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Month: June 2009

Cement-Taxing Clean Energy Act Faces Stratospheric Senate Climb

June 29, 2009 Concrete News

Critics of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, which passed the U.S. House and foreshadows steep future taxes on portland cement and other products of energy-intensive processing, guarantee a rough ride for the legislation in the Senate later this year

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Clean Energy Act Nays Stack Up In Cement Plant-Tied Districts

June 29, 2009 Concrete News

Party interests aside, Rep. Joe Barton’s (R-TX) nay on American Clean Energy and Security Act likely reflects certain constituents’ sensitivity to a “national energy tax”

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Ambitious $450 Billion Highway Bill May Hit Speed Bump

June 23, 2009 Concrete News

At a June 18 Capitol Hill news conference, the Democratic and Republican leaders of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure released their blueprint for the next surface transportation authorization bill

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Engineers Trace Concrete Creep To Calcium Silicate Hydrate Shifting In Matrix

June 22, 2009 Concrete News

Calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) granules’ tendency to rearrange into altered densities–some looser, others more tightly packed–leads to creep, the deformation concrete experiences under loading

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Ncma, Icpi Explore Mutual Promotion, Member Support Strategies

June 22, 2009 Concrete News

During a recent two-day session in Chicago, NCMA and Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute representatives discussed how their groups could jointly promote paving stones and segmental retaining wall units, and support development of hardscape unit contractors/installers

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Post-Rockwood Equipment Design Group Rebranded Rusticator Machinery

June 22, 2009 Concrete News

In-line concrete masonry and hardscape unit surface treatment/distressing specialist Equipment Design Group is now operating as Rusticator Machinery, with Bradley Price at the helm

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Senate DemsÌ Clean Water Act Expansion Fosters Sweeping Federal Power Grab

June 17, 2009 Concrete News

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved in a vote along party lines (12-7) the Clean Water Restoration Act (S. 787), empowering the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers with authority far beyond the original Clean Water Act

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Cemstone Brings High-Reactivity Metakaolin Scm Into Mainstream Mix Design

June 17, 2009 Concrete News

Under a new partnership with Calgary-based Whitemud Resources Inc., Cemstone has begun using WhitemudMK high-reactivity metakaolin (HRM) as a supplementary cementitious material in concrete mix designs for heavy/civil work

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Pca: Will Epa Regs Foster ÀopecÌ Factor For Domestic Cement Consumers?

June 16, 2009 Concrete News

A proposed hazardous air pollutant regulation for the cement industry undermines the balance between environmental protection and economic viability, potentially forcing U.S. concrete producers to turn to foreign powder sources, PCA noted at EPA hearings June 16-18 in Los Angeles, Dallas, and Arlington, Va.

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Holcim Buys Cemex’s Australian Operations At Fire-Sale Price

June 15, 2009 Concrete News

Just shy of the two-year anniversary of Cemex’s $16 billion acquisition of Australia’s Rinker Group, the Mexican building materials giant has agreed to sell its entire Australian operations to Swiss-owned Holcim Group for about $1.64 billion

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