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Cement production and processes emit over 5 percent of all carbon dioxide emitted by human activity. Reducing that environmental impact is a high priority among cement producers. Cement producers are now publishing their Environmental, Social and Governance credentials concerning energy use in their operations, greenhouse gas emissions and water usage.

Lafarge Canada shifts production to OneCem cement at its St-Constant plant, reducing CO² emissions by 60,000 tons in 2024 and advancing sustainability goals.

Cintec North America announced it helped complete restoration of the Morris Island Lighthouse. The circular staircase was showing advanced deterioration. Cintec America provided the anchor system to support the staircase.

Nichiha USA, a premier provider of innovative building material solutions, has donated more than 2,500 square feet of its elegant Miraia architectural wall panels to students taking part in a special project at the University of Kansas.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held last week at Roanoke Cement Company’s Chesapeake Terminal near Norfolk, Virginia. Council members, other state and local officials, and RCC team members gathered to launch a new $40 million storage dome. In response to increasing demand for low carbon cement, the storage dome at the terminal will provide an additional 70,000 tons of capacity, tripling the existing storage.

On Sept. 20, the Portland Cement Association, which represents the majority of U.S. cement production, held a New York Climate Week seminar and panel discussion in conjunction with the Global Cement and Concrete Association, with Selwin Hart, Special Advisor to the U.N. Secretary General for Climate Action and Just Transition, as keynote speaker. The event marked the one-year anniversaries of both PCA’s and GCCA’s roadmaps to carbon neutrality by 2050.

National Gypsum Company is the exclusive service provider of reliable, high-performance products manufactured by its affiliate companies and marketed under the Gold Bond®, PermaBASE®, and ProForm® brands.

Designing for moisture management and air holdout within a wall system can be a complicated business.