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CONTENTS1.Editorial2.TwitterReminderEuroslag20133.MemberProleIndependentCementLime5.Insider-TheRoadtoGoingGreeninMelbourne6.WhyallaProject-ArriumLimited7.SFSUsageinAgriculturalApplicationsASMSSpecicExemptionUpdateCRCforLowCarbonLiving8.Concrete2013SurfSunandConcreteGlobalSlagConferenceDubai201313CONNECTIONSEDITORIALTEAMConnectionsispublishedbyASATheAustralasianIronSteelSlagAssociationWollongongNSW2500Ph0242258466Fax0242281777Emailinfoasa-inc.org.auWebwww.asa-inc.org.auExecutiveDirectorCraigHeidrichEditorOliviaYeatmanContributorsOliviaYeatmanCraigHeidrichMelissaBridgesNathanRobinsonJamesHowardDanCartwrightJamesRichardsMarcSmithRobertMcCaffery.Connectionsisaquarterlypublicationwithanonlinecirculationof1500copiesTHISISSUEConstructionindustryforecasterscontinuetoportrayafragmentedoutlookfor2013.Atamoregranularleveltherearesignsofimprovingprospectsforonesectorableaktimeaheadforanotherandthethirdsectorsettopeaksoonbeforesofteningoverthenextdecade.Broadlyforecasterssuggestthatthenexttwelvemonthswillbemakeorbreakformanybusinessesfromarchitectureanddesigntobuildingandconcreting.Whilstthesteelindustryco-productscontinuetobeinstrongdemandinbuildingandconcretingsectorswemustcontinuetodemonstrateanddierentiatethebenetsofironandsteelslagproductsfromournaturalquarriedandmanufacturedproductcousins-throughcontinuedRDproductadvocacyandpromotion.InDecember2012SenatortheHonChrisEvansMinisterforTertiaryEducationSkillsScienceandResearchformallylaunchedthelargestCRCsincetheCentresinception.AsfoundationmemberstheAustralasianironsteelSlagAssociationunderstandsthesignicantvalueoftheCRCforLowCarbonLivingandanticipatestheopportunitiesforresearchandmarketdevelopmentfortheincreasedvaluedaddedusageofslagmaterialinthebuiltenvironment.ThiseditionfocusesonanumberofprojectsthatinvolveAssociationmembers.MembercompanyHarscoprovidesaninsiderintotheuseoftheirnewproductGriphaltwhichoerssuperiorskidresistancepropertiesforuseonroads.AustralianSteelMillServicesASMSannouncedthattheNSWEPAgrantedaspecicexemptionfortheEditorialuseofSFSbarrennesandGBFSinvariousagriculturalapplications.ThisexemptionwasgrantedbasedonfavourableresultsprovidedbyaDPIresearchreport.FinallyArriumLimitedprovideaprojectupdateontheirminingportexpansionanecessarysteptocopewiththeirincreasingexportbusiness.Onceagainthiseditiondemonstratesthatdespitethecurrentsubduedbusinessoperatingenvironmentourmembersareundeterredandcontinuetodeveloptheirbusinesswhereverpossible.OurmemberproleforthisissuefocusesonIndependentCementandLimeacompanythatcontinuestosupplyqualityproductswithintheconstructionmaterialsindustry.ThisfeaturedsectionofConnectionswillincludeothermembersinfutureeditions.IntermsofupcomingindustryeventstheGlobalSlagConferenceConcrete2013andAustralianSocietyforConcretePavementsprovidevaluablenetworkingopportunitiesforourmemberswithlike-mindedindustrystakeholders.AseventsponsorsandexhibitorsatconferencesincludingConcrete2013andtheGlobalSlagConferenceweencourageourmemberstoattendandsupporttheirindustryadvocateinaction.AdetailedsummaryofeacheventcanbefoundlaterinthiseditionofConnections.OnanalnotetheAustralasianironsteelSlagAssociationwishyouasafeEasterperiodandallthebestwithyourindustrypursuitsthroughout2013.Vol11Issue1March2013connectionsMarch1301