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Eco Material balances SCM portfolio with natural pozzolan mine venture

Sources: Eco Material Technologies, South Jordan, Utah; CP staff

Arizona customers and public officials joined Eco Material for a June 21 ribbon cutting at the Kirkland Pozzolan Mine, located in hilly, desert terrain 75 miles northwest of Phoenix. CEO Grant Quasha credited construction and mining teams, as well as plant equipment suppliers, with creating a world class facility—one advancing the producer’s mission to decarbonize concrete by offering alternatives to portland cement.

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Supplementary Cementitious Materials

Class F, C Fly Ash A readily recyclable byproduct of coal combustion in power generating stations, ASTM C 618fly ash is the most widely used supplementary cementitious material, typically substituting portland cement at 10-25 percent in concrete mix designs. In addition to cement replacement, Class F ash is specified for Read more…

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Structural Precast Concrete

Fabricated according to joint American Concrete Institute-Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Committee 319 standards, structural precast combines hydraulic binder, primarily portland cement but also supplementary materials such as Class F or Class C fly ash, slag or pozzolan; chemical or mineral admixtures; sand, gravel or crushed stone; water; plus, reinforcing steel and/or Read more…

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Ready Mixed Concrete

Ready mixed concrete is defined in the ASTM C 94 standard and specified for cast-in-place, reinforced and/or post-tensioned structural conditions. It combines hydraulic binder, primarily portland cement but also supplementary materials such as Class F or Class C fly ash, slag or pozzolan; chemical or mineral admixtures; sand, gravel or Read more…

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