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，这主要是因为它的低成本、丰富和在各种环境中的可靠性。虽然混凝土早在古埃及人、希腊人和罗马人时期就已经成为社会的基石，但目前的生产和利用方法带来了巨大的能源和排放挑战。这项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主要的碳排放者，通过利用钢铁行业的工业副产品来创造新的水泥，并在这两个基础行业之间建立循环经济。通过利用该行业现有的供应链和制造技术，该项目具有长期可行性。这以可持续建筑材料的形式为水泥行业打开了新的市场。材料进化公司的技术帮助水泥行业从具体碳的最大贡献者之一，转变为实际上从混凝土制造过程中消除碳的解决方案。通过使用我们的专利技术，我们改变了水泥的化学成分，以制造在经济、强度和可持续性方面更优越的混凝土。这将使制造商能够在减少碳足迹的同时扩大业务，并使用循环方法快速消除两个基础行业的碳排放。

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.