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SpecChem now owns Por-Rock & Super Por-Rock and products are readily available through the company’s distribution channels. With its new plant in the Northeast, the company is continuing the production and distribution of Por-Rock and Super Por-Rock. Por-Rock & Super Por-Rock anchoring cements are for use in the anchoring of […]
Futurecem is an innovative, validated and patented cement technology. This technologiy allows more than 35% clinker substitution in cement with limestone and calcined clay. Leveraging on their synergy, this combination of materials in Futurecem has resulted in a more sustainable and well-performing cement. It has up to 30% lower carbon […]
AEEE Capital Holding & Advisory Group today announced the completion of a peer review led by Dr. Maher Tadros, Founding Principal of e.construct.US, LLC of its revolutionary new sustainable EASSCM-branded Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) mix. According to Dr. Tadros’ peer review, AEEE’s proprietary technology could have a disruptive impact […]
On January 1, 2021, Cementir will begin distributing the cement of the future, named Futurecem. Futurecem has a carbon footprint that is up to 30 percent lower compared to regular cement. As one of the biggest innovations in the construction industry over the last decades, the launch of the patented […]
Lehigh Hanson, Inc. is pleased to announce that its Lehigh Cement operations have published the first cement plant-product specific Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). These also utilize the new North American Product Category Rule (PCR). These EPDs, published on June 1, 2020, clearly show the immediate Global Warming Potential (GWP) in […]
This year marks the first time that the award-winning decorative cement coating line called CimentArt is being distributed in the USA. The Spanish product line from originator Juan Aranda has grown in distribution to 37 countries around the world with more countries each year, and was finally introduced to the US market via an architect named Ketty Miles that had seen the product in her home country of Venezuela several years ago.
The manufacturing process which produces ordinary portland cement, the ubiquitous ingredient in the concrete used around the world, is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. New research suggests that portland cement can be produced with no carbon dioxide emissions.
A researcher is trying to give cement sensing properties with applications in the oil industry.
According to Jeffrey Girard, P.E., founder of The Concrete Countertop Institute, concrete with calcium sulphoaluminate (CSA) is the way to go for countertops.
"When I first used CSA instead of portland cement, I recognized that it offers a technological advantage," he says.
Portland Cement Association, white portland cement has essentially the same properties as gray cement, except for when it comes to color.
