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Company makes stunning discovery using commonly discarded material to make cement: 'This is a significant breakthrough'

What used to be considered waste may now be thought of as a valuable raw building material. According to World Cement, Finnish material and technology company Betolar has found the industrial slag and ...
Fast Company

This California startup is trying to make cement less of a climate nightmare

It’s a major contributor to climate change—the way buildings and roads are made with concrete. It’s also a problem that’s growing as more of the world develops. So the race has been on to find ...
Los Angeles Times

Cement is a big part of the carbon problem. Here’s how to make it part of the solution

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 ...
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Engineers uncover how to make cement 17 times stronger

Engineers at Princeton have unveiled a groundbreaking cement formulation that is 17 times more crack-resistant than traditional options, addressing significant durability challenges in construction.
CNN

Concrete is a huge source of carbon emissions. These researchers are working to make it greener

Our world is built of concrete. Durable and cheap, it’s the construction material of choice for buildings, bridges and tunnels. But its ubiquity means it has a huge environmental impact. Concrete is ...
insider.si.edu

Editors' reference book on cement and concrete; facts and figures about streets and roads, public improvements, cement industry construction

https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!161671~!0#focus ...