Low-grade clay cuts concrete's carbon footprint: study

NAMPA / Xinhua
2025-06-05
SYDNEY, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Low-grade clay, previously overlooked in construction, can significantly reduce the carbon footprint of concrete, a new Australian study revealed on Thursday. Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) have developed an innovative process that transforms abundant, low-value illite and kaolin clays into a high-performance cement substitute, said a RMIT news release. This breakthrough offers a......
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