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1. Research network ties industry, scientific institutions: (Concrete Currents); ... of choice for the future needs of the world.” Network stakeholders intend to research areas of products and process technology, the latter including impact of co-processing, clinker production efficiency, ...; Created on 11 October 2019
2. Concrete carbonation facts counter claims of investors hung up on cement plant emissions: (Editorial); ... CRH—as the world’s largest portland cement consumer—has a vested interest in optimizing the “clinker” or pure portland cement factor in every yard of ready mixed, 8-in. concrete masonry unit equivalent, ...; Created on 10 September 2019
3. Early Riser: (Features); ... Ontario. A clinker grinding upgrade under way will bring annual finishing capacity to more than 2 million tons. Oro Grande succeeds CalPortland’s flagship Colton cement plant, which has depleted limestone ...; Created on 11 October 2018
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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
16. Martin Marietta dispatches principal TXI California assets to CalPortland: (Concrete Currents); ... TXI Crestmore clinker grinding plant in Riverside, Calif. ...; Created on 06 August 2015
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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

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