Environmental Protection:Experts Seek To Produce Eco-friendly Cement

The researchers from across Africa met in Yaounde during an international workshop on cement proficiency testing in the continent.

Researchers from across Africa have learned new techniques of testing cement’s proficiency in order to guarantee its safety. The experts are also seeking ways to produce cement which is environmentally-friendly, so as to protect people, the environment and material goods.

According to an expert in the technology of construction materials, Wolfram Schmidt of the German Federal Institute for Materials Research (BAM), “cement is today responsible for 5 to 10 per cent of global carbon emission.” As such, the researcher holds that if cement is improperly produced, it can harm the environment and humans.

It is against this backdrop that the workshop was organised within the context of BAM’s Knowledge Exchange for Young Scientists and Pan-African Cement Testing Proficiency Scheme (PACE-PTS). It was jointly organised by the German Federal Institute for Materials Research, the National Metrology Institute of Germany and the Local Materials Promotion Authority (MIPROMALO).

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