2012 Cement Industry Treatment & Control Purchases Downgraded

The U.S. EPA has issued proposed changes to the air toxics rule for cement plants, which would reduce the 2012 worldwide market by $2.1 billion, downgraded from $10.5 billion to $8.4 billion, according to the latest McIlvaine Company forecast.

The impact of the rule is not to eliminate, but to postpone expenditures based on an extension from 2013 to 2015 for compliance with the standard, McIlvaine says. There is no impact on the long-term market for mercury and hydrogen chloride reducing systems, however there are some reductions in the long-term market for hydrocarbon and particulate control based on the following changes and alternative processes for VOC capture.