Heidelberg Materials North America has moved towards sustainability by turning one of its cement plants into a slag grinding facility. Slag is often disregarded as a waste product from metals during ...

Looking for a way to improve the quality of concrete, increase strengths, enhance workability, upgrade pumpability, and make a sustainable product even greener? Think slag. Slag cement, a ...

For many, the first step in a long career in construction is education. Understanding this, the Slag Cement Association (SCA) has recognized an opportunity to enhance the education of tomorrow's ...

Steel slag is currently utilized both to treat wastewater, and as a concrete aggregate. New research now indicates that using it for the former makes it perform even better as the latter – so the same ...

Australian scientists are trying to close the loop on steel waste and sewage wastewater. When they made new concrete using these waste materials, the results were 17 percent stronger than concrete ...

The Heidelberg Materials plant in Speed, Indiana, will transition from manufacturing portland cement and clinker to producing specialty cement products and slag cement while also serving as a uniquely ...

Essroc Cement has signed an agreement with Holcim USA Inc. to buy its slag cement grinding facility in Camden, New Jersey. (Express-Times File Photo) The Essroc Italcementi Group has signed an ...

When manufacturers produce cement for concrete, they can add a material called ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) to their mixture. GGBS is a by-product of iron produced by blast furnaces and ...

Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid ...