The Portland Cement Association, a leading trade group, is among those whose EPA grants were canceled. “Regardless of administration, our goal is carbon neutrality by 2050—that has not changed ...

Cement backer board is a DIYer's friend—it will let you lay down tile without using a thick bed of mortar. But you'll need to cut it down to size, and here's how.

When officials looked for ways to repair cracks in the Castillo de San Marcos around the turn of the 20th century, they chose Portland cement. Turns out that wasn't such a good idea. Now the Nati… ...

Globally, production of portland cement is estimated to be responsible for as much as 8% of the total CO2 released into the Earth’s atmosphere by human activity.

Still, from 1824 on, engineers, chemists and builders worked to create better "Portland cement." By 1844, another inventor had nailed down the modern, high-heat process, in which the components ...