Calcium aluminate
U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.
US ProductionCBI
Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.
Import Value$73M
Top SourceSouth Korea 47%
The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 284190 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 284190, which covers 23 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
KR 47%South KoreaJP 16%JapanCA 11%CanadaBE 4%BelgiumGB 4%United Kingdom
- Mexico
- Croatia
- Italy
- India
- Austria
- Turkey
- Hong Kong
- Denmark
- Czech Republic
- Ireland
EPA-registered manufacturers (34)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Cementos Argos S A · CO Colombia
Crh Plc · IE Ireland
Titan Cement International Sa · BE Belgium
Alamo Cement
Argos Puerto Ri
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Argos Usa
Calportland
Capitol Aggregates
Cemex
Cemex Construction Materials Florida
Cemex Construction Materials Pacific
Cemex Construction Materials South
Cemex, Inc -Demopolis Plant
Crh Americas
Drake
Eagle Materials
Gcc Dacotah
Gcc Of America
Gcc Permian
Giant Cement Holding
Holcim (Us)
Lafarge North America
Lehigh Cement
Lehigh Hanson
Lehigh Southwest Cement
Monarch Cement
National Cement
National Cement Company Of California
Phoenix Cement
Rc Lonestar
St Marys Cement Us
Summit Materials
Titan America
Txi Operations
EPA-registered importers (10)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Crh Plc · IE Ireland
Titan Cement International Sa · BE Belgium
Calportland
Crh Americas
Holcim (Us)
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Lehigh Cement
Lehigh Hanson
Lehigh Southwest Cement
St. Marys Cement In
Titan America
Why It Matters
Sectors
EnergyConstructionConsumer Products
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."
No FDA shortage records
Industrial Uses
Used in 3 sectors as 3 functional roles.
- •Binder in Non-metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (includes clay, glass, cement, concrete, lime, gypsum, and other non-metallic mineral product manufacturing) (70%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Non-metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (includes clay, glass, cement, concrete, lime, gypsum, and other non-metallic mineral product manufacturing) (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Adhesives and sealant chemicals in Non-metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (includes clay, glass, cement, concrete, lime, gypsum, and other non-metallic mineral product manufacturing) (12%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Binder in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Adhesives and sealant chemicals in Construction (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Chemical Identity
CAS12042-78-3
PubChem CIDNo data available
DTXSIDDTXSID6051223
FormulaNo data available
Mol. WeightNo data available
SMILESNo data available
Data Sources
DTXSID60512232026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
12042-78-32026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 12042-78-32026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv