Sources: Svante Technologies, Vancouver, B.C.; CMCM staff Svante Technologies, a partner in a carbon dioxide emissions management trials at Lafarge Canada’s Richmond, B.C. cement plant, has entered a commercial supply agreement with chemical giant BASF to process the proprietary Calgary Framework 20 (CALF-20) sorbent material. The Svante method leverages the Read more…
Sources: U.S. Department of Energy; CMCM staff U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary David Turk led off a Climate Week New York City session noting how proven processing approaches or methods will enable cement producers to book a 30 percent greenhouse gas emissions reduction by the early 2030s and perhaps 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: 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: Heidelberg Materials North America, Irving, Texas Architectural, engineering and environmental services giant WSP will serve as owner’s engineers for a 1 million metric ton/year carbon dioxide emissions capture and storage facility at Heidelberg Materials’ Edmonton, Alberta cement plant—the first full-scale deployment of its kind among North American cement producers. Read more…
Sources: Glenwood Management, CarbonQuest, New York City; CMCM staff Brooklyn-based Glenwood Mason Supply will source “Sustainable CO,” processed from New York City apartment building mechanical flue exhaust, for concrete masonry unit (CMU) production augmented by CarbonCure carbon dioxide mineralizing technology. After a 2022 pilot installation at The Grand Tier (1930 Read more…