With the high production rates and affordability of diamond tools, more contractors than ever before are cutting, grinding, and coring concrete and masonry materials. Performing these tasks without ...

Concrete cutting and drilling is by nature a dusty business. It can also be a risky one if precautions are not taken to minimize the amount of concrete dust floating around your jobsites. Many types ...

A few days after we moved into our new house in January 1997, my two youngest sons took over our basement. They made it their own personal hockey arena. By kids’ standards, it was near-perfect; an 18- ...

MEDINA, Ohio - City officials are anxiously awaiting an analysis of dust produced by a concrete company to determine if it contains harmful levels of silica, a crucial development in an ongoing battle ...

The cement industry contributes majorly to global greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for at least 8% of the total. This makes it a significant polluter, even when compared to other industries known ...

Grinding up the vast amounts of waste concrete around the world and spreading it on fields could remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and potentially boost crop yields, with no harmful effects, ...

Over the course of millions of years, the earth regularly removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through a natural process called weathering, when exposure to the elements wears down surface rocks ...