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Norit program helps minimize EPA compliance
costs
New regulations to protect air and water add tough
challenges for the cement industry. Norit offers a range of products for
mercury removal, plus a Compliance Solution Program (CSP) to help cement
manufacturers minimize compliance costs and simplify the emission
control process. The CSP program measures current emission levels,
evaluates treatment options, and conducts product testing at your plant.
Norit engineers are also experts at designing optimal storage and
transporting methods for bulk carbon. www.norit-americas.com
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Holcim
Ste. Gen opening draws VIPs from the Alps to Capitol
Hill
Sources: Holcim (US) Inc., Waltham, Mass.; staff
report
Capping nearly 10 years of permitting and more than $1 billion in
equipment, construction and site investments, Holcim celebrated its
newest plant, located in Ste. Genevieve County, Mo., during early-June
festivities. Executives from both Holcim (US) and its Swiss parent
company Holcim Group joined Obama Administration officials (companion
item), members of Congress, local and state elected officials, community
leaders, citizens advisory members, and others who were instrumental in
getting the plant from the permitting stage to the beginning of
operations in late-2009. ...To read entire article, click
here
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DOT
chief LaHood lauds Ste. Gen as harbinger of economic
recovery
Sources: CP staff; Holcim (US) Inc., Waltham,
Mass.
Headlining guest speakers for the Holcim Ste. Genevieve cement plant
inaugural event, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood commended
the host for creating jobs (the operation has 250 employees), thus
playing an important role in the nation's economic recovery and
supplying a product key to rebuilding transportation infrastructure
through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). ...To read
entire article, click
here
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FLS,
Aalborg Portland deploy nanotechnology for reduced-carbon powder
process
Source: FLSmidth A/S, Valby, Denmark
A Danish effort to develop process technology for the production of
high-quality, environmentally friendly cement has been launched through
a DKK15 million [US$2.5 million] National Advanced Technology Foundation
grant. The four-year effort targets formulation, through nanotechnology
methods, of new types of reactive supplementary cementitious materials,
plus development of process technology needed for large-scale SCM
production based on locally available raw materials. ...To read entire
article, click
here
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Author
traces rediscovery of Great Pyramid-era binder
Sources: Margaret Morris Books/Scribal Arts Media ; staff
report
A new book describes a silicate rock, made without heat or pressure,
as a potential aggregate-binding substitute for portland cement in a
range of building and infrastructure concrete conditions. ...To read
entire article, click
here
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Lafarge
NewCem optimizes masonry mix designs, walls, CO2
math
Sources: Taylor Concrete Products, Inc., Watertown, N.Y.;
staff report
Upstate New York’s Taylor Concrete credits NewCem GGBF slag with
reducing block and brick unit mix designs’ portland cement by 20
percent, while increasing finished products’ net area compressive
strength nearly 50 percent over ASTM C 90 requirements. ...To read
entire article, click
here
The ALL-NEW 2010 North American Cement Directory is
currently available for ordering exclusively from Cement
Americas. Order your fully updated new edition today!
Also available for ordering is the fully revised companion 2009 U.S.
and Canadian Portland Cement Map.
Both can be purchased from the Cement Americas Book Department:
Phone: (+1) 888-254-4552 or (+1) 913-967-1719
On the web
e-mail: bookorders@penton.com
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State
recognizes safety at Roanoke Castle Hayne
terminal
Source: Roanoke Cement Co., Troutville, Va.
During an early-June ceremony at Cape Fear Community College North
Campus in Castle Hayne, North Carolina Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry
presented Roanoke’s Castle Hayne terminal management a 1st Year Gold
Safety Award for an injury-free 2009. To read entire article, click
here
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Welcome to CEMENT NEWSLINE, the electronic
newsletter from Cement Americas. Submissions for
upcoming issues of CEMENT NEWSLINE or Cement Americas should be
directed to: Don Marsh, Editor, don.marsh@penton.com,
312-840-8483.
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