Cemstone has entered into a partnership with Whitemud Resources Inc. of Calgary, Alberta, to use WhitemudMK highreactivity metakaolin throughout Cemstone’s upper Midwest operations. Cemstone is the first ready-mix concrete producer in the United States to distribute and use the additive.
WhitemudMK is an ingredient utilized in concrete to enhance its strength, durability and workability while reducing its carbon footprint by as much as 13 percent. Cemstone will use WhitemudMK in its concrete mixes for infrastructure projects such as bridges, large structural slabs and parking structures.
WhitemudMK improves concrete’s strength and durability by reacting with the calcium hydroxide in concrete to produce insoluble compounds, which, in turn, results in denser concrete with lower porosity and permeability. It is finer than fly ash and cement, yet not as fine as commonly used silica fume. As a result, concrete with the metakaolin is more workable and easier to finish than concrete made with silica fume. ? www.whitemudresources.com ? www.cemstone.com
