Cement
Athens Mayor urges suspension of building height increase in Athens
Athens Mayor Haris Doukas has issued an open letter to Minister of Environment and Energy Theodore Skylakakis, urging the suspension of a ministerial decision "envisaging the implementation of increased building heights."
Innovative Graphene Method Redefines Concrete Recycling
Researchers from Flinders University and The University of Melbourne are pioneering a groundbreaking method to transform discarded concrete into a valuable resource, paving the way for a more sustainable construction approach.
Global developments may favor local cement companies
Developments in major countries, such as China and Saudi Arabia, are likely to work in favor of Turkish cement companies to help them regain Western markets, according to a business group.
Trade Ministry monitoring cement industry
The Trade Ministry has vowed to take necessary measures to prevent price increases and ease supply problems in the cement market.
The ministry said in a statement that it is monitoring developments in the construction sector, which has a considerable weight for the Turkish economy, adding that it is looking into the foreign trade angle.
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World’s 1s astronomy school, Cacabey Madrasah, gets facelift
The Cacabey Astronomy Madrasah which is on UNESCO's World Heritage Tentative List in the central Anatolian province of Kırşehir is currently undergoing restoration.
The Cacabey Madrasah was built between 1271 and 1272 during the Seljuk era by Nureddin Cibril bin Caca Bey, the emir of Kırşehir, as an astronomical school to observe space, the first of its kind in the world.
Titan – TERNA Energy – Strategic cooperation for investments in waste management
The TITAN and TERNA Energy Group consortium participates in the tenders for PPPs for Waste Management Units (WMUs) in Attica and Central Macedonia.
Contractors want 35 percent discount in cement prices
Works have stopped at nearly 60,000 construction sites across Turkey as contractors staged a two-week protest against soaring cement prices.
Contractors suspend works to protest rising costs
Many contractors across Turkey have suspended all works for two weeks to protest soaring costs, particularly cement prices.
Representatives of the Building Contractors Confederation (İmkon) had announced on Sept. 2 that they would stop working unless measures are taken to limit input costs.
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New early human discovered in Israel – Nesher Ramla Homo
It was found at a cement site
TITAN Group adopts artificial intelligence for the factory of the future
TITAN Group, in the context of its digital transformation, announced the implementation of an artificial intelligence innovation program for the creation of the "smart cement factory of the future". Innovations include the use of standalone algorithms to optimize the entire production line in real time.