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Some cement companies are using blast-furnace slag to reduce the amount of Pordand cement used in their concrete mixtures. St Marys Cement is producing CemPlus, which combines finely ground, granulated slag with Portland cement. Lafarge North America has NewCem, which works the same way. The slag ge...
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Published in | Building Vol. 55; no. 6; p. 18 |
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Format | Trade Publication Article |
Language | English |
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Toronto
IQ Business Media
01.12.2005
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Summary: | Some cement companies are using blast-furnace slag to reduce the amount of Pordand cement used in their concrete mixtures. St Marys Cement is producing CemPlus, which combines finely ground, granulated slag with Portland cement. Lafarge North America has NewCem, which works the same way. The slag gets a new purpose in life, and both the amount of energy and resources required to make the cement are reduced. |
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ISSN: | 1185-3654 1923-3361 |