Past, Present, and Future of Cement Manufacturing and Decarbonization in the United States

Author

Duah Philip
Awuah Offei Kwame, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow

Abstract

Regulatory pressure to mitigate the cement industry's environmental impact has intensified recently, spurring innovation in low-carbon cement technologies. In the United States, cement production, consumption, and carbon emissions are accelerating. Despite this trend, the adoption of environmentally friendly dry clinker production technology with combined preheater-precalciner systems has surged from 53.3% in 2002 to 88.5% in 2019. Concurrently, reliance on wet technologies, known for their higher environmental impact, has dropped from 16.5% to 0.6% within the same period. This paper presents the results of our comprehensive study, utilizing over 100 years of industry data, to analyze these technological shifts and their environmental implications.

Recommended Citation

D. Philip and A. O. Kwame, "Past, Present, and Future of Cement Manufacturing and Decarbonization in the United States," MINEXCHANGE 2025 SME Annual Conference and Expo - CMA 127th National Western Mining Conference, Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Inc., Jan 2025.

Department(s)

Mining Engineering

Comments

National Science Foundation, Grant 2219086

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

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Citation

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text

Language(s)

English

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Publication Date

01 Jan 2025