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CompanyMembersAprimaryroleofourAssociationistobringtogetherSlagProducersProcessorsCustomersSupplierstotheSlagIndustry.Ouractivitiescovertechnicaldevelopmentsplantoperationsandprocesseseducationandpromotion.IfyouwouldlikemoreinformationontheAssociationandhowyoucanbecomeinvolvedsimplycompletetheinformationsectionattheendofthisnewsletter.Currentmembershipisaslisted.PersonalMembersAndersonLGregoryGHadiMHon.HanleyPHon.HeatonBHon.HinczakDrIHon.JamesWHon.JonesDEHon.ProsserSDHon.VenourMHon.AustralianSteelMillServicesPtyBISIndustriesBluescopeSteelLtdPortKemblaCementAustraliaHolcimPtyLtdHolcimNZLtdHarscoMetalHoldingsPtyLtdNewZealandSteelMineralsOneSteelLimitedRoadsandMaritimeServicesSteelCementPty.LtdSteelstoneServiceSwinburneUniversityofTechnologyUniversityofNewcastleUniversityofQueenslandUniversityofWollongongRelatedAssociationsEuroslagNationalSlagAssociationUSNipponSlagAssociationJapanEuropeanSlagAssociationEUSLAGINSIDERIn2010theassociationsNationalTechnicalCommitteeNTCconductedareviewofthex18GuideontheUseofIronandBlastFurnaceSlaginCementandConcretex19Frstpublishedin1997.ThereviewconcludedthatspeciFersandusersofconcretecomponentmaterialsandotherslagbasedproductsrequireduptodateandnewinformationonslagproductswithafocusonprovidingadviceonhowbesttospecifyslagmaterialsfordesignandconstructionalbeneFt.SomekeyareasincludedThesustainabilitydebateandtheroleslagscanplaybothasaggregatesandsupplementarycementitiousmaterialsSCMsThewideravailabilityofneatmilledslagforuseasaSCMforconcreteChangestoAustralianstandardsforcementsSCMsconcreteAS1379andconcretestructuresAS3600andNewdevelopmentsonAS2758.1.Anewapproachwastakenwiththeformatofthisreview.Itwasdecidedthatratherthanonelargedocumentitwouldbebrokendowninto5individualdatasheetswhichcomplimenttheassociationspublishedguides.1.ASADataSheet1BlastFurnaceProducts-AggregateandCementitiousProducts2.ASADataSheet2BlastFurnaceSlagAggregates-PropertiesCharacteristicsandApplications3.ASADataSheet3BlastFurnaceSlagCements-PropertiesCharacteristicsandApplications4.ASADataSheet4BlastFurnaceSlagCementsandAggregates-SlagBindersandAggregatesandAustralianStandards5.ASADataSheet5BlastFurnaceSlagCementsandAggregates-EnhancingSustainabilityFinalisationoftheConcreteGuideReviewThesenewdatasheetshaveallbeenpublishedandareavailableforyourperusalattheASAwebsitehttpwww.asa-inc.org.aureference-data-sheets.phpAspecialacknowledgementisnecessaryforthoseauthorswhodevelopedthe1997originalversionwhichwasrelevanttotheindustryforFfteen15years.INSIDERwww.asa-inc.org.auconnectionsApril1203Originalx91997x9GuideLenAndersonFredAndrew-PhaedonosJohnAshbyRobertBarberBarryButlerValBrizgaDavidDashGordonDobsonAlanDowChrisFrancisEdHaberBrianHeatonlhorHinczakWayneJamesDavidJonesAndrewKemenyLanceMidgleyJohnPattisonDougProsserPaulRatcliffAndrewRobertsonMartinVenourMikeVeyseyTomWauerGeoffYoudale