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Cement
industry challenges EPA rule driving $26/ton climb
Sources: Portland Cement Association, Washington, D.C.
office; Cement Americas staff
A PCA Petition for Reconsideration and Administrative Stay with the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cites late additions to a
final rule—national emission standard for hazardous air pollutants
(NESHAP)—the agency issued in August without affording opportunity for
public comment…To read entire article, click
here.
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Ash Grove petitions Appellate Court for NESHAP
rule review
Source: Ash Grove Cement Co., Overland Park, Kan.
Concurrent with similar Portland Cement Association legal action,
Ash Grove has filed a petition for review of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s (EPA) Portland Cement National Emission Standard
for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) Maximum Achievable Control
Technology Rule in the U.S. Court of Appeals…To read entire article,
click
here.
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Forecast lowers 2010-2012 cement consumption gains
by nearly two-thirds
Sources: Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Ill.; Cement
Americas staff
Sustained labor market weakness, and the ripple effect on
residential and public or private nonresidential and nonbuilding
construction over the next 26 months, has prompted PCA Chief Economist
Ed Sullivan to revise downward his August 2010 forecast of cement
consumption…To read entire article, click
here.
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PCA names Titan America, Cemex chiefs to top
board posts
Sources: Portland Cement Association; Cement Americas
staff
During its fall meeting, the PCA board of directors elected Titan
America CEO Aris Papadopoulos chairman and Cemex USA President Gilberto
Perez vice chairman, both for two-year terms…To read entire article,
click
here.
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Premier research firm honors Cemex’s
enterprise-wide social media
Source: Cemex S.A.B. de C.V., Monterrey, Mexico
An online, global platform for Cemex employees--combining elements
of popular social networks and communications tools to encourage
company-wide sharing of ideas and best practices--has won the
Management: Collaboration System category in the Forrester Research
Groundswell Awards…To read entire article,
click here.
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Habitat-built concrete home open for Greenbuild
tour
Source: Portland Cement Association, Skokie,
Ill.
A scheduled stop on this month’s Greenbuild 2010 residential tour
will be a Waukegan, Ill., site where side-by-side Habitat for Humanity
homes of identical 1,100-sq.-ft. floor plans exemplify two different
building methods--insulated concrete form and structural insulated panel
construction versus wood frame--enabling a direct cost and performance
comparison of the two construction modes…To read entire article,
click here.
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Governor recognizes Salt River Materials for role
in energy-wise, Habitat home
Source: Salt River Materials Group, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Contribution of product, engineering services and site labor to
Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona's Net-Zero Energy home, enclosed in
a panelized concrete forming system, garnered cement and aggregate
producer Salt River Materials an "Excellence in Economic Development and
Energy Leadership Award" from Arizona Governor Jan Brewer…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, dmarsh@mining-media.com,
312/720-9869.
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