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NACOE Webinar - Using Recylced Materials In Earthwork & Drainage Applications

Posted 20-03-2024
Category Research

The National Asset Centre of Excellence (NACOE) have released a recent webinar summarising the results of their trials into recycled concrete, recycled asphalt, and coal combustion products (CCPs).

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Coal-Based Product Could Replace Sand in Concrete

Posted 07-02-2024
Category Research

Research conducted by Rice University researchers revealed that graphene obtained from metallurgical coke, a coal-derived product, has the potential to function not just as a strengthening additive in cement but also as a substitute for sand in concrete.

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Transport for NSW: Test Method Publications

Posted 06-07-2021
Category Research

There have been a number of Transport for NSW test methods updated via their Activity Report.

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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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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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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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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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SmartCrete CRC Project Progression

Posted 24-07-2020
Category Research

Following the award of $21m in grant funding from the Federal Government, SmartCrete CRC Ltd has been Incorporated and is on track to be operational in September this year!

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Heat treatment reduces alkali attack in geopolymer concrete

Posted 08-05-2020
Category Research

Fly ash, inevitably generated by coal-fired power stations, has more worth than flooding landfills and ash dams worldwide.  

It's ability to transform from a waste product into a environmentally friendly and economically savvy material is evident in geopolymer concrete. However, geopolymer structures exposed to highly alkaline conditions have shown low resistance, an undesirable outcome that researchers at the University of Johannesburg are tackling. 

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Carbon Capture Concrete

Posted 23-04-2020
Category Research

Opportunities arise for the concrete industry as it shifts towards sustainability with today’s technological advancements.

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'Beneficial Uses of Fly Ash' IEA Report

Posted 17-04-2020
Category Research

The International Energy Agency Clean Coal Centre has published a new report that expands on the growing market of coal fly ash. Beneficial Uses of Coal Fly Ash by Dr Ian Reid, Anne M Carpenter and Dr Alice Masili addresses the global shift in Coal Fly Ash (CFA) production and its increase in market value and importation demand for use across many sectors.

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SmartCrete CRC Gets the Green Light

Posted 18-03-2020
Category Research

Exciting developments for the SmartCrete CRC.

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COAL ASH DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY

Posted 04-11-2019
Category Research

Dr. Aiken is searching for Coal Ash.

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Sydney drives world-first green roads trial

Posted 14-07-2019
Category Research

In the first trial of its kind, we’ve taken industrial waste from coal-fired power stations and steel manufacturing to create a new roadway. Working with researchers from the University of NSW, we’ve replaced a section of roadway on Wyndham Street in Alexandria to test the green concrete’s durability. Made from fly ash and blast furnace slag, geopolymer concrete is a sustainable blend of concrete and recycled materials.

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Methods for sampling and testing aggregates, Part 28, Ball mill value

Posted 27-05-2019
Category Research

Please note that the following draft’s public comment period is due to close in three days.

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Low Carbon Concrete Defies the Waves

Posted 14-03-2019
Category Research

In a world-first project, researchers and NSW Ports have incorporated waste from coal-fired power stations into low carbon Geopolymer concrete.

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Towards Zero Carbon: Low Carbon Coastal Protection

Posted 06-12-2018
Category Research

Eight million tonnes of CO2 are produced in Australia each year, as well as 14 million tonnes of fly ash and three million tonnes of slag. By substituting Portland cement with slag and fly ash to make Geoploymer Concrete (GPC), significant CO2 reduction and economic benefit can be achieved

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Energy Australia & Latrobe Magnesium sign an MoU

Posted 29-01-2018
Category Research

Energy Australia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to supply fly ash from its coal-fired power plant in Yallourn to a proposed magnesium production plant in the Latrobe Valley.

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WWCCPN - The Global Operating Environment

Posted 15-06-2017
Category Research

At the World of Coal Ash 2017 Conference in the United States, CEO Craig Heidrich presented the following report to a plenary of +1,100. View the World Wide Coal Combustion Products Network PDF now.

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New Generation Coal Plant Proposal

Posted 27-02-2017
Category Research

The new-generation, high-efficiency coal plants produce half the carbon dioxide emissions of existing ones, making them comparable with gas and the Minerals Council says it is “simply common sense” that new coal technologies be considered as part of Australia’s efforts to meet its emissions reduction targets.

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CCGP Journal - Submit your papers now!

Posted 26-02-2017
Category Research

The Coal Combustion & Gasification Products Journal is a collaboration between the American Coal Ash Association and the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research, with the Ash Development Association of Australia's CEO, Craig Heidrich on the Editorial Board.

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World first Geopolymer Concrete Handbook.

Posted 23-02-2017
Category Research

An important enabler in this journey for partners in the CRCLCL is to publish a Geopolymer Concrete Handbook as wider penetration of Geopolymer concrete within the construction industry affords a promising pathway to increase use of Low Embodied-Carbon construction materials. 

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2015 Membership Survey Results are here!

Posted 13-11-2016
Category Research

Annual members and non-members were surveyed for CCPs generated, stored and sold during the reported period, which provides results for the calendar year; January to December 2015.

 

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Coal Ash or Cold Cash?

Posted 11-11-2016
Category Research

While lawmakers and environmental authorities are fixated on fly ash (FA) a potential hazard, many understand that the by-product is ‘A valuable resource.’ Duke University researchers explain that key components of technologies such as smart phones and electric car batteries include rare earth elements, which are found in abundance on the micro level in multiple FA ponds near Duke University in North Carolina. 

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Local Fly Ash Beats Mined Frac Sand For Hydraulic Fracturing

Posted 19-10-2016
Category Research

The Research and Development team within LWP Technologies Limited has been testing Queensland-sourced FA at the pilot plant and the results from their work have been very positive and supportive of the path to commercialising cost effective FA based proppants for use in oil and gas hydraulic fracturing.

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