A specialized way to make backfilling in underground mines more efficient.
TerraFlow helps customers who need long-lasting construction solutions for tunnels and mines, which are very difficult places to build. TerraFlow has a better life-cycle cost and performance while reducing the carbon footprint by 80% and the amount of raw materials used by 65%. Through TerraFlow, LafargeHolcim is meeting the needs of its customers for high-performance and environmentally friendly building materials. TerraFlow has the LafargeHolcim EcoLabel, which shows how sustainable a product is and brings attention to solutions that will eventually bring the construction industry to zero carbon emissions and zero material use.
Positive facts about TerraFlow
A specialized engineered blend of cementitious with 75% slag content and 25% General Use Limestone cement
Applied on soil solidification for tunnels, underground ducts and in mines, where superior strength is required and a high sulphate concentration prevents the economic application of Ordinary Portland Cement
Mixed at a soil treatment rate of 8% to achieve the targeted soil stabilization
Offers a CO2 reduction of 80% or more compared to a local average Ordinary Portland Cement, while offering superior technical performance and durability
Use 65% of recycled materials, saving natural resources and preventing waste from landfill
Carries the LafargeHolcim EcoLabel which provide full transparency about the sustainable performance and create a market pull asking for the best sustainable offer
Offers higher construction performance under challenging external conditions, which can hardly or not at all get achieved with the mainstream alternative solution.
Offers tailored and tested construction solutions which lead to life cycle cost savings by enhanced longevity and durability with a payback period for clients in less than one year
Carbon cost saving of 5 EUR/ton assuming a carbon price of 50 EUR/t and 6-7% cost saving assuming an average cement price of 55 CHF/t
Video about TerraFlow
https://www.youtube.com/embed/h6a67w1QyKQ?list=PLtsC0U6R1JRqlnpd7XZ3u36L3RdMla4Zy
TerraFlow website : https://lafarge.ca/en/terraflow
