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EditorialASABoardChangesASABoardChangesSteelCementCelebrates20yearsCapturingtheValueofIronandSteelRockandSandReferenceDataSheet2BFSlagAggregatesPropertiesCharacteristicsandApplicationsSlagasSelectFillforPortKemblaPortDevelopmentPortKemblaPortDevelopmentbenetsfromBlastFurnacerockslagpropertiesandavailabilityLadleSteelSlagexemptionSpecifyingSustainableConcrete-EcoCemUKRevisedcreditwilldrivedemandforenvironmentallyresponsibleconcreteNewsBriefs-AustralasianInternationalWebsiteRevisionandtherstissueofourENews-ConnectionscombinetoincreasetrafcontheAssociationsWebsiteTheAustralasianIronSteelSlagAssociationWollongongNSW250002422584660242281777infoasa-inc.org.auASAinc.CraigHeidrichDavidE.Joneswww.101design.com.auDavidEJonesAlisonFitzgeraldCraigHeidrichMikeByrneTonileeAndrewsConnectionsisaquarterlypublicationwithanonlinecirculationof1500copiesCONTENTSThedevelopmentoftheAustralasianSlagbusinesshasbeentakingplaceforthelastfty50years.TheSteelIndustryinAustraliaislocatedinPortKemblaNewcastleandWhyalla.Eachofthesefacilitieswaslocatedonthewaterfrontonlowlyingland.Theinitialvaluecapturecamefromtheuseofironandsteelslagstoconvertthelowlyinglandintorstclassstableindustriallandcapableofsupportinglargestructures.Inthe1960sreclamationoflowlyinglandwasalmostcompletesodevelopmentworkwasdirectedtowardsndingnewmarkets.Thisrequiredchangesinprocessingmethodsandthedevelopmentofendproductssuchasspeciedroadpavements.Atthisstagethesteelindustrystartedtocontractoutslaghandlingandprocessingwiththeobjectofsavingondisposalcostanddevelopingnewproducts.In1966GranulationofironblastfurnaceslagbeganatPortKembla.Thisopenedupthepotentialofusinggroundgranulatedblastfurnaceslaginconcrete.Sincethattimetherehavebeensignicantdevelopmentsinprocessingandmixdesignsforthevariousslagproducts.TheSteelCementstoryisarealAustraliansuccessstorybasedontheidenticationofavalueproposition.ThishasextendedtheuseofGroundGranulatedSlaginVictoria.SlagproductshaveplayedandcontinuetoplayanimportantroleinthedevelopmentofPortKemblaPort.CommunityfocusonsustainabilityalsohighlightsthevaluepropositionofslagproductsparticularlyinconcretereducingtheCO2efootprintconcreteconstruction.FollowingsomereorderingofManagementresponsibilitieswithinBlueScopeSteelJimGrahamadvisedofchangestoBlueScopeSteelsPrincipalRepresentativeNomination.GiventhathisworkresponsibilitieshavechangedJimintroducedtotheBoardthenewPrincipalBlueScopeSteelRepresentativeisChrisPageManagerEnergyandSiteServices.TheBoardacknowledgedJimssupportandcontributiontotheAssociationsworkinrepresentingBlueScopeSteeltotheBoardandMembership.JimalsocontributedtotheAssociationasitsChairguidingtheAssociationthroughtherstInternationalGlobalSlagConferenceheldinSydneyNovember2010.JimsdeparturefromtheBoardcreatedavacancyforthepositionofChair.TheBoardthenresolvedtonominateRobNewmanManagingDirectorofSCEGroupasitsnewchairtoserveoutthecurrentterm.SCEgrouphasbeenassociatedwiththesteelindustryandthedevelopmentoftheAustralasianSlagProductsindustryforseveraldecades.TheBoardalsonominatedDavidLeavesleyfromASMSasDeputyChair.AustralianSteelMillServicesASMSisthelargestslagprocessorandMarketerofironandsteelslagproductsinAustralia.ASMSisajointventurecompanybetweenthethenQueenslandCementCoandtheDetroitbasedLevyCompany.TheAssociationlooksforwardtothenewteamguidingitintoarobustfutureasitcontinuestostronglyadvocatetheplaceofIronandSteelSlagproductsinAustralasianconstructionparticularlygiventheircontributiontodurabilityandecosustainability.DavidE.Jones1.Editorial1.2.2.2.3.Insider-4.Insider-4.Insider-5.5.6.6.11CONNECTIONSEDITORIALTEAMConnectionsispublishedbyASAPhFaxEmailWebwww.asa-inc.org.auPublisherExecutiveDirectorEditorDesignContributorsImageJimGrahamTHISISSUEVol9Issue2July2011