The process may also offer another important advantage: flexibility in its raw materials.

Cement production alone currently accounts for about 8 percent of global CO 2 emissions, so considerable effort is going into ...

Cement is necessary for making concrete, which is foundational in constructing buildings and infrastructure around the globe because it is relatively low-cost, strong and durable. But making cement ...

Scientists are proposing a new way to make cement by replacing limestone with volcanic ...

A new technique can produce cement using waste from demolished buildings, which researchers say could save billions of tonnes of carbon by 2050. “We have definitely proved that cement can be recycled ...

Producing cement from silicate rocks rather than limestone could lower both energy requirements and carbon dioxide emissions, ...

This strange white paste might not look like much, but it might help solve the sand shortage, while making the cement manufacturing process capture carbon dioxide instead of emitting it. Scientists at ...

It’s a major contributor to climate change — the way buildings and roads are made with concrete. It’s also a problem that’s growing as more of the world develops. So the race has been on to find ...