Flyash Australia

Flyash Australia is a joint venture between Boral and Cement Australia which, it states on its website, has operations in New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia which manufacture cement products which incorporate fly ash from coal-fired power stations. The company states that it is "a leading supplier of high quality fly ash products" and that its core business is "the collection, processing, storage and distribution of quality fly ash products."

Plants around Australia
Flyash Australia states on its website that it has five plants operating around Australia. These are:


 * on the site of the Eraring Power Station on the NSW Central Coast, approximately 100km north of Sydney. The company states that its plant at Eraring power station is its largest and that "since opening in 1984, the Eraring site has distributed close to 8 million tonnes of quality fly ash products."
 * on the Mt Piper Power Station site near Lithgow NSW. The company states that "since opening in 1994, the Mt Piper site has distributed over 2 million tonnes of quality fly ash products."
 * in South Australia the company collects fly ash from the Port Augusta power station which it states is "either delivered direct to the customer or is stored at the Flyash Australia Regency Park terminal, which is located in metropolitan Adelaide";
 * on the site of the Collie Power Station. The company states on its website that the company recently "established a Perth Distribution Hub to supplement its marketing activities within the Perth Metro region"; and
 * at the Bayswater Power Station near Muswellbrook NSW, approximately 250km north west of Sydney. The company states on its website that "produces a variety of products including fine grade and special grade fly ashes, and tailor made ashes."

Products
On its website, Flyash Australia states that flyash is used for:

"*  Premixed Concrete
 * Precast Concrete
 * Concrete Road Pavements
 * Stabilised Road Base
 * Roller Constructed Concrete Dams
 * Roller Constructed Concrete Pavements
 * Shotcrete
 * Concrete Masonry
 * Flowable Fill
 * Mine and Land Fill
 * Geopolymer Concrete"

Affiliations

 * Member, Ash Development Association of Australia

Contact details
Level 1, 564 Princes Hwy, Rockdale, NSW 2216 Australia Phone: +612 9597 9967 Fax: +612 9597 9901 Email: sales AT flyash.com.au Website: http://www.flyashaustralia.com.au/Default.aspx

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