An accomplished, professionally licensed engineer specializing in pyrotechnology and emissions in the cement and minerals industries with more than 18 years of international experience with Process Equipment, Project Execution & Sales for the Cement/Minerals Industries. An expert in the measurement, prediction, and mitigation of cement and minerals plant emissions. A proven innovator and inventor, with four patents to his name.

Publications include:
High-Efficiency Separator Upgrade: Threading a Separator through the Eye of a Needle, IEEE/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference, May 2017

Processes for Activation and Manufacturing of Supplementary Cementitious Materials, IEEE/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference, May 2012

Paone, P., Mercury Control Technologies for the Cement Industry, IEEE/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference, March 2010

Paone, P., Mercury Reduction Technologies for Cement Production, 7th Colloquia of Managers and Technicians of Cement Plants, Nov. 2009, Malaga, Spain

Paone, P.T., Heavy Metals in the Cement Industry: A Look at Volatile Cycles and Simple Mitigation Techniques, IEEE/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference, May 2008

Paone, P.T., Blower, M., and Hines, C., The Installation of the New Horizontal, Fixed Grate-Line Cooler at Ash Grove Cement – Montana City, IEEE/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference, May 2007.

Specialties: Cement process design, emissions abatement, mercury controls