Big Chemistry: Cement and Concrete - Not too long ago, I was searching for ideas for the next installment of the “Big C... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/07/big-chemistry-cement-and-concrete/ #architecture #engineering #originalart #chemistry #featured #interest #concrete #cement

Why ASEAN should push for a trade pact with the EU https://www.byteseu.com/958930/ #Aluminum #asean #CarbonTax #CBAM #cement #eu #Europe #Fertilizer #Steel #trade

"Recycled cements drive down emissions without slacking on strength"

#Cement #Emissions #Environment

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-recycled-cements-emissions-slacking-strength.html

#cement : any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc

- French: ciment

- German: der Zement, zementieren

- Italian: cemento

- Portuguese: cimento

- Spanish: cemento

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Global CO2 emissions will reach new high in 2024 despite slower growth

#CarbonDioxide (#CO2) #emissions from #FossilFuels and #cement will rise around 0.8% in 2024, reaching a record

> 37.4bn tonnes

of CO2 (GtCO2), according to the 2024 #GlobalCarbonBudget report by the Global Carbon Project.
This is 0.4GtCO2 higher than the previous record, set in 2023.

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-global-co2-emissions-will-reach-new-high-in-2024-despite-slower-growth/

Maximising Europe’s recarbonation potential to permanently store CO2 [Promoted content] https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/opinion/maximising-europes-recarbonation-potential-to-permanently-store-co2/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #carbonation #cement #concrete #decarbonisation #EUGreenDeal

European Commission lets low-carbon cements down with proposed ETS benchmark reforms [Promoted content] https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/opinion/european-commission-lets-low-carbon-cements-down-with-proposed-ets-benchmark-reforms/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ALCCC #Carbonpricing #cement #concrete #decarbonisation

The UK wants Europe’s carbon https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/the-uk-wants-europes-carbon/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Brexit #CarbonCaptureandStoragetechnologiesBECCS #CCS #cement

#cement : any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc

- French: ciment

- German: der Zement, zementieren

- Italian: cemento

- Portuguese: cimento

- Spanish: cemento

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The cement company that paid millions to Isis: was Lafarge complicit in crimes against humanity? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/17/french-cement-company-lafarge-paid-millions-to-islamic-state-syria?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #ISIS #Lafarge #Cement #Corruption #LongRead

Scientists Develop “Shockingly” Simple Solution To Combat Coastal Erosion
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-develop-shockingly-simple-solution-to-combat-coastal-erosion/ #erosion #beaches #ElectricalCurrents #cement

Roads to deforestation

"A Brazilian judge...issued an injunction to stop the paving of a highway through the center of the Amazon rainforest, amid fears the roadway would boost deforestation and further drive climate change."

"Paving the road would allow illegal loggers and land grabbers to more easily access remote and relatively untouched areas of the world's largest rainforest, environmental experts said. Deforestation is the largest source of Brazil's greenhouse gas emissions that help to drive climate change."
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/brazil-judge-blocks-paving-highway-through-heart-amazon-rainforest-2024-07-25/

The roads driving Amazon deforestation
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/BRAZIL-ENVIRONMENT-
HIGHWAYS/0100B2DS1JV/index.html

#Roads #roadUpgrades #deforestation #BellingenLogging #NSWlogging #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #roadkill #koalas #GlenifferRoad #cement#ClimateEmergency #BiodiversityCrisis #DePave

Gleniffer road widened with a lot of cement to entice vehicle to go faster and logging machinery to push further in to the bush of Tuckers Nob SF

"Recycling cement paste is a cheap and efficient way to reduce cement emissions"

#Recycling #Cement #Emissions

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/254793/recycling-cement-paste-cheap-efficient-reduce/

Over its lifetime, #cement already removes ~43% of the CO₂ from its production through carbonation (currently ~1 GtCO₂/yr). So if CO₂ is injected into cement during production (i.e., lower carbon cement), is that considered additional carbon removal?

Recycling of Portland Cement and Steel in Electric Arc Furnaces - The use of concrete and steel have both become the bedrock of modern-day construct... - https://hackaday.com/2024/05/27/recycling-of-portland-cement-and-steel-in-electric-arc-furnaces/ #electricarcfurnace #greenhacks #recycling #science #cement

"Zero-carbon cement process could slash emissions from construction"

#Cement #Construction #Emissions

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2432222-zero-carbon-cement-process-could-slash-emissions-from-construction/

"The #cement industry alone accounts for nearly eight percent of human-caused CO2 #emissions.

The Cambridge researchers approached the problem by looking at an industry that was already well established—steel recycling, which uses electric-powered furnaces to produce the alloy.

Instead of waste being produced, the end result was recycled cement ready for use in #concrete, bypassing the emissions-heavy process of superheating limestone in kilns."

https://phys.org/news/2024-05-scientists-emission-cement.html

#BBCNews - UK breakthrough could slash emissions from #cement
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cxee01m5yero
#ClimateChange #Climate

The next European Commission must champion industrial decarbonisation [Promoted content] https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/opinion/the-next-european-commission-must-champion-industrial-decarbonisation/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #cement #decarbonisation #NetZero #promoted

Ukraine Daily Summary - Thursday, May 9

Kyiv catches up with Russia in Shahed drone analog production -- Fire at oil depot in Russian-occupied Luhansk causes serious damage -- Never again? Again: A visual story compares photos from World War II with Russia’s invasion -- Kosovo supports Ukraine despite Kyiv not recognizing its independence -- and more

https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Thursday,%20May%209/