Articles on the cement industry from Global Cement

Nanotubes in cement

Multi-wall nanotubes offer a number of advantages to cement and concrete producers.Source: Shutterstock.

Hari Harikumar, CHASM Advanced Materials, outlines the benefits of using carbon nanotubes in cement.

IRA22: What it means for cement

The most significant action to fight climate change in US history was taken in August 2022, when the Inflation Reduction Act 2022 (IRA22) was signed. Here’s how cement producers can maximise the opportunities presented by this paradigm shift.

Introducing Innovandi

Claude Lorea is the Cement Innovation and Environment, Social & Governance Director at the Global Cement & Concrete Association (GCCA).

Claude Lorea, Global Cement & Concrete Association (GCCA), outlines the latest activities of Innovandi, the association’s innovation arm.

Sublime: Low-CO2 cement via electrolysis

Blocks made using Sublime’s room-temperature cement-making process.

Global Cement speaks with Leah Ellis, co-founder of Sublime Systems, which is scaling up the room-temperature production of a low-CO₂ ‘drop in’ alternative to conventionally-made cement.

Getting the Right

Claude Lorea is the Cement Innovation and Environment, Social & Governance Director at the Global Cement & Concrete Association (GCCA).

Claude Lorea, Global Cement & Concrete Association (GCCA), looks at the latest data from the association’s Getting the Numbers Right (GNR) database of cement industry sustainability statistics, a key tool to hit net-zero CO₂ emissions in the global cement sector...