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		<title>EPA Regs Favor &#8220;Tire Fuel&#8221; for Industries &#8211; Recycling Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consumers of tire-derived fuel and whole tires were thrown a curve in June of 2010 when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) first published its proposed boiler MACT (maximum achievable control technology) regulations and emissions standards for commercial/industrial solid waste incinerators (CISWI). However, the EPA responded to comments submitted by various industries and modified the <a href='http://www.afstechnology.com/blog/epa-regs-favors-tire-fuel-for-industries-recycling-today/' class='excerpt-more'>[more...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Calif. Assembly schedules hearing on scrap tire bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tire Business staff report SACRAMENTO (April 6, 2012) — The Natural Resources Committee of the California Assembly has scheduled an April 23 hearing on AB 1647, a bill attempting to curb scrap tire exports from the state. Sponsored by Rep. Richard Gordon, D-Redwood City, AB 1647 would shorten to 30 days from the current 45 <a href='http://www.afstechnology.com/blog/calif-assembly-schedules-hearing-on-scrap-tire-bill/' class='excerpt-more'>[more...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tougher Emissions Standards Aimed At China&#8217;s Cement Industry</title>
		<link>http://www.afstechnology.com/blog/tougher-emissions-standards-aimed-at-chinas-cement-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Insider &#8211; The China Perspective China&#8217;s Ministry of Environmental Protection is working on far stricter emission standards for the country&#8217;s cement industry, and if implemented, the new rules will sharply eat into its profitability, an executive of Anhui Conch Cement Co (SHA: 600585, HKG: 0914) – the nation&#8217;s biggest cement producer by output – <a href='http://www.afstechnology.com/blog/tougher-emissions-standards-aimed-at-chinas-cement-industry/' class='excerpt-more'>[more...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>SA’s Tyre recycling plan criticised</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by the Witness Reporter &#8230; the mountain of scrap tyres currently stockpiled all over in South Africa. &#8230; and natural rubber — were successfully tested as fuel for a cement kiln, &#8230; Read full article: New levy: SA&#8217;s Tyre recycling plan criticised as being &#8216;no plan at &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>GCC tire fuel permit reviewed</title>
		<link>http://www.afstechnology.com/blog/gcc-tire-fuel-permit-gets-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a delay of more than a year, state air-quality regulators have begun reviewing the application from Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua to burn old tires to heat the kiln at the cement plant south of Pueblo. Read complete article By PETER ROPER of the Pueblo Chieftain: http://www.chieftain.com/business/local/state-reviewing-gcc-plan-to-use-old-tires-as-fuel/article_a4970ae8-01dd-11e1-9b17-001cc4c03286.html &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>California scrap tires going to Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Casing Shortages Blamed on Scrap Tire Exporting Tire Business &#124; By Miles Moore, Senior Washington Reporter SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Exports of scrap tires from California to the Pacific Rim are increasing enormously, and many of the state’s scrap tire recyclers are concerned about losing the raw materials they need to stay in business. “It’s a definite problem <a href='http://www.afstechnology.com/blog/649/' class='excerpt-more'>[more...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>PCA applauds passage of “Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act of 2011”</title>
		<link>http://www.afstechnology.com/blog/pca-applauds-passage-of-%e2%80%9ccement-sector-regulatory-relief-act-of-2011%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congress Takes Action to Protect American Jobs PCA applauds passage of “Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act of 2011” WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today’s bipartisan passage of “Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act of 2011” (H.R. 2681) by the U.S. House of Representatives illustrates the importance of putting in place balanced regulations that preserve jobs. Read the full article at: <a href='http://www.afstechnology.com/blog/pca-applauds-passage-of-%e2%80%9ccement-sector-regulatory-relief-act-of-2011%e2%80%9d/' class='excerpt-more'>[more...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Colorado reports 93% scrap tire recovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US State of Colorado&#8217;s environmental body has released its 2010 scrap tire report.  Of the 4.8 million scrap tires generated that year, 93% of them were &#8220;recycled&#8221; (including energy recovery, as the most popular reuse).  The remaining 7% are being stored in monofills or storage facilities. With a law recently passed to eliminate monofilling <a href='http://www.afstechnology.com/blog/colorado-reports-93-scrap-tire-recovery/' class='excerpt-more'>[more...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>PCA: Debt Crisis Poised to Negatively Impact Cement Consumption</title>
		<link>http://www.afstechnology.com/blog/pca-debt-crisis-poised-to-negatively-impact-cement-consumption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest release from the Portland Cement Association raises concern about how the looming debt crisis in the US will affect the already suffering cement industry. The logic is easy to follow:  budget cuts + lower bond ratings = fewer public works projects = less demand for cement. Public construction projects account for 50% of <a href='http://www.afstechnology.com/blog/pca-debt-crisis-poised-to-negatively-impact-cement-consumption/' class='excerpt-more'>[more...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Whole Tyre Co-Firing: Skewered</title>
		<link>http://www.afstechnology.com/blog/whole-tyre-co-firing-skewered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editors Note:  This article was published in the July, 2011 edition of International Cement Review Whole tyre co-firing skewered by Steve Rueckhaus, AFS Technology, USA For more than 30 years, cement kilns have used scrap tyres as a supplemental fuel. Unlike municipal solid waste and biomass, scrap tyres offer a consistent calorific value that is <a href='http://www.afstechnology.com/blog/whole-tyre-co-firing-skewered/' class='excerpt-more'>[more...]</a>]]></description>
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