Re-imagining industrial by-products to create a circular approach in the steel and cement industries.

混凝土是世界上仅次于水的第二大使用物质，主要是因为它的低成本、丰富和在各种环境中的可靠性。虽然混凝土可以追溯到古埃及、希腊和罗马，是社会的基石，但目前的生产和利用方法对能源和排放构成了重大挑战。本研究提出了水泥行业的资源和能源效率机会，水泥行业是混凝土中的主要碳排放源，通过利用钢铁行业的工业副产品来创造一种新的水泥，并在这两个基础行业之间建立循环经济。该项目利用行业现有的供应链和制造技术，具有长期可行性。这以可持续建筑材料的形式为水泥工业开辟了新的市场。材料进化公司的技术帮助水泥行业从最大的碳排放源之一，转变为真正消除混凝土制造过程中碳排放的解决方案。通过使用我们的专利技术，我们改变了水泥的化学成分，使混凝土在经济、强度和可持续性方面都具有优势。这将使制造商在发展业务的同时减少碳足迹，并通过循环方法迅速使两个基础行业脱碳。

Concrete is the second most used substance in the world after water, largely due to its low cost, abundance, and reliability in a wide variety of environments. While concrete has been a building block of society dating back to the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, current production and utilization methods pose significant energy and emissions challenges.This research proposes a resource and energy efficiency opportunity in the cement industry, which is the main carbon emitter within concrete, by utilising industrial by-products from the steel industry to create a new cement and establish a circular economy between these two foundation industries.The project has long-term viability by using the industry's existing supply chains and manufacturing techniques. This opens new markets to the cement industry in the form of sustainable building materials.Material Evolution's technology helps the cement industry move from being one of the largest contributors of embodied carbon, towards being the solution that actually eliminates carbon from the concrete manufacturing process.By using our patented technology, we transform the cement's chemistry to make concrete that is superior in terms of economics, strength, and sustainability. This will allow manufacturers to grow their business whilst shrinking their carbon footprint and rapidly decarbonise two foundation industries using a circular approach.