For many, the first step in a long career in construction is education. Understanding this, the Slag Cement Association (SCA) has recognized an opportunity to enhance the education of tomorrow's ...

Heidelberg Materials North America has moved towards sustainability by turning one of its cement plants into a slag grinding facility. Slag is often disregarded as a waste product from metals during ...

Steel slag is currently utilized both to treat wastewater, and as a concrete aggregate. New research now indicates that using it for the former makes it perform even better as the latter – so the same ...

When manufacturers produce cement for concrete, they can add a material called ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) to their mixture. GGBS is a by-product of iron produced by blast furnaces and ...

Australian scientists are trying to close the loop on steel waste and sewage wastewater. When they made new concrete using these waste materials, the results were 17 percent stronger than concrete ...

CHICAGO, Ill. – Sustainable building solutions leader, Holcim US, was recognized by the Slag Cement Association (SCA) as a winner in the 2023 Slag Cement in Sustainable Concrete Awards (SCA). The ...

Dublin, May 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Green Cement Market Report 2024-2034" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Overall world revenue of the Green Cement Market will ...

Australian researchers say slag can strengthen concrete after it is used to filter wastewater. Magnified images showing concrete made with treated slag (center), conventional aggregates (left) and raw ...

Researchers examined whether steel slag that had been used to treat wastewater could then be recycled as an aggregate material for concrete. Their findings? Concrete made with post-treatment steel ...