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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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Revised
PCA forecast: No significant industry rebound until
2013
Sources: Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Ill.; staff
report
Lagging federal and state investment in transportation construction
will constrain recovery in cement consumption and concrete output from
the severely depressed levels of 2009, when shipments dropped nearly 45
percent against 2005-06 peaks…To read entire article, click
here.
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Ash
Grove announces executive team promotions
Source: Ash Grove Cement Co., Overland Park,
Kan.
Effective immediately are three promotions among Ash Grove executive
team members, implemented as part of the company’s succession plan in
the wake of president and chief operating officer Chuck Wiedenhoft’s
“untimely death,” notes Ash Grove Chairman Charles Sunderland…To
read entire article, click
here.
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EPA
attaches enthusiastic cost-benefit to stringent cement plant emissions
rule
Sources: Environmental Protection Agency; Portland Cement
Association, Skokie, Ill.; staff report
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates the cement
industry will incur $926 million–$950 million annually to comply with
new rules limiting emissions and particulate matter from kilns,
contending scrubber and related pollution-control investments will net
$6.7 billion to $18 billion in “public health benefits”…To read
entire article, click
here.
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Sierra
Club surrogate: EPA cement rule helps create, preserve
jobs
Sources: Staff report; Earthjustice, Oakland,
Calif.
In a press release hailing the EPA final NESHAP Portland Cement
rule, environmental activist Earthjustice observes, “Modernizing older
cement kilns with technologies such as scrubbers and activated carbon
injection will help to create more jobs for the cement industry and will
help preserve jobs in existing communities”…To read entire article,
click
here.
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“Coal
Ash as Hazardous Waste?” webinar registration
continues
Source: Staff report
During a live webinar, American Coal Ash Association, Citizens for
Recycling First, National Precast Concrete Association and National
Ready Mixed Concrete Association representatives will discuss possible
challenges an Environmental Protection Agency proposed
rule--“Identification and Listing of Special Wastes; Disposal of Coal
Combustion Residuals (CCR) From Electric Utilities”--will pose for
ASTM C618-grade fly ash users…To read entire article, click
here.
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U.S.
Geological Survey ranks top aggregates producers
Source: Rock Products
U.S. Geological Survey’s Directory of Principal Construction
Aggregate Producers lists these leading operators: Vulcan Materials,
Martin Marietta, Oldcastle Materials, Lehigh Hanson…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
Also, for information about advertising in the 2011 North American
Cement Directory, please contact David Pistello at (+1) 312-840-8471
or e-mail: david.pistello@penton.com
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Slag
demand on the rise as supply declines
Source: IntertechPira, Leatherhead, United
Kingdom
Driven by low-carbon and other environmental policies, demand for
ferrous slag in cement and aggregates industries worldwide stands to
outstrip supply, according to a new study released by IntertechPira…To
read entire article, click
here.
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Chamber
counters EPA position on Clean Air Act regulation of
GHG
Source: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington,
D.C.
A Chamber lawsuit filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit challenges the Environmental Protection
Agency’s denial of a petition to reconsider triggering the Clean Air
Act to regulate greenhouse gas emissions…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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