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1. MAGNIFICENT MILL
(Features)
Montreal-based McInnis Cement began portland cement clinker production and finishing at its eastern Quebec mill last month, triggering what will likely be a two-year ramp up to annual capacity exceeding ...
Created on 26 July 2017
2. Paris Accord prompts cement companies’ low-carbon production method audit
(News Scope)
... “Further reduction of clinker content in cement by use of natural calcined pozzolans”; and, “Cements based on carbonates or on carbonation of calcium silicates.” The report also includes an assessment ...
Created on 26 July 2017
3. Cement companies inventory low-carbon production methods per Paris Accord
(Concrete Currents)
... “Further reduction of clinker content in cement by use of natural calcined pozzolans;” and, “Cements based on carbonates or on carbonation of calcium silicates.” Weighing the 2017 technology review against ...
Created on 20 June 2017
4. ORGANIZATIONS - November 2016
(Briefs)
... and promote the global industry, while supporting members’ commercial and legal interests. The London-based group offers four categories of membership. Corporate is for cement or clinker producers; representatives ...
Created on 29 November 2016
5. Holcim spotlights $96 million Maryland plant capacity, environmental upgrades
(News Scope)
Holcim (US) staged a ribbon-cutting ceremony late last month to cap a two-year Hagerstown, Md., cement plant modernization. The company underscored a clinker capacity increase upward of 200,000 tons annually, ...
Created on 23 November 2016
6. GCC, Eagle Materials Texas and Ohio plant deals net Cemex $700M
(Briefs)
... cement market leans toward binder solutions with lower portland cement clinker factor, which in turn equates to carbon dioxide emissions reduction. C-ADD production has commenced at a Garland, Texas, ...
Created on 10 October 2016
7. Conferences underscore convergence of SCC, sustainability practice
(News Scope)
... and PLC + Class F or Class C fly ash concrete mixes at Mississippi’s MMC Materials. With an eye to a lower clinker factor (i.e. 100 percent portland cement) mixes, the producer has used PLC binder in all ...
Created on 21 June 2016
8. Conferences signal convergence of SCC, sustainability methods and practice
(Concrete Currents)
... practice direction. Market forces will drive a continuing decrease in mixes’ portland cement clinker content and an increase in crushed or recycled aggregate use, he noted, and the latter will require ...
Created on 26 May 2016
9. CarbonCure equips Thomas Concrete to replace cement with recycled CO2
(Innovations Reports)
... with reduced environmental impact. Initiatives such as clinker substitution and using recycled glass as aggregate material had previously been introduced. With the adoption of the CarbonCure technology, ...
Created on 24 May 2016
10. Carbon wise, cement naive
(Editorial)
... and infrastructure of tomorrow,” observes Cembureau. In formulating cementitious materials for concrete, it adds, “The industry has an established track record in reducing clinker content, whereby it seeks ...
Created on 10 May 2016
11. Paris Climate Conference elicits cement leaders’ mammoth emissions reduction plan
(Government Affairs)
... seven chapters: Enhancing the coverage of the sector’s CO2and energy database; Electric and thermal efficiency; Use of alternative fuels and waste; Reducing the clinker content in cement; Low carbon cement ...
Created on 26 January 2016
12. Paris Climate Conference elicits cement leaders’ 1Gt emissions reduction plan
(Concrete Currents)
... process improvements in portland cement production, whose high carbon emissions are generated through raw materials calcining (60 percent) and clinker phase pyroprocessing (40 percent), streamlined CO2 ...
Created on 08 December 2015
13. Martin Marietta dispatches principal TXI California assets to CalPortland
(Concrete Currents)
... TXI Crestmore clinker grinding plant in Riverside, Calif.  ...
Created on 06 August 2015
14. Lachenmeier equips Ash Grove Packaging to ‘stretch’ throughput nearly 50 percent
(Innovations Reports)
... to a broader range of loyal customers. As a premier source of portland and masonry cement in the United States, Ash Grove puts as much care into clinker milling and finishing as it does to ensuring its ...
Created on 01 July 2015
15. Lafarge, Solidia move to commercialize low carbon concrete binder, curing methods
(Concrete Currents)
... stone, and roof tile producers. They will use a binder processed in a traditional rotary kiln from raw materials similar to those in conventional portland cement clinker, but at lower temperatures and ...
Created on 29 April 2015
16. MIT researchers model stronger cement on theory behind Corning Gorilla Glass
(News Scope)
... in the molten phase, imparting high compressive stress deep into the final product. In the portland cement parallel, CSHub researchers are focusing on clinker phase chemistry changes netting higher silica ...
Created on 25 October 2014
17. MIT researchers model stronger cement on theory behind Corning Gorilla Glass
(Concrete Currents)
... Sustainability Hub researchers are focusing on clinker phase chemistry changes netting higher silica content in calcium-silicate-hydrate (C-S-H), the principal binder in concrete. “Tougher cement would ...
Created on 09 June 2014
18. Northeast Newcomer
(Features)
... terminals in a market radius with approximately 30 million tons of clinker capacity.” “Many concrete producers and contractors in Northeast and Great Lakes markets are sourcing cement from dated mills,” ...
Created on 10 March 2014
19. Particle Practice
(Features)
... Darker than silica fume and, like cement clinker, well suited to grinding, boron carbide exhibits hardness characteristics second only to diamond and boron nitride, earning the nickname “Black Diamond.” ...
Created on 14 February 2014
20. Argos Proceeds On Cemex-Blazed Trail
(Editorial)
... units; integrated dry-process cement plant in Newberry, Fla., with 1.6-million ton installed annual capacity; plus, two clinker grinding facilities and marine terminals in Tampa and Port Manatee, with ...
Created on 14 February 2014

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