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GREENERFUTUREwww.asa-inc.org.au04connectionsMarch13MEMBERPROFILEINDEPENDENTCEMENTLIMEFollowingextensiveresearchdevelopmentandamajorinvestmentinplantandequipmentICLcommencedproductionofslagastheinputproductforitsEcoblendrangeofenvironmentallyfriendlycementblendsin1991.IntheseEcoblendproductsconventionalcementispartlyreplacedwithsupplementarycementitiousmaterialstypicallyblastfurnaceslagoryash.TheintroductionofthesesupplementarymaterialshashadasignicantimpactontheCO-eemissionsgeneratedbycementmanufacture.ThishasbeenachievedinanumberofwaysincludingEcoblendproductscontainaminimum30supplementarycementitiousmaterialsSCMsie.slagandyash.Thishassignicantlyreducedthedemandforclinkerbasedcementsandhencetherequirementfortheburningofthefossilfuelsusedintheenergyintensivecementclinkerproductionaswellasreducingtheemissionsthatoccurintheburningprocessitself.ForeachtonneofSCMsusedareductionof700kgofCO-eisachieved.TheuseofgranulatedblastfurnaceslagGBFSasthecementreplacermeansthattheslagwhichisaproductofsteelproductionisnolongerconsideredawasteandisnotputintolandll.Ecoblendisinfactasuperiorcementitiousproductoeringincreaseddurabilityorlongerlifeparticularlyinadverseenvironmentseg.saltwatersulphateenvironmentsetcmeaningthattheconcretewilllastlongerfurtherreducingitsenvironmentalimpact.EcoblendhasinfactbeensosuccessfulthatICLndsthatitsproductionfacilityisnowatcapacity-closeto250000tperannum-deliveringastaggeringsavingof160000tingreenhousegasemissionseachyear.ICLisnowseekingtoexpanditsproductioncapacitybutneedsthespacetodoso.ThesupportofGovernmentinsecuringthisspacewillalsobecrucial.TodelveintoproductspecicstheEcoblendrangeofcementsarespecicallyformulatedtoreducetheenvironmentalimpactsofcementitiousbindersusedinconcreteandstabilisationproducts.Ecoblendusessupplementarycementssuchasslagandyashtoensureasignicantlylowerproductlifecycleimpact.Itprovidestheoptionofusingabinderwithsignicantlylessmaterialinputenergyinputandemissionoutputhencecreatingaverylowenergymaterial.ThesesignicantenvironmentsavingsarecomplementedbyEcoblendssuperiortechnicalqualitiesandcomeswithnoadversecostimplications.Infactrstandsecondsavingsareoftenexperienced.HencethemuchtalkedaboutTripleBottomLineconceptiseasilymetinadoptingEcoblendinyournextproject.Forfurtherinformationpleasevisitwww.independentcement.com.auEcoblend-Supportinga