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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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Judge
drops Florida Antitrust cement conspiracy, dismisses six
defendants
Source: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of
Florida, Miami
U.S. District Court Judge Cecilia Altonaga has ordered “In Re
Florida Cement and Concrete Antitrust Litigation” plaintiffs to amend
consolidated complaints by centering on four defendants and a timeframe
from mid-2008 forward. The parameters are a far cry from an originally
alleged, price-fixing and market-allocation conspiracy the Sunshine
State’s major cement, ready mixed and concrete block operators
purportedly effected from at least 2000…To read entire article,
click here.
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Report
assesses carbon-reduction technologies for cement-based
products
Source: Lux Research Inc., Boston
“Paving the Way to Cost, Energy, and Carbon Savings in the
Concrete Industry” assesses an expanding range of options designed to
make concrete greener through improved cement-production techniques,
admixtures affording lower portland cement dosages, and supplementary
cementitious materials, plus building energy efficiency and performance
technologies…To read entire article,
click here.
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TXI
resumes Central Texas plant expansion
Source: Texas Industries, Inc., Dallas
With crews returning to the Hunter cement-plant site near New
Braunfels, Texas, TXI expects the new kiln to go online within 24
months. To date, the bulk of equipment has been procured, and the
project is about 85 percent complete…To read entire article,
click here.
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Ex-Florida
Rock chief joins TXI board
Source: Texas Industries, Inc., Dallas
John D. Baker II and Dorothy C. Weaver have been appointed to the
TXI board of directors, filling vacancies whose terms expire in 2012.
Baker is executive chairman of Patriot Transportation Holding and a
member of the Wells Fargo & Co. board of directors…To read entire
article, click
here.
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Newsweek
names CO2-capturing binder among 10 Big Green
Ideas
Sources: Newsweek, October 25 edition; staff
report
Calera Corp., the northern California technology developer eyeing
carbon dioxide-capturing supplementary cementitious materials or
aggregates, is recognized in the Newsweek 2010 Green Rankings.
The current edition lists Calera's processing of calcium carbonate
aggregate or powder from smokestack-sourced carbon dioxide as the sixth
of 10 Big Green Ideas…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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