Sources: Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C.; CM2 staff Steel market leader Nucor Corp. has announced an equity investment in Electra, a Colorado start up seeking to scale a process for carbon-free, steel-grade iron. Tapping renewable energy sources to power electrochemical and hydrometallurgical phases, the company refines low-grade ores into high-purity iron. Read more…
Sources: Graniterock, Watsonville, Calif.; CM2 staff Northern California’s top independent aggregate and ready mixed concrete producer has deployed 15,000 photovoltaic panels on a low-profile, 20-acre parcel at its flagship quarry in Aromas. Installed away from public view, the 5-megawatt capacity solar farm will provide more than 50 percent of the Read more…
Sources: Rondo Energy, Oakland, Calif.; CM2 staff Industrial heat battery developer Rondo Energy has unveiled two charter models, the RHB100 and RHB 300, equipped to capture intermittent electricity from renewable power sources and store it at high temperatures for hours or days. Rondo Heat Batteries store more than 1 MWh Read more…
Sources: Pacific Steel Group, San Diego; CMCM staff Pacific Steel Group anticipates an early-2025 start for a 380,000 ton/year rebar mill in Mojave, Calif., integrating the facility with its fabrication and installation businesses. The company has awarded a contract to Pennsylvania-based Danieli Corp. to build an advanced MIDA Hybrid micro Read more…
Sources: Holcim Ltd., Zug, Switzerland; CM2 staff The parent of Holcim (US) operations and Lafarge Canada has upgraded 2030 climate targets, validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), in line with the cement and concrete sector’s new 1.5°C science-based framework and reflecting tighter carbon dioxide emissions baselines. A partnership Read more…
Sources: Lafarge Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia Throughout Q4 2022, Lafarge Canada is testing R50, an equal blend of petroleum and renewable diesel fuel, across its greater Vancouver area on- and off-road fleet. The R50 demonstration stems from a partnership with 4Refuel, which offers the alternative to the producer’s B5 blend—5 Read more…
Sources: Coolbrook Oy, Helsinki; CM2 staff Coolbrook, a developer of electric heat technology geared to decarbonizing cement, steel and chemical production, and ABB have extended an early-2022 agreement aimed at advancing the former company’s RotoDynamic equipment. Through its Process Automation and Energy Industries businesses, ABB will provide electrification and digitalization Read more…
Holcim US has spec’ed Hyliion Hypertruck ERX electric powertrains for 10 tractors serving Texas and Oklahoma cement and concrete operations, plus sister roofing product businesses. Batteries powering the Hypertruck ERX draw from an onboard generator running on compressed natural gas (CNG) or renewable natural gas (RNG), consumption of which compares Read more…
Sources: U.S. Department of Energy; CP staff
The Department of Energy’s (DOE) new “Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap” identifies key pathways—Energy Efficiency; Industrial Electrification; Low Carbon Fuels; Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage—to reducing carbon dioxide emissions in Cement, Iron & Steel, Chemicals, Food & Beverage, Refining and other manufacturing sectors that collectively account for 30 percent of the United States’ annual CO2 load.
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The American Institute of Steel Construction stakes Code of Standard Practice for Steel Buildings and Bridges (ANSI/AISC 303-16) on ASTM A6-19 product. AISC issued the Industry Wide Fabricated Hot-Rolled Structural Sections Environmental Product Declaration in 2021, based on member producer and fabricator survey data. The majority of steel used in Read more…