



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
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

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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 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 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 |
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