Concrete produced using alternative raw materials can be deployed in all the same ways as conventional ordinary Portland cement (OPC)-based concrete. Photo credit: Abdul Zreika via Unsplash and ALCCC.

The Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS) and other founding members launched the Alliance for Low-Carbon Cement and Concrete (ALCCC) in May 2023. Since then, its membership has more than doubled to 28 companies and associations within the European cement and concrete space.

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Figure 1: Block model block classification.

Cement plant quarries typically provide approximately 90% of the raw materials needed to make cement, but because they account for only about 10% of total operating costs, they are easily neglected. Even today, many operators only pay attention to the quarry when problems arise with raw material quantity or quality. This article shows how all operators can better understand their natural resources through block modeling and mine planning.

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