Cement: Quick Facts

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cement-making process

Concrete is being poured from a cement truck into a trench with rebar at the bottom, as workers guide the flow for a house foundation.

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Key People

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Henry J. Kaiser

American industrialist

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Asano Sōichirō

Japanese businessman