In the UK, low-carbon concrete technology has been tested in precast concrete blocks as part of the Environmental Agency’s ‘Decarbonisation Technology Accelerator’. Material Evolution, the UK-based low-carbon cement innovator, has helped RPC Contracts cut carbon by 20%, while improving strength…
LKAB Minerals UK is producing calcined clay as a supplementary cementitious material (SCM) by milling recycled brick waste from Forterra’s Kings Dyke factory. The partnership between LKAB and the building products manufacturer Forterra, is pioneering the use of recycled calcined…
Following a funding agreement with the UK Government, Heidelberg Materials reached a major milestone by taking the final investment decision for the CCS project at Padeswood, UK. Construction of the project begins this year, with commissioning planned for 2029. The…
UK’s Tarmac and CRH Ventures launched a pilot project in partnership with Material Evolution, operating a 0.12 Mta MevoCem ultra-low carbon cement production plant (photo) in Wrexham, Wales. The pilot project will demonstrate the performance of the ultra-low carbon cement…
TITAN Group invests in a ponded fly ash processing and beneficiation facility at the former Fiddler’s Ferry power station (photo) in Warrington, UK., ones the backbone of the national grid. The new facility will process and improve ponded fly ash…
Ibstock with its diverse range of clay bricks and other building products and solutions is looking for an industrial partner for a major calcined clay plant in the UK. In the last year, the revenue of the Group has been…
UK’s Power Minerals Limited (PML) and Drax Global have signed a minimum 20-year JV agreement for a beneficiation plant at Drax Power station in North Yorkshire to process coal fly ash. PML is a subsidiary of German EP Power Minerals.…
Material Evolution has launched an industrial scale, ultra-low carbon cement production plant in Llay in Wrexham in the UK. The Mevo A1 facility has an initial capacity of 0.12 Mta and produces a clinker-free cement, called MevoCem, which reduces CO2…
Cemex announced an initial industrial scale hydrogen project at its Rugby cement plant in the UK. Hydrogen has emerged as a low-carbon energy source within the construction industry’s decarbonization roadmap. The technology will be provided by HiiROC, the pioneering British…
UK’s Carbon Clean announced the launch of its breakthrough CycloneCC C1 series, marking the penultimate stage in the technology’s commercialization. The company has developed a modular rotating packed bed (RPB) technology with a propriety amine-based buffer salt technology, that is…