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Use of Waste Materials in Highway Construction
Use of Waste Materials in Highway Construction As populations continue to grow, we see an increasing demand for supporting infrastructure. There are more cars on the roads; as such, we need to constru...
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Technique tunes into electronic potential of graphene nanoribbons
Technique tunes into electronic potential of graphene nanoribbons Ever since graphene (a thin carbon sheet just one-atom thick) was discovered more than 15 years ago, the wonder material became a work...
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Mammoet installs Pipe Racks with minimal disruption over Illinois Highway 3
Mammoet installs Pipe Racks with minimal disruption over Illinois Highway 3 Six pipe rack modules needed to be set across various existing infrastructure including four lanes of Illinois Highway 3, th...
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Acrow installs temporary Modular Steel Bridge after Hurricane Ida destruction
Acrow installs temporary Modular Steel Bridge after Hurricane Ida destruction Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, recently supplied a modular steel bridge to provide...
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Selective separation method developed by MIT could alleviate metal shortages
Selective separation method developed by MIT could alleviate metal shortages New processing methods developed by MIT researchers could help ease looming shortages of the essential metals that power ev...
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Doosan Patterned Flat Cable wins CES 2022 Innovation Awards
Doosan Patterned Flat Cable wins CES 2022 Innovation Awards Doosan Corporation Electro-Materials, a global leader of electro-materials and a business group of Doosan, announced that it has been named...
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NovaAlgoma Cement Carriers increase Northern Europe investment
NovaAlgoma Cement Carriers increase Northern Europe investment Algoma Central Corporation, a leading provider of marine transportation services, and Nova Marine a Europe based ship-owning and operatin...
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LafargeHolcim acquires Marshall Concrete Products in the US Midwest
LafargeHolcim acquires Marshall Concrete Products in the US Midwest Today, LafargeHolcim in the United States announced the acquisition of Marshall Concrete Products, a longstanding and trusted suppli...
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Lafarge Ultra Green Cement delivers Sustainable Mining to Kitimat in Canada
Lafarge Ultra Green Cement delivers Sustainable Mining to Kitimat in Canada As a leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions, Lafarge Canada is making it easier for mining companies to ext...
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ULMA introduces new VR-L Large Modular Flying Tableform Shoring System
ULMA introduces new VR-L Large Modular Flying Tableform Shoring System The new versatile VR-L Table is ideal for projects with large square footage. The system is designed to boost productivity at the...
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Quantum materials promise a safer, wealthier and healthier world
Quantum materials promise a safer, wealthier and healthier world The University of Adelaide has launched its Quantum Materials strategy with its focus on cutting-edge fundamental research and deliveri...
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Researchers gain insights into using molten salt for heat transfer in energy technologies
Researchers gain insights into using molten salt for heat transfer in energy technologies Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge, Brookhaven and Idaho national laboratories and Stony Broo...
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IDTechEx explores 2021’s most Advanced Materials
IDTechEx explores 2021’s most Advanced Materials With the pandemic still raging, supply chain disruptions, the chip shortage, climate catastrophes, and geopolitical turbulence, it is safe to say...
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MIT study helps builders reduce carbon footprint of truss structures
MIT study helps builders reduce carbon footprint of truss structures Buildings are a big contributor to global warming, not just in their ongoing operations but in the materials used in their construc...
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Asahi Kasei working on Solution-Polymerized Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from Plastic Waste
Asahi Kasei working on Solution-Polymerized Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from Plastic Waste Asahi Kasei, a diversified Japanese multinational company, concluded an agreement with Shell Eastern Petroleum (...
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Geotextile Tubes market for dewatering and dredging set to take-off
Geotextile Tubes market for dewatering and dredging set to take-off Geotextiles tubes have over the past few years been extensively utilized in wide range of dewatering applications world over. Fabric...
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ACO Water Management launches V-Septor for SuDS Management
ACO Water Management launches V-Septor for SuDS Management ACO Water Management has launched its new advanced hydrodynamic separator, the V-Septor. Throughout the construction industry, there is an on...
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A guide to Aluminum Profiles and types
A guide to Aluminum Profiles and types The process of forcing aluminum alloy material from a specific cross-sectional profile is known as Aluminium extrusion. The process puts the physical characteris...
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Chemical researchers invent petroleum-like liquids from plants
Chemical researchers invent petroleum-like liquids from plants A team of researchers from the U.S. National Science Foundation Center for Sustainable Polymers based at the University of Minnesota Twin...
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HS2 chooses new absorbent Marine Booms to protect the environment
HS2 chooses new absorbent Marine Booms to protect the environment HS2 contractor Align JV, comprising Bouygues, Sir Robert McAlpine and VolkerFitzpatrick are piling the foundations for the 3.4km long...
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The benefits of TSRGD Complaint signage
The benefits of TSRGD Complaint signage Danny Adamson, Managing Director at Messagemaker Displays Ltd. has shared his insights on the importance of specifying only TSRGD compliant LED signage for publ...
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3D Printed Sand gets super strength with Polymer discovery
3D Printed Sand gets super strength with Polymer discovery Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed a novel polymer to bind and strengthen silica sand for binde...
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Synchrotron X-ray techniques could lead to Additive Manufacturing of a better steel
Synchrotron X-ray techniques could lead to Additive Manufacturing of a better steel Laser additive manufacturing – a form of 3D printing that builds up parts layer-by-layer by melting and resolidifyin...
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ShAPE Manufacturing produces better Aluminium Alloy extrusions
ShAPE Manufacturing produces better Aluminium Alloy extrusions When Ford began building the F-150 with mostly aluminium bodies in 2014, the popular truck slimmed down by about 700 pounds. That change...
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Road marking materials market set to rise with infrastructure development surge
Road marking materials market set to rise with infrastructure development surge The global road marking materials market is highly consolidated in nature as the market is mostly controlled by five com...
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ExOne can 3D Print virtually any Powder Material
ExOne can 3D Print virtually any Powder Material The ExOne Company, the global leader in industrial sand and metal 3D printers using binder jetting technology, today announced that it is open to devel...
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Rio Tinto delivers low-carbon steel with new production technology
Rio Tinto delivers low-carbon steel with new production technology Rio Tinto is progressing an innovative new technology to deliver low-carbon steel, using sustainable biomass in place of coking coal...
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Acrow supplies 12 Modular Bridges to restore critical infrastructure in Honduras
Acrow supplies 12 Modular Bridges to restore critical infrastructure in Honduras Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, announced today it has supplied 12 modular steel...
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New surface chemistry technique reveals corrosions secrets
New surface chemistry technique reveals corrosions secrets One can easily see with the naked eye that leaving an old nail out in the rain causes rust. What does require the keen eyes and sensitive nos...
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Volvo launches the world’s first vehicle made from fossil-free steel
Volvo launches the world’s first vehicle made from fossil-free steel Volvo Group is proud to reveal the world-first vehicle made of fossil-free steel from SSAB. During today’s green steel collab...
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GCCA reveals roadmap to achieve Concrete Net Zero emissions
GCCA reveals roadmap to achieve Concrete Net Zero emissions Forty of the world’s leading cement and concrete manufacturers today join forces to accelerate the shift to greener concrete by pledging to...
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Tomb of Roman Noblewoman reveals ancient concrete secrets
Tomb of Roman Noblewoman reveals ancient concrete secrets Over time, concrete cracks and crumbles. Well, most concrete cracks and crumbles. Structures built in ancient Rome are still standing, exhibit...
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Synthetic Actinide Tetrafluoride Electronic Structures
Synthetic Actinide Tetrafluoride Electronic Structures Actinide tetrafluorides exhibit significant variations in their electronic structures despite having nearly identical crystal structures. Scienti...
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Aero Aggregates manufacturing foamed glass aggregates in California
Aero Aggregates manufacturing foamed glass aggregates in California Aero Aggregates of North America, a manufacturer of ultra-lightweight foamed glass aggregates, will open a new facility in July 2022...
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Squeaky wheels get the Cortec Biobased Oil treatment
Squeaky wheels get the Cortec Biobased Oil treatment It is often true that “the squeaky wheel gets the oil,” both literally and figuratively. For example, a door that starts to squeak is naturally muc...
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International Lithium Association to be the voice of the global lithium industry
International Lithium Association to be the voice of the global lithium industry The world has entered the “lithium century” almost without noticing it, but until now this critical industry lacked a c...
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Doka brings its InnovationTowers to the Expo in Dubai
Doka brings its InnovationTowers to the Expo in Dubai After a one-year postponement, the Expo 2020 will open its doors in Dubai for six months starting on 1 October 2021. Doka will be there, presentin...
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Road Marking and Coatings market forecast to 2025
Road Marking and Coatings market forecast to 2025 The increased spending on infrastructural development across numerous regions and the growing focus on boosting the transport infrastructure will prov...
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Bitumen plays a vital sustainability role in road construction
Bitumen plays a vital sustainability role in road construction Bitumen, the binder used during road has changed the face of transportation since its application. It shaped mobility as we know it and w...
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Element Six launches new Grade of Diamond for Quantum Technology
Element Six launches new Grade of Diamond for Quantum Technology Element Six, part of the De Beers Group, has launched DNV-B14™, its newest general-purpose chemical vapour deposition (CVD) quan...
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Substrata launches new online soil stabilizer store
Substrata launches new online soil stabilizer store Biochemical manufacturing company Substrata announced today the launch of its new online store making it easier than ever for customers to purchase...
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LafargeHolcim first in US to convert to low-carbon Portland Limestone Cement
LafargeHolcim first in US to convert to low-carbon Portland Limestone Cement As part of a global effort to adopt more sustainable products and lower the industry’s carbon footprint, LafargeHolcim in t...
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Yes Recycling expands with launch of recycled plastic Ecosheet plywood alternative
Yes Recycling expands with launch of recycled plastic Ecosheet plywood alternative Yes Recycling, today announces exciting plans for a state-of-the-art recycling facility in Glenrothes, Fife. As an ex...
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National Highways trialling road resurfacing in the UK using Graphene
National Highways trialling road resurfacing in the UK using Graphene If successful, using this high-tech product could see the operational life of key road features extended by a number of years, red...
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Breakthrough turns waste into Graphene in a flash
Breakthrough turns waste into Graphene in a flash A new process introduced by the Rice University lab of chemist James Tour can turn bulk quantities of just about any carbon source into valuable graph...
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Commercial DuraPost fencing solution scalable to 4m height
Commercial DuraPost fencing solution scalable to 4m height Birkdale has expanded its extensive product portfolio by launching a new patented Commercial DuraPost®. Available in a range of lengths from...
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CINTEC Grout Anchor technology stabilizes lighthouse staircase
CINTEC Grout Anchor technology stabilizes lighthouse staircase Cintec North America announces its Cementitious Grout Anchors were used in a project for the stabilization of the deteriorating staircase...
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Sika sells European coatings business to Sherwin-Williams for $82m
Sika sells European coatings business to Sherwin-Williams for $82m Sika has agreed to sell its European industrial coatings business, based in Germany, to The Sherwin-Williams Company, the US-based gl...
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Marshalls Cycle Segregation Unit puts bicycles in their place
Marshalls Cycle Segregation Unit puts bicycles in their place Marshalls Landscape Protection, part of hard landscaping manufacturer Marshalls Group, is delighted to introduce the latest addition to it...
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Sika acquires waterproofing company in China
Sika acquires waterproofing company in China Sika has acquired Shenzhen Landun Holding Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of waterproofing systems in China. The company offers a comprehensive range of waterpro...
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