Fortera Lowers Carbon Emissions with Opening of its First Industrial Green Cement Plant

REDDING, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cement production accounts for roughly 8% of global carbon emissions, and in a milestone step toward adoption and lowering emissions now, materials technology company Fortera has opened its Redding ReCarb® Plant, the first industrial green cement and carbon mineralization facility in North America and one of the largest of its kind in the world. Located in Redding, California, Fortera’s plant will capture carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted during cement production an