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Clay Technology August/September 2009

This issue looks at the economy. The features cover how to boost business despite the recession and developments at Hanson's new brick plant.

News explores a low-energy drying technique for lime-mortar, self-healing concrete and standards for sustainable clay products.

News

Clay bricks receive environmental accreditation

Wienerberger's Warnham brickworks currently produces 65 million units per year
Clay building products made at Warnham brickworks in Horsham, UK, are the first to be accredited with the Building Research Establishment’s environmental and sustainability standard BES 6001, claims owners of the site Wienerberger.
Clay Technology Magazine, 19 Aug 2009

Low-energy drying technique for lime mortar

A low-energy drying technique for aggregates in hydraulic lime mortar has been developed by a UK consortium. The research aims to make lime mortars commercially viable for new build projects, making bricks easier to recycle with 40% less embodied CO2 than cement mortars.
Clay Technology Magazine, 19 Aug 2009

Self-healing concrete

Researchers in the USA are engineering a concrete to repeatedly self-heal when it cracks.
Clay Technology Magazine, 19 Aug 2009

Features

Changing business - ways to survive the recession

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How companies can get through 
the tough times and improve their business.
Clay Technology Magazine, 19 Aug 2009

Building for the future - Hanson's Measham plant

Developments at Hanson's recently opened Measham plant in Leicestershire.
Clay Technology Magazine, 19 Aug 2009