Sources: Portland Cement Association, Washington, D.C.; Climate Group, London; CMCM staff Climate policy stakeholders will join North American and global cement executives at Climate Week New York City to review how carbon capture technology, alternative fuel and raw material adoption, and government regulations or incentives are helping the industry’s quest 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: Global Cement and Concrete Association, London; CMCM staff The Global Cement and Concrete Association has shortlisted nine North American startups for the 2023 Innovandi Open Challenge, soliciting technologies that lower the carbon factor in finished concrete: • Arrakis Materials, Woburn, Mass.; carbon-negative materials for concrete mixes • Chement, Chicago; electrochemical process Read more…
Sources: United Nations, Geneva; CMCM staff United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres opened the Global Cement and Concrete Association Annual Conference by video message, assuring attendees “You are fundamental to building a better world [and] were one of the first global industries to set a pathway to net zero by 2050,” Read more…
Sources: MOF Technologies, Belfast; CM2 staff Through their Sustainable Impact Capital program, banker Barclays and Clean Growth Fund have invested upward of $5 million in MOF Technologies, whose Nuada process is billed as an energy efficient carbon capture solution geared to portland cement and steel mills. The company concentrates on Read more…