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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 inBuilding Vol. 55; no. 6; p. 18
Main Author Allin, Julie
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Toronto IQ Business Media 01.12.2005
Subjects
Cement
Design
Energy
Green buildings
Green marketing
Iron
Landfill
Turbines
Wind farms
Wind power
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Canada
Toronto Ontario Canada
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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.
ISSN:1185-3654
1923-3361