As a widely used material across the globe, cement has a massive environmental footprint and accounts for around eight percent of our CO2 emissions, but scientists hope to eat into this problem by ...

The Argos plant in Rioclaro, Colombia, can churn out as much as 2.3 million tons of cement a year, used to build everything from dams and bridges to skyscrapers and stadiums. That has helped make ...

A study published in Construction and Building Materials reports that RMIT engineers have developed a method to convert low-grade clay into a useful cement supplement. This could help expand the use ...

Australian engineers have converted low-grade clay into a high-performance cement supplement, opening a potential new market in sustainable construction materials Engineers at RMIT University in ...

Producing cement is a major source of carbon emissions — 8% of the global total. A company in Massachusetts has altered the recipe, finding a way to produce carbon-zero cement instead. Roughly 8% of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cement is crucial for modern infrastructure, but its manufacturing process releases much carbon, contributing heavily to ...