Each year, manufacturers produce around 5 billion tons of portland cement — the gray powder that mixes with water to form the “glue” that holds concrete together. That’s nearly three-quarters of a ton ...

For decades, the key metrics for concrete in construction were durability, reliability, safety and cost. In recent years, however, sustainability has been added to that list by customers seeking to ...

Electrek spoke with Rick Bohan, VP of sustainability at the Portland Cement Association (PCA), which represents 92% of US cement manufacturing production capacity and has distribution facilities in ...

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency issued a news release stating they had entered into a Consent Decree (“CD”) with Lehigh Cement ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Lehigh Cement Company LLC (“Lehigh”) entered into a November 17th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Air ...

You may be aware of your car's carbon footprint, but what about the emissions related to the concrete structures it drives over? The Portland cement that acts as the glue in concrete is actually a ...

HOUSTON, Oct. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ecocem, Europe’s leading provider of low-carbon cement technologies, today announced the completion of a screening life cycle assessment (LCA) that validated ...

SOMERVILLE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sublime Systems — which is advancing a fossil-fuel-free, scalable, drop-in replacement for traditional cement in concrete — was selected by the U.S. Department of ...