Excavations of an ancient construction site in Pompeii have revealed the process of how Romans mixed their self-healing concrete.

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

New research into an abandoned construction site in Pompeii has revealed the secrets of Roman cement manufacturing.

Archaeologists in Pompeii discovered a workshop that combined two elements that allowed the concrete to “heal” itself.

After a decade in the works, researchers at University of California, Los Angeles, have successfully devised a way to produce cement with 98% less CO2 emissions than traditional methods. The UCLA team ...

Making cement is amongst one of the largest industrial sources of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, driven by energy-intensive ...

Norway’s Statoil saves hundreds of millions of euro in avoided carbon taxes by using CCS. Since 1996, the Sleipner gas field has stored about one million tonnes CO2 a year. A second project in the ...

For true zero carbon cement, the process can draw pure calcium from impurities in silica, magnesium, iron or aluminum, for example, refining them into higher-grade materials in the process. Crucially, ...

In this interview, AZoM speaks to Paul Haigh, Product Manager at CARBOLITE, about the QA of raw materials process testing within the cement industry. Can you start by giving our readers an overview of ...

As winter approaches, Canada's roads, bridges, sidewalks and buildings are facing a familiar problem: cracks caused by large ...