A Purdue University Civil Engineering Department team reported promising early test results from a method mineralizing the carbon dioxide gas in cement production or other industrial process emissions.
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Princeton Researchers Create New Cement Paste
Researchers at Princeton University have created a new cement composite that is 17 times more crack-resistant than standard cement and 19 times more able to stretch and deform without breaking, the researchers say.
Read MoreResearchers Develop Cement Recycling Method to Cut Emissions
University of Cambridge researchers have developed a method to reclinker recovered cement paste embedded in used concrete that can then be used to produce zero emissions cement.
Read MoreGCCA Launches Online Research Library
To coincide with the annual Spring Week gathering in Switzerland, the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) launched a new online library of Innovandi Global Cement and Concrete Research Network (GCCRN) projects to provide transparent tracking of research progress.
Read MoreUMass Amherst Awarded $3M to Reduce Cement Emissions
Engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst received a four-year, $3 million award from the National Science Foundation’s Future Manufacturing Program to make cement manufacturing more sustainable.
Read MoreDepartment of Transportation Bolsters Slag Cement Research
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) launched a $5 million funding opportunity for a research initiative on the use of steel slag in cement and concrete.
Read MoreArizona State Researchers Seek to Curb Emissions
An Arizona State University research team won a National Science Foundation Future Manufacturing Research Grant to help support its research into curbing emissions in cement manufacturing through new techniques.
Read MoreBrine May Be Key to Carbon-Free Cement
New York University Abu Dhabi researchers are exploring the possibility of using brine to manufacture a sustainable alternative to ordinary portland cement.
Read MoreContinental Cement Produces Lowest Carbon PLC
As part of an innovative research project for the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and National Road Research Alliance, Continental Cement Co., a subsidiary of Summit Materials, produced a 20% portland-limestone cement (PLC) – the lowest carbon PLC to date.
Read MoreUniversities Receive Grants for Decarbonization Research
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) and their collaborators received two federal grant awards to support investigating new methods to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from cement manufacturing.
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