make it indispensable in sectors such as steel manufacturing, cement production, and petrochemicals. As industrial processes become more demanding, the need for advanced refractory materials grows.

The announcement came during a prominent conference on “Emerging Refractory Technologies in IF, DRI, and Pellet Making – Challenges ... in the steel, cement, and iron industries.

Now one California startup has developed a technology that reduces carbon dioxide in the making of cement and could have the potential to operate at large scale. Fortera intercepts carbon dioxide ...

That’s both because of the energy used to make cement—a process that involves heating up crushed rocks to as much as 2,800 degrees Fahrenheit—and because limestone, the main material ...

Cement production is responsible for around 8% of global carbon emissions. Using microalgae to make a key ingredient could drastically cut that carbon footprint. During a trip to Thailand on his ...