Clay Technology

A Madagascan manufacturer has been working with a local real estate developer come energy producer to make unfired, compressed, earth bricks from chemically formed earth.

An engineering technique that could help preserve historic stone and brick masonry buildings and bridges has been developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Contaminants in the air are being captured and repurposed to make coloured glazes for ceramic tiles.

Hannah Ault, Managing Director of Valentine Clays, is the first female Vice President on the British Ceramic Confederation’s Board. Sarah Morgan catches up with her about her journey in making a career in ceramics.

Craig Beck of Cheshire & Warrington 4.0 (CW4.0) proposes that an acceleration in digital transformation could be the one upside of the energy cost crisis.

A method of recycling concrete rubble left by war could help rebuild key infrastructure in Syria.

Carbon can be captured into waste rock powders during mining operations and aggregate production, say researchers at Strathclyde University, UK. 

Saint-Gobain is reported to be the first manufacturer in the world to carry out a production test of flat glass using more than 30% hydrogen during trials at its Herzogenrath site in Germany. 

Rachel Basha-Franklin, Principal Director of architecture and interior design studio Basha-Franklin, discusses the potential of urban mining and material banks.

With an introduction from Professor Ian M Reaney FIMMM, Director of the Transforming Foundation Industries Network+, three key projects funded by the programme are described.

Professor Ian M Reaney FIMMM, Director of the Transforming Foundation Industries Network+, calls for greater synergy with universities to decarbonise the UK ceramics industry.