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Year: 2026

New Cementitious Materials PCR Advances Environmental Reporting

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The American Cement Association (ACA) has partnered with the Slag Cement Association, the Natural Pozzolan Association and the American Coal Ash Association, to develop new, consolidated Product Category Rules (PCR) for cementitious materials. Officially known as SMART EPD, Part B Product Category Rules for Cementitious Materials, Standard 1000-017, version 1, this effort entailed merging three different PCRs — for cement,…

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ACA President Urges Senate to Pass Bipartisan Permitting Reforms

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American Cement Association (ACA) President and CEO Diane Tomb issued the following statement on the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (S. 5653), introduced by Sens Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.): “Nothing gets built in America without cement, and too little gets built on time because the federal permitting…

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Vycarb Proves Ocean-Bound Water Flows’ Carbon Capture, Storage Potential

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The carbon capture and storage demonstration has proceeded under the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation Yard Labs program.

A Brooklyn, N.Y.-based startup is conferring with cement producers on prospective demonstration of a process capturing and storing carbon dioxide from plant emissions. Vycarb has pioneered a novel approach to permanently sequester CO₂ from industrial source points in proximity to rivers or water flows reaching ocean outfalls. A reactor at the heart of the Vycarb process uses naturally occurring calcium-…

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GCCA, Allies Launch Global Blend Better Cement Campaign

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Blend Better Cement

Convening for a Climate Week New York City panel, the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), along with five material, building and construction technology organizations kicked off an initiative aimed at encouraging government officials the world over to support the use of blended cements. The Blend Better Cement campaign was the centerpiece of “Scaling Blended Cement for Competitive, Resilient and…

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CRH Ventures Invests in EnviCore to Advance New Sources of SCMs

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CRH Ventures has announced a strategic investment in EnviCore, a Canadian company developing high-performance supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) for the construction industry. EnviCore has developed a proprietary thermo-chemical process that can convert a diverse range of mineral resources and industrial by-products including clays, natural pozzolans, recycled concrete and glass, industrial byproducts, and mine tailings into high-performance SCMs. The technology has…

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ACA, SCA, NPA Sponsor Consolidated PCR for Cementitious Materials

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The American Cement Association, Natural Pozzolan Association and Slag Cement Association have released what is certain to become the most far-reaching document to date in the construction materials environmental data reporting era. Through Part B Product Category Rules for Cementitious Materials, they aim to provide consistent guidance for assessment and reporting of portland cement and supplementary cementitious materials’ environmental performance.…

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Calcined Clay SCM a Logical Step for Brick and Pipe Producer Hepworth

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U.K. clay brick and pipe producer Canova Clay Limited, dba Hepworth, has achieved British Standards Institution certification for a new supplementary cementitious material. Hepworth Calcined Clay or HepCem is milled at the company’s Crow Edge operation in Sheffield, England, its silica, alumina and iron oxide content exceeding 90%. Conformity with the BS 8615-1:2019+A1:2026 “Pozzolanic materials for use with Portland cement…

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BinMaster Introduces ATEX/IECEx-Certified Vibrating Probe Sensors

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BinMaster announced the release of its IECEx/ATEX, Zone 20, 21approved vibrating probe sensors. BinMaster’s VRX point-level vibrating probes were introduced in August 2025 with a bright status indicator light. In addition to automated level alerts via a horn, alarm panel, or PLC, users can also view the sensor’s status via a red/green color-changing LED, highly visible from up close to…

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SESCO Welcomes First Bulk Cement Ships to Port Tampa Bay Terminal

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SESCO Cement welcomed the first two ships carrying bulk gray cement to its import terminal at Port Tampa Bay, bringing the facility’s major assets online and marking the start of full commercial operations. The arrivals come just months after the company celebrated the terminal’s opening with a ribbon cutting in June. Each vessel is making a partial discharge at the…

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