Cement production is responsible for about 8 - 10% of global emissions per year. Roughly 60% comes from the fundamental chemistry of the calcination process and 40% comes from energy to drive the process. The only resource we use more than concrete is water. Like steel, concrete is massively important for modern lifestyle, but we rarely ever think about it.

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In this video, I’ll breakdown cement demand, production, and climate impact. We'll have a look at technology and players in the low-carbon cement market.

Ecocem produces low-carbon Cements based on ground-granulated blast furnace slag. CarbonBuilt injects CO2 during the concrete mixing process, which spurs a chemical reaction that permanently mineralizes CO2 within the concrete.

00:00 - Intro
00:26 - Cement Facts: Climate impact, production volumes, Importance for Civilisation
01:22 - Cement Production Process - How it works
02:14 - Green Premiums - What it takes to reduce emissions and produce carbon-neutral cement
03:47 - Low-carbon Cement Market - Technology and Players
04:16 - Ecocem: Ground-granulated blast furnace slag
05:50 - CarbonBuilt:
06:12 - CarbonCure: Mineralized CO2 sourced from flue gas
07:13 - Solidia Techologies: Portlandite addition (produced at lower temperature) and carbon capture during curing

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