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AfriSam launches its environmentally-responsible cement
AfriSam, a leading producer of building materials in southern Africa, has introduced its new Eco Building Cement, an environmentally-responsible cement with half the world’s average carbon footprint for cement.
The Eco Building Cement is a blend of high performance cement and mineral components, making it extremely durable. Eco Building Cement is designed to provide a smooth, defect-free finish for concrete, masonry and plaster work. The concrete it produces is less permeable, offering greater resistance to the penetration of harmful substances. It can be used in aggressive conditions and among its technical benefits are a high resistance to chloride ingress, reducing the risk of reinforcement corrosion as well as a high resistance to attacks by sulphates and other chemicals, thus preventing the early failure of concrete. It eliminates the risk of Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR), and is also ideal for soil stabilisation applications.
“The overall carbon footprint of this cement stands at 453 g/kg, almost half that of the world average of 890 g/kg according to Cembureau and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development,” says Mike McDonald, AfriSam’s Product Technical Manager. “We have achieved this without compromising on the quality required by SABS for cement in this strength class.”
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