Read more…
Sources: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; CP staff A Massachusetts Institute of Technology investigation has revealed the potential of portland cement, water and carbon black, a common industrial mineral resembling ultrafine charcoal, to create a supercapacitor material suited to low-cost storage of energy derived from solar, wind and tidal power Read more…
Sources: Centigrade, San Francisco; CMCM staff A climate-focused technology provider presents its new open data platform as “providing the fundamental data quality, availability, and transparency required for a liquid, fair, and efficient carbon market.” Centigrade has launched with backing from RMI, Colorado-based climate policy advocate, and Ripple, a San Francisco Read more…
Sources: Lafarge Canada Inc., Montreal; CMCM staff A 12-month ECOCycle Technology pilot project has seen Lafarge Canada integrate upward of 10,000 tonnes of old concrete and building materials into cement production at its St. Constant operation near Montreal. Material from the initial phase has proved of equivalent performance to traditional Read more…
Sources: CalPortland Co., Las Vegas; CMCM staff Timely equipment maintenance or cost-saving improvements, coupled with responses to “treasure hunts” during which team members identified power saving opportunities, enabled CalPortland Redding, Calif. and Rillito, Ariz. cement plants to earn Environmental Protection Agency 2023 Energy Star Certification. Energy Star indicates ranking within Read more…
Sources: Carver Sand & Gravel LLC, New York; Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company LLC, Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.; CMCM staff Carver Sand & Gravel will supply Great Lakes Dredge & Dock with scour protection rock for turbine foundations and substations across the Empire Wind I and II wind farms, pegged Read more…
Sources: Global Steel Climate Council, Washington, D.C.; Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C.; CMCM staff The new Steel Climate Standard represents a fair, effective, unbiased tool to measure greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with concrete reinforcing or structural steel, as well as a single, technology-agnostic framework for product certification. Along with providing Read more…
Sources: Prometheus Materials, Boulder, Colo.; CP staff Prometheus Materials, developer of bio-cement and bio-concrete technology launching in molded, dry cast products, reports strong performance of 2-in. thick specimens subjected to ASTM C423-23, Standard Test Method for Sound Absorption and Sound Absorption Coefficients by the Reverberation Room Method. Testing at the Read more…
Sources: Cemex S.A.B. de C.V., Monterrey, Mexico; CMCM staff Swiss concentrated solar power (CSP) technology developer Synhelion SA and global cement producer Cemex report prospective scaling of a high-temperature process to industrially-viable levels, where energy from sun rays supplants fossil fuel combustion. CSP-based pyroprocessing applications include continuous formation of clinker, Read more…
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…