Sustainable Concrete Materials
Figure 1 Raw materials used in the production of portland cement ironstone sand shale clay other limestone Figure 2 Cement manufacture. Briefing 11 APRIl 2010 Page 3 energy use efficiencies from 1990 to 2009 Due to the significant amount of heating energy consumed in manufacturing cement, and its associated cost, the cement industry has been keenly focused over a long period on increasing