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…
Read MorePCA, 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…
Read MoreHolcim 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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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…
Read MoreEco 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…
Read MoreHolcim North America gears up Alberta ash harvesting project
Sources: Lafarge Canada Inc., Calgary; CP staff 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 Western Canada operations, marks the first ash harvesting for concrete end uses under the global Holcim…
Read MoreEco Material plans 700K tpy ash harvest at Alabama Power station
Sources: Eco Material Technologies, South Jordan, Utah; CP staff Fly ash market leader Eco Material 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…
Read MoreHarvesting uptake benefits Coal Ash Production and Use Survey metrics
Sources: American Coal Ash Association, Sandy, Utah; CP staff The American Coal Ash Association Production and Use Survey indicates 2022 fly ash consumption in concrete at 10.9 million tons, 1 million tons off from the prior year, while year over year use of all coal combustion products (CCP) in cement production increased 8 percent, to just over 6 million tons.…
Read MoreEco Material envisions 10M tons from 25-year Dakota ash harvest
Sources: Eco Material Technologies, South Jordan, Utah Eco Material Technologies and Bismarck, N.D.-based Rainbow Energy Center will invest in harvesting and beneficiation plants at the utility’s Coal Creek Station, transforming impounded bottom ash materials to construction-grade fly ash and gypsum. North Dakota’s first of their kind and Eco Material’s second such investments, the plants will have projected annual yields of…
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