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New Cementitious Materials PCR Advances Environmental Reporting

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The American Cement Association (ACA) has partnered with the Slag Cement Association, the Natural Pozzolan Association and the American Coal Ash Association, to develop new, consolidated Product Category Rules (PCR) for cementitious materials. Officially known as SMART EPD, Part B Product Category Rules for Cementitious Materials, Standard 1000-017, version 1, this effort entailed merging three different PCRs — for cement,…

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ACA, SCA, NPA Sponsor Consolidated PCR for Cementitious Materials

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The American Cement Association, Natural Pozzolan Association and Slag Cement Association have released what is certain to become the most far-reaching document to date in the construction materials environmental data reporting era. Through Part B Product Category Rules for Cementitious Materials, they aim to provide consistent guidance for assessment and reporting of portland cement and supplementary cementitious materials’ environmental performance.…

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Silvi Cement Expands Rail-Served Distribution Network

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Silvi Cement, a division of Silvi Materials, is expanding its rail-served cementitious materials distribution network with a new terminal in Greenville, S.C., and the forthcoming opening of its previously announced terminal in Columbus, Ohio. The two facilities represent the latest step in Silvi Materials’ continued investment in the infrastructure and logistics capabilities needed to serve a growing customer base across…

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PCA to Benefit from EPA Funding

Mark S. Kuhar

Wow! The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) did something good for the industry. The EPA will give the Portland Cement Association (PCA) more than $2.4 million to lead a project that will improve both the quantity and quality of industry Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). It’s one of 38 grants that the EPA announced. EPDs are the most widely used tool…

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Finding Value in Carbon

Jonathan Rowland

A Calgary-Based Company Is Turning CO2 Emissions And Industrial Byproducts Into High-Quality Supplementary Cementitious Materials. by Jonathan Rowland Carbon capture is recognized as a key element in most pathways to a decarbonized cement industry. As the Portland Cement Association (PCA) noted in its 2021 Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality, carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) “directly avoids a significant portion of…

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Time for AI?

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Artificial Intelligence Is Changing The World, And The Cement Industry Is No Exception. Should We Be Worried, Or Is It The Time To Embrace The Revolution?  By Jonathan Rowland We need to talk about how good AI is getting. So read a headline from the New York Times in August 2022. Since then, public interest in artificial intelligence (AI) has…

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