The Cementitious Materials International Technical and Trade Congress which was held in Casablanca, Morocco on April 18-19 was a highly praised and sold out event. It brought together experts from around the world to discuss how cementitious materials (SCMs) can be reused within the cement and construction industries. This gathering has been made more significant...
The North American concrete industry today faces the critical challenge of lowering its carbon footprint. Globally, the sector is responsible for 8% of anthropogenic carbon emissions—almost wholly the result of the manufacture of the Portland cement that is commonly used to bind together the constituent materials in concrete. Manufacturers of Supplementary Cementitious Materials (“SCMs”), which...