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Is relief is on the horizon for the cement industry? Recently, two representatives introduced a bill titled “Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act of 2011.” If passed, this legislation will require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to re-propose three rules aimed at the portland cement industry. These rules were targeting the solid waste incineration initiatives started by [...] Aris Papadopoulos recently testified before the Congressional Subcommittee on Energy and Power. Papadopoulos, CEO of Titan America and Chair of the Portland Cement Association (PCA), urged Congress to address harmful regulations before they could seriously wreck the economic recovery of the country. Papadopoulos’s testimony was presented during a hearing to assess the impact of recent EPA regulations [...] Related items on BridgeGap Engineering blog The EPA has formally proposed new regulations to limit the mercury emissions from cement kilns to 43 pounds per million tons of production. They arrived at this figure by examining the top 1/8 of kilns in the US (Recall during our earlier post on Keith Barnett’s presentation that MACT Standards, by law, [...] How will Business in the 21st Century Look? Sure it depends on your industry… but the value of time… how can you measure it? Check out this link - Sony played this mind-blowing video at their Executive conference this year Mind-Blowing Video… time in the 21st century In the 21st Century where knowledge is relatively cheap, time is nearly priceless and [...] Notwithstanding the excellent speech by Ed Sullivan at the IEEE Conference we reported on, the Washington Post today reports that job losses slowed dramatically in May, and were far smaller than analysts predictions, fueling hopes that economic recovery is near. While the hoped for bottom in housing has yet to be seen, more promising signs seem to be [...] Here is a list of the speakers for the concurrent Environmental Workshop and our notes on what they had to say during their presentation and during the subsequent Q&A Session for conference participants: 1. AB -32: CO2 Climate Change and the Cement Industry by Michael Stevens of National Cement: The 2009 Conference Program opened with a powerful speech made by Ed Sullivan, Chief Economist for the Portland Cement Association. (Sullivan, by the way, recently testified to Congress on the stimulus package and has received high praise for the accuracy of his predictions). 1. Short Term Forecast: The Bad News: ‘Green shoots’ of recovery? … What green shoots? We have not [...] Conference Organizers are pretty satisfied with the level of attendance (600 people are reportedly registered) in consideration of the weakened economy. Even more satisfying is that 80 of the 600 are cement producers. California Portland and TXI are key contributors to attendance. Ash Grove has only one registrant, but reportedly will be back in 2010 to support [...] BridgeGap Engineering – Where your Cement, Minerals or Aggregate challenge is our opportunity to provide solutions. We hope you can take some time to surf the site and get an idea what BridgeGap Engineering is about. This site and blog are going ‘live’ at the end of May 2009. It may take a bit to perfect, but enjoy the [...] |
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