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Keystone Pioneered the Use of Waste-Derived Fuel in Cement Production
Computer Rendition of Future Facility
  

Resource recovery plays an essential role in Keystone’s cement production process. Since 1976, Keystone has blended high-BTU liquid wastes into fuel which is beneficially burned in the manufacture of cement. Keystone was the first cement company in the United States to have an energy recovery program of this type. The company continues to be the leader in the field of recycling wastes into fuel.

Keystone’s fuel blending operation is known as Giant Resource Recovery (GRR)-Keystone. GRR-Keystone processes 17 million gallons of industrial waste into fuel each year. Recycled waste fuel replaces 50% of Keystone Cement’s coal requirement. This innovative process not only conserves precious natural resources but also safely and securely destroys certain industrial wastes.

Keystone Cement, Giant Cement, and Giant Resource Recovery are subsidiaries of Giant Cement Holding, Inc. (GCHI). GRR operates additional waste management and fuel blending facilities at GRR-Harleyville in Harleyville, SC; GRR-Arvonia and GRR Aerosols in Arvonia, VA; GRR-Sumter in Sumter, SC; and GRR-Attalla in Attalla, AL. With over 100 years of combined experience, these facilities provide a broad spectrum of responsible, environmentally sound waste management services.

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Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell recently announced that the state will invest $7 million in support of the Keystone project. In a press release, Governor Rendell emphasized the strong economic progress that Pennsylvania has made in the last three years. Keystone has contributed to that progress by adding more than $50 million annually to the state’s economy and employing over 180 people. With its expanded facility, Keystone’s positive impact on the state's economy will be even greater.

Keystone will increase cement production and energy efficiency in the new facility by replacing its two wet-process kilns with a single dry preheater-precalciner kiln. A 5000-hp ball mill and two 20,000-ton clinker silos will also be installed. Combined with modernized  control technology, these upgrades will boost cement production by 40-50%. The United States currently imports 20% of its cement consumption, and with its improved facility, Keystone will now be able to meet some of the need domestically.

Construction is scheduled to begin in July 2006 and is projected to be completed by the summer of 2008. The project will require approximately one million man-hours. The substantial number of additional jobs during the construction phase of the project will significantly benefit the surrounding Lehigh Valley.

On January 12, 2006, Keystone Cement announced a $165 million modernization project at its Bath, Pennsylvania facility. Upon completion of the project, Keystone will join its sister company, Giant Cement in Harleyville, South Carolina, as one of the most technologically advanced cement plants in the United States. The new facility will enable Keystone to serve the growing needs of its customers while reducing plant emissions.

Keystone Prepares for Future with

$165 Million Expansion