Lehigh Hanson parent subtracts carbon, accidents in new sustainability equation

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Sources: HeidelbergCement AG, Germany; CP staff

HeidelbergCement has added a decade to the horizon of its Sustainability Ambitions 2020 program, whose six-point successor centers on reducing carbon dioxide emissions 30 percent from 1990 levels; steering 80 percent of the research & development budget to sustainable products; increasing natural resource substitution with by-products or recycled materials; and, eliminating lost-time accidents.

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Charah, rail services partner bring Mile High City new fly ash source

Sources: Charah LLC, Louisville, Ky.; CP staff

Charah has opened a fly ash storage terminal in Kelim, Colo., north of Denver, in partnership with Great Western Railway of Colorado operator and rail-to-truck transloading services provider OmniTRAX. Geared to Rocky Mountain States concrete producers, the facility joins the Charah MultiSource Class C and Class F fly ash distribution network, whose recent expansion has also seen new terminals in California, the Midwest, New England and the South.

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