Cement is used to bind concrete, the most-used construction material in the world and a significant source of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Its manufacturing contributes as much as 8 percent of the ...

The rotary kilns in cement plants are heated to a scorching 1,400 degrees Celsius to burn ground limestone down to clinker, the raw material for ready-to-use cement. Unsurprisingly, such temperatures ...

The cement industry faces significant challenges in its journey towards sustainability, grappling with environmental, economic, and social complexities. One of the foremost hurdles is the industry’s ...

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras have developed a structured model to help in the production of bio-cement, which is an alternative sustainable process for cementation. It ...

Among major industrial polluters, cement is one of the ‘hard to abate’ industries as carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are an inescapable output in the production of clinker from coal, releasing at ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TOKYO: 7012) announced today its receipt of an order from Taiheiyo Cement Corporation (Taiheiyo) to supply a cement plant waste heat recovery ...