The technology has the potential to eliminate carbon emissions altogether from India’s brick-making industry, which consumes as much as 40 million tons of coal a year. The new method, known as FaL-G ...

CALEDONIA - CalStar, the start-up company that turns We Energies fly ash into architectural bricks and pavers, is now in production. Company officials publicly celebrated that fact Monday at ...

Considering the bricks are made from fly ash (a residue of coal used at the RTPS) , which was earlier treated as waste that cause environmental problems, officials are quite happy about the ...

These power plants capture and dispose of the fly ash, since it is loaded with mercury, lead and other toxic chemicals. The fly ash is buried in specially designed ponds and landfills, most likely ...

Fly ash is the main raw material for the bricks, while other input materials include quarry dust, lime, cement and gypsum. The industry flourished in the last 20 years as the Union government had ...

Though the construction sector has been witnessing a spurt in demand over the last one year, the more eco-friendly fly ash bricks are yet to gain popularity among builders and contractors in the ...

has decided to establish fly ash brick-making units through Self-Help Groups (SHGs). The initiative, under the Indira Mahila Shakti scheme, aims to set up three units per ULB. The Indiramma Indlu ...

Bricks made partially of discarded glass and recycling-waste ash have been shown to insulate ... of clay and sand along with minerals such as lime, magnesia and iron oxide. The clay and sand ...