Concrete, the second-most-used material on Earth, generates about four times more CO2 emissions than planes. MIDDLESBROUGH, England — Behold one of the world’s greatest slag heaps: A towering landfill ...

Construction work on the second Jabal Saraj cement plant in central Parwan province officially began on Thursday. The plant ...

Tajikistan: Construction work on two new 1.2Mt/yr cement plants has begun on behalf of Tajik Cement and Dushanbe Cement. The new plants are both located in Varzob District, close to the country’s ...

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 ...

Houston led the U.S. in new home construction in 2023, and that expansion has driven a heavy demand for concrete. The spinning drums of racing ready-mix trucks are a common sight along city ...

This article was submitted as part of the Global Voices Climate Justice fellowship, which pairs journalists from Sinophone and Global Majority countries to investigate the effects of Chinese ...

Heidelberg Materials is betting it can profit from an expensive process that will reduce the carbon dioxide emitted from one of the world’s most polluting industries. By Stanley Reed Reporting from ...