Titan to process Fiddler’s Ferry fly ash

Owners of the former Fiddler’s Ferry power station have done a deal with a Greek cement company to repurpose some of the waste on the site.

Paving contractor turns to academics for help with fly ash issues

Contractors exploiting fly ash in their mix used to be able to rely on good old British coal-fired power station waste, but not anymore – we’re cleaning up our power generation so fly ash has to be imported.

Georgia Power Inks Deal To Turn 8 Million Tons of Coal Ash Into Cement

Utility's latest agreement with Utah-based materials firm brings the total amount of fly ash to be harvested from two closed power plants to 17 million tons.

Fiber Cement Siding Market Size Worth $6,229.51 Mn, Globally, by 2028 at 6.7% CAGR – Exclusive Report by The Insight Partners

The fiber cement siding market size was valued at $3,963.50 million in 2021 and is projected to reach $6,229.51 million by 2028; it is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 6.7% from 2021 to 2028. New York (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The latest research study on “Fiber Cement Siding Market Forecast to 2028 – COVID-19 Impact […] The post Fiber Cement Siding Market Size Worth $6,229.51 Mn, Globally, by 2028 at 6.7% CAGR – Exclusive Report by The Insight Partners appeared first on Civil + Structural Engineer magazine.

Boral to sell Fly Ash business for $1 billion

Boral has agreed to sell its North American Fly Ash business for around $1 billion to Eco Material Technologies. The … The post Boral to sell Fly Ash business for $1 billion appeared first on Inside Construction.

The B1M - Sweden's $100BN City Upgrade, 19102022

Gothenburg is on a $100BN building spree. The video looks at some of the sustainable approaches used on the 'City Gate' development and touches on the Bluebeam collaboration software tool

SciShow - Cement: A Really Hard Problem, 11052020

Concrete sucks CO2 out of the atmosphere, but making it initially produces a lot of carbon dioxide as a byproduct. Fortunately, by rethinking the chemistry of cement altogether, we can actually use carbon dioxide to create our concrete instead.

Building, Focus - What are we going to do about concrete

One of the most versatile materials on the planet, concrete is also one of the most polluting. But pressure is growing on the cement industry to come up with ways to reduce its carbon footprint. Thomas Lane reports in the first in a series of articles about materials