Concrete is a very popular building material, enough so that one of its key ingredients – sand – is in increasingly short supply. Scientists are thus now exploring the possibility of replacing that ...

Given its status as the most widely-used manufactured material on Earth, reducing the huge environmental footprint of concrete would have significant consequences for the health of the planet.

A new study found that graphene derived from metallurgical coke, a coal-based product, through flash Joule heating could serve not only as a reinforcing additive in cement but also as a replacement ...

Everyone wants to be the first customer for the ready-mix truck. If all the material hasn’t been cleaned out, remnants of a previous mix can still be inside. It takes a good amount of water and a ...

About the Jadair Redi-Wash system. How the system recovers sand, stone, and water for reuse. How the system compares with settling ponds. Contributed by Jadair. Willbee Transit Mix operates a fleet of ...

I needed a few bags of sand for a small home project. When I checked at the hardware store, though, I was surprised to learn that there were a number of choices, sand wasn’t just sand. I could buy ...