World of Concrete kicked off Tuesday at the Las Vegas Convention Center with strong attendance as industry representatives come together to showcase and observe the latest in concrete innovation. Kevin Thornton, senior vice president of World of Concrete producer Informa Markets Construction, said attendance is expected to reach 60,000 after a down year last year.
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Strength, durability and load distribution make concrete an ideal solution for longer-lasting and lower-carbon road surfaces, according to a new paper from the American Concrete Pavement Association. The paper makes a distinction between sustainability and resilience and says that "[a] truly sustainable system must incorporate resilience to ensure that these disruptive [extreme weather] events will have as little impact as possible and will not significantly increase the need for additional future rehabilitation and reconstruction activities."
Heidelberg Materials is planning to start clinker production at its $600 million-plus cement plant in Mitchell, Ind., early this year after a more-than-two-year construction phase. The project is the most expensive capital investment in the firm's history and took advantage of the latest technology and environmental controls, including reduced emissions and a carbon capture and storage project, while realizing a four-fold increase in production.
Jack Delperdang, a 40-year veteran of the ready-mixed concrete industry, recently penned an industry guide for assembling efficient, effective and customer-centric delivery teams. The 220-page playbook provides critical self-examination tools and an extensive list of questions framing the case for departmental changes aimed at improving customer loyalty and profitability.
Lowercarbon Capital led a $40 million Series A funding round for decarbonized cement developer Sublime Systems, which plans to use the injection of capital to ramp up production at a pilot plant. The company's process replaces kilns with an electrolyzer that slashes fossil fuel use and the release of CO2 from limestone.
India's NCL Industries produced more than 785,000 tons of cement during the third quarter of its 2023 financial year. Cement production increased 27% from the year-ago quarter, while cement board production fell 3% over the same period.
