News
An important part of the Association’s role is ensuring that Association members are kept abreast of wider industry developments, environmental issues and legislation changes affecting our industry. To further enhance our current bi-annual ‘Connections’ industry newsletter, we have introduced a bi-monthly ‘Connections Selections’ (e-Blast) to keep our members abreast of current news and issues from around Australia and the Globe. To subscribe, click below!
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The latest announcements, headlines and news briefs from within the industry.
21-05-2020
See you Cologne! Save the date!
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21-05-2020
May marks the month the bulk carrier Cape Nelson celebrated its 200th voyage of delivering granulated blast furnace slag to Steel Cement’s grinding facility in Yarraville, Melbourne.
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11-05-2020
Submit your entry today for the ASI Steel Excellence Awards!
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07-05-2020
Mineral carbonation technology is equipped to assess the process performance of different feedstock including steel slag, which has opened up potential market opportunities for the Australasian (iron & steel) Slag Association.
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14-04-2020
Interesting research is coming out of RMIT.
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08-04-2020
The 15th Global Slag Conference is going ahead... ONLINE!
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24-03-2020
As COVID-19 continues to evolve, the Australasian (iron and steel) Slag Association would like to reassure our members that we are actively monitoring and responding accordingly to Government updates.
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18-03-2020
The Cooperative Research Centre for SmartCrete has been given funding.
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18-03-2020
The CPEE has been forced to postpone a large number of upcoming courses.
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12-03-2020
Slag Used in Northern Connector
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02-03-2020
Interesting work is being done with carbon-reducing processes in California and beyond.
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04-02-2020
India’s leading companies involved in the construction, infrastructure, and ready-mix concrete sectors have been given the green light to trial EdenCrete (a carbon nanotube enriched liquid) with geopolymer cement. By exploring the potential of the carbon-strengthened additive, India aims to combine EdenCrete with high pozzolan (fly ash, silica fume, slag) concrete mixes to optimise performance and increase cement efficiency.
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27-01-2020
The rising need for more housing, buildings and developments to shape our growing population is simultaneously sparking concerns of carbon emissions and its impact on future generations.
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19-12-2019
We take a look back at all the wonderful achievements of the CRC for Low Carbon Living.
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04-12-2019
The Australasian (iron & steel) Slag Association and University of NSW recently met with Sydney Metro to discuss all things Geopolymers. Our Executive Director, Craig Heidrich and UNSW Professor, Stephen Foster, were given the opportunity to meet with sustainability personnel to share "what we have learned from our seven (7) year research journey into low carbon 'geopolymer' concrete”.
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25-11-2019
Current and former employees, community leaders and customers of leading specialised production services company Bis have gathered together in Whyalla to celebrate the company’s 60th year of operating in the important South Australian town.
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08-11-2019
At the end of this month the CRC for Low Carbon Living will close its doors after delivering evidence-based research to industry, government and the built environment sector for seven years. We have developed 20 modelling and forecasting tools, completed 150 projects, and published more than 800 papers and reports, many directly informing government policy.
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01-11-2019
The Australian Society for Concrete Pavements has released details about upcoming events.
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29-10-2019
The 10th EuroSlag Conference took place in Greece earlier this month.
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