World Cement - North America 2019

World Cement

North America 2019

scheduling of maintenance outages, and quick

evaluation of kiln systems.

Tuesday morning’s opening session will begin

with a keynote address by LeRoy Stromberg,

Chief Construction Officer of St. Louis based

Alberici Corp. Alberici was the general contractor

for the LafargeHolcim plant in Ste. Genevieve,

Missouri and the Buzzi plant in Festus, Missouri.

These plants were built and brought online in

the mid/late-2000s. Stromberg will offer his

perspective on the planning and construction

of both plants, as well as the current state of

industrial construction in North America.

Following Stromberg’s presentation will be a

forward‑looking presentation about what the cement

industry might look like by the year 2050. Concluding

the opening session will be a presentation featuring

this year’s plant tour at LafargeHolcim. The

presentation of the technical papers and panels will

begin after the first morning session and will continue

throughout the rest of the day.

Wednesday morning’s session will feature

an opening address by Tom Beck, Chairman

of the Portland Cement Association (PCA).

Following this will be Franz Ulm of the

MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub, who will provide

the annual update on their ongoing initiatives. The

opening session will be concluded by Clint Woods,

Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA). He will address

communication between agencies and associations

and how this communication benefits industry, the

government, the public, and most importantly the

environment.

Opening the second session of the morning will

be Senior Vice President and Chief Economist

of the PCA, Ed Sullivan. Sullivan will present his

ever-popular State of the Industry update. This

is a tradition that veteran conference attendees

and those new to the event will not want to miss.

Technical papers and panel presentation will be held

in the afternoon in concurrent sessions.

For a detailed listing of the programme schedule

please visit the conference website or download the

conference app.

Technical programme highlights

Professional development training

This year’s programme offers an array of training

sessions for both newer and seasoned professionals

in the industry.

Stakeholders and community

John Kline of Kline Consulting will deliver a

programme that will cover defining the stakeholder

matrix, mapping stakeholder interests, and

developing strategies to address stakeholder

issues. Stakeholder communication techniques

will be explored and linked to meeting stakeholder

management objectives. Focus will be placed on

addressing local community concerns and dealing

with regulators. Strategies for resolving conflicts

will be explored. Participants are invited to bring

up specific issues that they are dealing with for

discussion in the session.

Principals of optimising your dust collector system

Matt Devitt of BWF Envirotec will explain the

principals of optimising a dust collector with an

overview of hood design, ductwork, and pulse jet

systems.

Fire suppression systems for mobile mining

equipment

Steve Robuck of the PCA will deliver this session,

which will address Mining Safety and Health

Administration (MSHA) ‘Special Attention’ Initiatives

for the Mining Industry, related to mobile mining

equipment and fire suppression systems.

Powered haulage (mobile equipment and

conveyors) request for information (RFI):

According to Assistant Secretary of Labor David

Zatezalo, powered haulage accidents accounted

for 43% of all fatalities in 2017 (13 fatalities). In

the RFI, MSHA asks the mining industry to share

details not only about best practices, training,

and policies that could reduce risks involving

this equipment, but it also asks about innovative

technologies and engineering controls.

Fire suppression systems for mining vehicles:

In September 2018, a haul truck operator

received fatal burn injuries while attempting to

escape from the cab of his engulfed truck. In

this case, and in several other incidents, the fire

suppression systems did not function properly.

MSHA is now aggressively checking vehicle

suppression systems during mine inspections.

Unplanned ignitions at kilns, preheaters, and

furnaces

Steve Robuck of the PCA will deliver this session,

which will address MSHA ‘Special Attention’

Initiatives for the Cement Industry.

Unplanned ignitions at kilns, preheaters and

furnaces:

As a result of a May 2018 fatality in

the lime industry, when the victim attempted to

preheat the kiln using natural gas from the kiln

burner, MSHA has been targeting unplanned

ignitions in similar industries. The lime industry

fatality involved severe flame blowback, while

lighting kiln gas burners.

Combusting alternate fuels in cement

kilns:

In February 2018, MSHA kicked‑off an