Each year, manufacturers produce around 5 billion tons of portland cement — the gray powder that mixes with water to form the “glue” that holds concrete together. That’s nearly three-quarters of a ton ...

A bag of cement cannot be sold below N7,000 due to the increasing cost of production, manufacturers said yesterday. They said the rise in operating costs was responsible for the price hike. The ...

The world's most common construction material has a secret. Cement, the "glue" that holds concrete together, gradually ...

UConn is using CarbonBuilt’s low-carbon concrete blocks made with up to 50% less cement, cutting CO2 emissions and supporting LEED-friendly construction.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cement and concrete technology company Solidia Technologies® has partnered with Uncountable to develop a new data analysis platform that will ...

Sublime Systems is a start-up company from Somerville that produces “fossil-fuel-free, scalable, drop-in replacement for traditional cement in concrete.” The factory will be one of the first steps in ...

Picture the Pantheon in Rome. Considering that it was built in CE 128, it has held together remarkably well under the footsteps of hundreds of millions of visitors over the centuries. If the ancient ...

In 2014, hundreds of Angelenos gathered downtown to watch more than 2,000 trucks pour concrete into a vast hole. During that event, Los Angeles set a world record: 80 million pounds of concrete were ...

Electrek spoke with Rick Bohan, VP of sustainability at the Portland Cement Association (PCA), which represents 92% of US cement manufacturing production capacity and has distribution facilities in ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BizVibe has expanded the number of companies which can now be discovered and tracked for their cement and concrete product manufacturing industry group. Discover 3,000+ cement ...

Nigeria’s three cement manufacturers recorded profit of N710.03 billion in 2023 as significant upsurge in sales and considerably higher prices lessened pressures on operations. A sectoral intelligence ...

Nigerian billionaire industrialist, Aliko Dangote, has attributed the higher cost of locally produced cement to Nigeria’s high taxes and regulatory ...