National Minerals deal puts EP Power on the North American map

Sources: EP Power Minerals Americas Inc., Atlanta; CP staff EP Power Minerals of Germany, a global player in cementitious materials, has closed a platform-level deal for its North American business, acquiring Hastings, Minn.-based National Minerals Corp. The transaction brings EP Minerals America Inc. one Minnesota, one Wisconsin and five Iowa fly ash processing facilities, plus two Iowa and three Minnesota…

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Titan Cement backs Concrete.ai and concrete recycling startup C2CA 

Sources: Titan Cement International SA, Brussels; CP staff The parent company of Virginia-based cement, fly ash, aggregate, ready mixed and concrete block producer Titan America SA has announced an investment in Concrete.ai, Los Angeles developer of artificial intelligence and machine learning technology for mix design optimization, quality control and lowering carbon dioxide emissions associated with finished concrete. Combining Titan Cement’s…

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SEFA ash business sports Heidelberg Materials banner

South Carolina-based SEFA Group, the fly ash processing technology and marketing subsidiary of Heidelberg Materials North America, will operate with parent company branding effective this year. While the SEFA name continues to be associated with coal combustion residual beneficiation intellectual property, administrative, distribution and processing operations throughout Southeast and Mid-Atlantic markets will bear the Heidelberg Materials banner. “Two years ago,…

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Eco Material drives down CO2 emissions, landfill volumes

Eco Material Technologies Inc., the top fly ash and supplementary cementitious material processor and marketer in North America, targets annual SCM volume of 20 million tons by 2030, a doubling of 2023 output. That projection leads production data and perspectives in the just-released 2023 Sustainability Report, showing how Eco Material last year: “Our 2023 results demonstrate continued leadership in decarbonizing…

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Eco Material cuts CO2 emissions, landfill tip tonnages by the millions

Sources: Eco Material Technologies Inc., South Jordan, Utah; CP staff Eco Material Technologies, the top fly ash and supplementary cementitious material processor and marketer, targets annual SCM volume of 20 million tons by 2030, a doubling of 2023 output. That projection leads production data and perspectives in the just-released 2023 Sustainability Report, showing how Eco Material last year:  “Our 2023…

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Marginal Feed, High Performance Yield

Successful deployments of treatment technologies for substandard coal combustion products (CCP) signal decades of Class F fly ash supplies for North American concrete producers. Such assurance stands regardless of specification-grade ash availability reflecting power generating station coal to natural gas conversions—or the pace of a broader energy sector shift from fossil fuels to alternative sources. With 6 percent to 15…

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PCA, Ash, Slag and Pozzolan groups land EPA grant for EPDs

Sources: Portland Cement Association, Washington, D.C.; CP staff The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $2.4 million to advance a project boosting the number of facility-specific Environmental Product Declarations from Portland Cement Association, American Coal Ash Association, Natural Pozzolan Association and Slag Cement Association members. The project will entail PCA distributing up to $1.5 million in grants to eligible…

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Holcim North America powers inaugural ash harvesting project

Holcim North America and sister business Geocycle North America are overseeing a premier of beneficiation technology transforming landfilled coal combustion products to Class F fly ash. ECOAsh, the branded material from an Alberta site strategic to Lafarge Canada Inc. operations, marks the first ash harvesting for concrete end uses under the global Holcim Group banner. Holcim NA and Geocycle NA…

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Streamlined Slab

Authorized installer Wayne Brothers proves MEGASLAB tendencies to low carbon metrics, high load-bearing potential, plus concrete schedule and jointing optimization The MEGASLAB specification equates to a 70 percent reduction in the amount of jointing that a conventional 9-in. thick alternative would require. The darker, glass-like section shown here has received a final trowel pass and is ready for MEGASpray. Following…

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Eco Material and Southern Co. perpetuate ash harvesting

Fly ash market leader Eco Material Technologies has announced a collaboration with Southern Co. subsidiary Alabama Power to harvest and process millions of tons of stored coal combustion products from Plant Barry, a Bucks, Ala. power station. The project is the third such venture with the Atlanta-based utility giant, following CCP harvesting and processing contracts at Plants Bowen and Branch…

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