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  2. Asbestos cement - Wikipedia

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    Battens 50 mm (2.0 in) wide × 8 mm (0.31 in) thick, used to cover the joints in fibro sheets. "Super Six" corrugated roof sheeting and fencing. Internal wet area sheeting, "Tilux". Pipes of various sizes for water reticulation and drainage. Drainage pipes tend to be made of pitch fibre, with asbestos cement added to strengthen. [9]

  3. Everest Industries - Wikipedia

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    Everest Industries Limited was founded in 1934 under the name of Asbestos Cement Ltd. [7] in Maharashtra. In 1983, the company changed its name to Everest Building Product Ltd., in the same year the company went public on the Bombay Stock Exchange. [8] In 1990 the company was renamed Eternit Everest Ltd. It got its current name in 2003.

  4. List of commercially available roofing materials - Wikipedia

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    The aim is to drain off water completely due to the high water permeability of most of these materials, for instance: the Thatched roofs. In areas where the International Build Code or similar is utilized, the minimum slope required is 2:12, though some countries extend this as high as 4:12

  5. Transite - Wikipedia

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    It can also be found in insulation, siding, roof gutters, and cement wallboard. The more prevalent transite found in wall construction and roofing tiles for example, will last anywhere from 50 years to over 100 years. [citation needed] The use of asbestos, a proven carcinogen, to manufacture transite was phased out in the 1980s.

  6. Tamil Nadu Cement Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Tamil Nadu Cement Corporation Limited (TANCEM) is a state-government undertaking of Government of Tamil Nadu located in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [1] It produces cement, AC sheets, hollow blocks, concrete and other building materials.

  7. Asbestos insulating board - Wikipedia

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    AIB is 16-35% asbestos, typically a blend of amosite and chrysotile, though crocidolite was also used in early boards. AIB is softer, more porous and less dense than asbestos cement . This, and the fact it typically contains a greater proportion of asbestos than the 10-15% of asbestos cement, [ 2 ] makes AIB far more friable and thus at greater ...

  8. Cement Corporation of India - Wikipedia

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    Cement Corporation of India Limited (CCI) is the only cement manufacturing Public Sector Undertaking of Government of India.The company was incorporated as a wholly government-owned corporation on 18 January 1965, with the objective of setting up cement units in public sector to help achieve self-sufficiency in cement production in the country.

  9. Asbestos abatement - Wikipedia

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    In construction, asbestos abatement is a set of procedures designed to control the release of asbestos fibers from asbestos-containing materials. [1] Asbestos abatement is utilized during general construction in areas containing asbestos materials, particularly when those materials are being removed, encapsulated, or repaired.