A former Utah coal town could soon become a hub for low-carbon cement

Photo caption: Workers pour a layer of concrete made with Terra CO2’s materials at a Porsche dealership in Sugar Land, Texas. Photo credit: G. Lyon Photography. Article by Maria Gallucci. Grist – October 26, 2024. This article was originally published by Canary Media.

The city of Magna, Utah, was once the home of a major coal-fired power plant that provided electricity for Rio Tinto’s enormous copper mine next door. But in 2019, the company shuttered the last of the four coal units, opting instead to power its mining operations with wind and solar energy. […]

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