Eco Material Technologies, a CRH Company, opened a new pilot processing center and its expanded testing laboratory at its Materials Testing and Research Facility (MTRF) in Taylorsville, Ga. Cement Optimized Sales Manager Michael Schoppenhorst attended the grand opening ceremony on May 12.
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OPUS series cementitious and supplementary cementitious materials developer Terra CO2 Technology confirms timely corporate, research & development and premier-plant construction activities concurrent with its inaugural participation in the IEEE-IAS/ACA Cement Conference, staged earlier this month in Florida.
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The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation has respectively committed $1.8 million and $2 million to “Next Generation Concrete: Leveraging Byproducts of Lithium Industry as High Performance Supplementary Cementitious Materials” and “AI-Powered Blending Strategies for Supplementary Cementitious Materials for Enhanced Domestic Cement Supply Chain” investigations.
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The American Cement Association (ACA) joined 33 of America’s leading transportation construction industry associations and construction unions in releasing updated policy principles to guide congressional development of the next multi-year surface transportation reauthorization bill, which funds America’s highways, roads, bridges, multimodal systems and safety programs.
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Fives and startup NOC Energy are teaming up to accelerate optimized energy use and the decarbonization of the cement industry. By integrating the latter’s NOC Cell on Fives FCB clay calcination pilot plant, the two partners are exploring a new pathway for the decarbonization of high-temperature thermal processes.
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Titan America SA completed the acquisition of Keystone Cement Holdings, Inc. and Keystone Cement Company LLC (together, “Keystone Cement”), a Pennsylvania-based cement manufacturer and aggregates producer.
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SaltX Technology and Holcim have, within the framework of a joint development collaboration, successfully and repeatedly produced portland-quality cement clinker using a fully electrified, scalable process.
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced that the MidSouth Development District will receive a $19,662,581 Port Infrastructure Development grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to redevelop a dormant grain facility at the International Port of Memphis into an active cementitious material terminal.
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