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EUROCOALASH Conference 2021

Posted 03-06-2021
Category News

EUROCOALASH is a three-day, international conference that is organised every two years for promoting the use of CCCPs (Coal Combustion Products) in the European and global construction industries. 

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5 Minutes with the CEO: Mr. Craig Heidrich Discusses New Parliament Inquiry

Posted 23-04-2021
Category News

The Ash Development Association of Australia’s CEO Craig Heidrich sits down to tell a little bit more about a new parliamentary inquiry into ash, how he aims to tackle potential hurdles and what it means for the ash industry.

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Boral’s Plans To Keep Up With The Growing Demand For Concrete And Fly Ash

Posted 16-04-2021
Category News

On the 15th of April 2021, the company announced its plans for the North American fly ash business.

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Coal Ash Helping The US Promote Circular Economy Principles Through Rare Earth Market

Posted 16-04-2021
Category News

Newly licensed technologies developed at Purdue University could make use of Indiana’s growing amount of coal ash through new technology.

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A Secure Future for Yallourn Power Station Repositories

Posted 15-04-2021
Category News

Energy Australia powers ahead with energy transition.

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Boral’s Ash-Infused Envisia® Concrete And New WA Project

Posted 14-04-2021
Category News

Boral’s Envisia® low-carbon concrete has entered the trial phase to test the viability of its use for a new logistics facility in Perth. 

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Australia’s largest battery at coal-fired power plant

Posted 08-02-2021
Category News

Origin Energy support transition away from coal-fired power with new plans to build a giant 700-megawatt capacity battery in the NSW Hunter region.

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From The Ashes

Posted 21-01-2021
Category News

Fly ash from coal-fired power stations has become an important raw material for construction. But does the decline of coal power mean there’s no more ash?

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POSTPONED - WOCA

Posted 21-01-2021
Category Events

After close consultation with our partners, meeting planners, Kentucky officials, as well as a lot of you, the American Coal Ash Association and the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research has made the difficult decision to postpone the World of Coal Ash (WOCA) from 2021 to 2022.

 

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ACAA CCP Production and Use Survey Results

Posted 13-01-2021
Category News

Fifty-two percent of the coal ash produced during 2019 was recycled – marking the fifth consecutive year that more than half of the coal ash produced in the United States was beneficially used rather than disposed. The volume of fly ash used in concrete increased 1 percent over the previous year, but most other uses saw significant declines, leading to an overall decrease in recycling activity of 31 percent.

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Harvested Fly Ash in Pavement

Posted 03-12-2020
Category Research

A new "Tech Brief" published by the National Concrete Pavement Technology Center at the University of Iowa supports the use of harvested fly ash in highway infrastructure.

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INTERCEM Recap!

Posted 15-10-2020
Category Events

Download the revised recorded presentation from INTERCEM's Cementitious Materials Week

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Catch the LowC3 conference talks online!

Posted 08-10-2020
Category Events

If you missed the virtual International Conference on Low Carbon Cement and Concrete (LowC3) in early October, the good news is, you can catch up here!

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ASCP2021 Concrete Pavements (e)Conference

Posted 06-10-2020
Category Events

The conference will still feature international and local keynote presentations and we will ensure that interraction with the speakers and your colleagues is maxmised. 

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ADAA Call for Content!

Posted 01-10-2020
Category News

The ADAA is continuously working to expand its library of case studies and encourages anyone to contribute. Submission requirements included.

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CIA Abstract Submissions are now OPEN!

Posted 15-09-2020
Category Research

The Technical Committee for Concrete 2021 is now welcoming abstract submissions

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Fly Ash Furniture - Award-winning chair recycles coal by-product

Each chair is an extension of the coal life cycle, creating a sustainable, adaptive and optimistic solution within the furniture design industry.

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INTERCEM - Cementitious Materials Week

Posted 04-09-2020
Category Events

Join us at INTERCEM's Cementitious Materials Week!

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Regional CCPs Workshop 2.0

Posted 01-09-2020
Category Events

A review of the ADAA's most recent CCPs Workshop, co-hosted by Capricorn Enterprises & Stanwell Corporation.

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SmartCrete Festival of Ideas

Posted 21-08-2020
Category Research

Join us at the Venture Cafe to hear four of our industry members present the challenges they would like SmartCrete CRC to address, and what makes for a winning project proposal. 
The event will include opportunities for networking with the presenters and road-testing your research ideas.

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Regional CCPs Workshop 2.0 (WEBINAR ONLY)

Posted 19-08-2020
Category Events

For those joining the webinar of the Regional CCPs Workshop 2.0.

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Regional CCPs Workshop 2.0 (ATTENDING LIVE)

Posted 19-08-2020
Category Events

For those attending the Regional CCPs Workshop in-person at Empire Resort Hotel & Stanwell Power Station.

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SmartCrete CRC Announces appointment of new CEO

Posted 14-08-2020
Category News

The Interim Board of the SmartCrete CRC is pleased to announce the appointment of Warren South as Chief Executive Officer for the CRC.

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Boral co-funds two-year project developing low-carbon concrete

Posted 06-08-2020
Category Research

Experts and engineers from Boral, Southern Highland Concrete Construction and UTS are taking part in a new two-year manufacturing research project. The project aims to overcome the current technological barriers of low-carbon concrete manufacturing and accelerate the development of Boral’s lower carbon ENVISIA® concrete

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ACAA Podcast

Posted 05-08-2020
Category News

Our US based sister Association, the American Coal Ash Association Executive Director Thomas Adams was featured recently on the “Let’s Be Civil” engineering podcast.  Prior, Tom was employed by the American Concrete Institute and has spent over 30 years in the ready mixed concrete industry.  Tom provides an insighht into coal combustion product benefication journey partnership programs with US EPA (C2P2) and uses in the US, but more importantly the future harvesting opportunities for CCPs and role in the circular economy. 40 min duration.

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