Cement production is the second-largest industrial contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, but its carbon footprint could be dramatically reduced with a new low-cost, scalable approach ...

Besides water, cement is used more than any other material on Earth. Its manufacture begins by combining limestone with ...

Nature-inspired strength: Purdue University recreated oyster shell cement, producing concrete 10 times stronger and faster-curing than conventional mixes. Recycling at 100%: Italian researchers proved ...

A new technique can produce cement using waste from demolished buildings, which researchers say could save billions of tonnes of carbon by 2050. “We have definitely proved that cement can be recycled ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a move that could accelerate the transition to "green concrete," two of the world's major cement producers are investing $75 ...

Concrete and steel are the two biggest industrial products that aren’t fossil fuels, and have a massive climate footprint. They are used together in reinforced concrete, the structural solution that ...

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 ...

If you've worked with concrete before, you have probably heard of the 90-minute rule. Here's what it is, where it came from ...