Vietnam student creates unburned bricks from waste paper
A student from Ho Chi Minh City has recently successfully created unburned bricks from waste paper.
New guide for lime industry
Lucideon has published a new guide on ‘Lime in Mortars: Hydrated Lime – Benefits of the Use in Mortars’.
Benefits of using high-strength concrete
Continued developments in high-performance high-strength concretes are enabling taller, lighter and more cost-effective high-rise construction, reports Jenny Burridge, head of structural engineering at The Concrete Centre.
Ecocem’s American subsidiary plans ‘green cement’ facility in California
Ireland’s Ecocem Materials Ltd is expanding, with plans for a new
facility in California. Ecocem’s subsidiary, Orcem Americas, Inc. has
signed a 65-year lease for 4.8 acres on the Vallejo Marine Terminal,
formerly home to the General Mills flour processing facility.
LEOCEM to begin production of slag cement in Sierra Leone
HeidelbergCement’s Sierra Leone Cement Corp Ltd (LEOCEM) has announced
that it will start production of slag cement in June 2014.
Schneider Electric partners with Ramco Systems to sell process control products
Energy management firm Schneider Electric has entered into a strategic
partnership with industrial software developer Ramco Systems.
ASEC Minya introduces a new sulfate-resisting cement
Egyptian cement manufacturer ASEC Minya Cement has launched ASEC Al Mokawm, a sulfate-resisting Portland cement product.