Harvard Business School 9-297-052 Rev. July 12‚ 1997 USG Corporation On May 2‚ 1988‚ USG Corporation‚ the world’s largest gypsum producer‚ announced that the board of directors had approved a recapitalization plan. According to the plan‚ USG would exchange each outstanding share of common stock for $37.00 in cash‚ $5.00 in stated face amount of 16% junior subordinated pay-in-kind debentures‚ and one share in the newly recapitalized company. Robert Day‚ USG’s Chairman and CEO‚ said the
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INTRODUCTION Cement is a binder‚ a substance that sets and hardens independently‚ and can bind other materials together. The word "cement" traces to the Romans‚ who used the term opus caementicium to describe masonry resembling modern concrete that was made from crushed rock with burnt lime as binder. The volcanic ash and pulverized brick additives that were added to the burnt lime to obtain a hydraulic binder were later referred to as cementum‚ cimentum‚ cäment‚ and cement. Cement is made by grinding
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6. Finish grinding From the clinker silo‚ clinker is transferred to the clinker bin. It passes through the weighing feeder‚ which regulates its flow in proportion with the additive materials. At this stage‚ gypsum is added to the clinker and then fed to the finish grinding mills. Gypsum serves as a retarder in the too rapid setting or hardening of cement. 7. Packing and distribution The cement from the cement silos are packed into bags by rotary packers or loaded as bulk and are distributed
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cubic but there are additional atoms at each face (6 faces) 3. Body Centered – on atom at symmetrical center of simple cubic 4. Closed-packed Hexagonal – two or more cubic space lattice ------------------------------------------------- GYPSUM * Mineral mined‚ CaSO4 • 2H2O *
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redness. These rocks were the oldest rocks that covered most of the western and central United States in Triassic Park that were visible in the Devil’s Tower that was laid in the inland sea. The Gypsum Springs formation is a thin band that is located above the Spearfish formation. The mineral gypsum is an important resource used to make drywall. There was an ongoing debate between geologists. They agree that the Devil’s Tower was formed by magma making its way into or between rock formations
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aggregates‚ asphalt production and paving‚ concrete and gypsum wallboard Revenue €15.816 billion (2012)[1] Operating income € 2.44 billion (2012)[1] Profit € 432 million (2012)[1] Total assets €39.46 billion (end 2012)[1] Employees 65‚000 (end 2012)[1] Website www.lafarge.com bags of Lafarge cement Lafarge is a French industrial company specialising in four major products: cement‚ construction aggregates‚ concrete and gypsum wallboard. The company is the world’s largest cement manufacturer
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important ore of iron. It is also used to make red paint and it is made into jewelry such as beads. Pyrite Like real gold‚ pyrite is a brassy yellow color. It is found in all three rocks types: sedimentary‚ igneous‚ and metamorphic. Gypsum You can find gypsum in sedimentary rocks‚ deserts‚ and caves. Large amounts can form in layers on a salty sea or lake bottom when water evaporates leaving the mineral behind. Halite Halite is salt. In its natural form‚ it’s called rock salt. Halite is
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Chapter 13 Creating the 46th State Timeline : 1890-1910 Phenomenal changes took place in the country’s heartland between the first land run in 1889 and statehood in 1907. Two Territories Indian and Oklahoma Referred to as Twin Territory’s Growth in the Territories Lots of activity happening in Indian Territory Oklahoma Territory Towns‚ Farms‚ businesses‚ and industries growing rapidly New settlers coming Five Tribes were trying to deal with their own lives Five Tribes lives
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while the large chambers and lower levels are in the reef and reef talus deposits. Eventually the channels supplying water from the ocean slowly closed‚ and the sea began to dry up. The water evaporated more rapidly than it was replaced. Salts and gypsum were precipitated and filled the basin‚ in time the basin was no more - the landscape was a nearly flat surface‚ with little relief. As eons passed‚ the old sea basin‚ the reef‚ and the surrounding regions were deeply buried under additional thousands
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water Quartz Coal Silver Wood Synthetic diamonds Halite Activity 1.2 Luster 1. Examine the luster of the minerals and place the letters that corresponds to the luster exhibited. Quartz _________ Galena _________ Limonite _______ Gypsum ________ Talc ___________ Native copper _________ 2. LAB REPORT 1. Name the physical property described by each of the following statements. 3. Breaks along smooth planes ______________________________________ 4. Scratches glass_________________________________________________
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