asbestos-cement

To let air rush freely on the inside, rust-streaked girders prop up asbestos-cement walls on the outside.

Shutting This Wind Tunnel Should Be a Breeze, but Its Fans Won't Be Silent 2009

The reinforcing properties of asbestos fibers have been widely exploited in asbestos-cement products mostly by the construction and water industries.

Asbestos 2008

The development of the Hatschek machine in 1900 for the continuous fabrication of sheets from an asbestos-cement composite also opened an important field of industrial application for asbestos fibers as did the development of the automobile industry for asbestos brakes, clutches, and gaskets.

Asbestos 2008

Asbestos may be released to water from a number of sources, including erosion of natural deposits, corrosion from asbestos-cement pipes, and disintegration of asbestos roofing materials with subsequent transport into sewers.

Asbestos health hazards 2008

He said the regulations would not prohibit the continued use of asbestos-containing materials that were already in place such as asbestos-cement roof sheets or ceilings as the department was satisfied that there was "no undue risk".

ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

With market changes since 1988, asbestos-cement products now probably account for more than 98% of fiber sales.

Asbestos 2008

Since South African building materials company, Everite, stopped making asbestos-cement building materials, imports from countries like Zimbabwe have grown to 15 percent of the market, mainly through informal channels.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

Asbestos fibre is used mainly in the lining of brake and clutch pedals of heavy vehicles, high temperature seals, gaskets, and in asbestos-cement products like roofing sheets.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

This was especially a problem in the manufacturing of asbestos-cement pipes.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

She was referring to the thousands of Soweto homes with asbestos-cement roofs.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2000