After a century, concrete plant that helped build L.A. makes way for a deluxe tower The Cemex concrete plant in West Hollywood opened in the 1920s. Now, it has ceased operations to make way for ...

California’s cement plants have made significant strides in reducing their carbon footprint over the past two decades largely by making their operations more energy efficient. Data from the state Air ...

While concrete had been a preferred construction material for hundreds of years, it was 20th century advances in truck technology that made it practical to be delivered instead of mixed on-site.

California company cooking up concrete solutions to cement’s carbon problem Cement plants still spew greenhouse gas. But that has to change, as state deadlines loom.