It has not been the year anyone was expecting. That is as true in the cement industry as anywhere else. The impact of COVID-19 has brought many challenges, perhaps most visibly in the headline figures for cement demand around the world. But it has impacted the industry in other, more subtle, ways too: from sourcing fuels in a locked-down world…
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Better known as Pennsuco, the Titan Florida cement plant in Medley is the first operation of its kind to attain the highest level of certification under the Total Resource Use and Efficiency (TRUE) rating system for zero waste. Administered by the U.S. Green Building Council-aligned Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), TRUE helps facilities around the world define, pursue and achieve…
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Lafarge Canada joined subsidiary Geocycle Canada and mining group Rio Tinto to reuse waste from the aluminum smelting process to make cement. In this circular economy initiative, the trio will reduce the need to extract other raw materials and create value from waste.
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