The notoriously large carbon footprint of cement production is a prime target for researchers looking to chip away at the problem of climate change, and we've seen how this could involve all kinds of ...

Import of clinker surged by a massive 674 per cent in the first four months of this fiscal as the domestic cement plants have been relying heavily on import, with very few owning limestone mines in ...

Lukenya-based National Cement has announced plans to set up a Sh10 billion clinker plant in Kajiado district. The factory, which will process limestone, is expected to be commissioned by the end of ...

Concrete production is responsible for 6 to 9 percent of global anthropogenic CO2 emissions. “The largest contribution to that comes from the production of cement, a precursor product,” said Dr. Peter ...

The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has warned the government against implementing a proposal by billionaire industrialist Narendra Raval to raise the import duty on clinker, a raw material used ...

Swiss energy company Synhelion has claimed another milestone in its efforts to deliver zero carbon cement, producing clinker continuously using only concentrated solar heat. Close-up of Synhelion’s ...

The cement industry relies on power. Power and fuel costs account for ~30% of the price of cement when it’s sold. As a result, power and fuel have a major impact on the company’s operating expenditure ...

MEXICO CITY, Feb 29 (Reuters) - Mexican cement maker Cemex will start using a new manufacturing method that will reduce its consumption of a key intermediary ingredient and cut carbon dioxide (CO2) ...

A research collaboration between India and Switzerland on a new cement material that can reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the manufacturing process is set to take off into implementation. The ...