Lehigh Hanson, Inc.’s Lehigh Cement Co. plants in Redding and Tehachapi, Calif., have earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) prestigious Energy Star, the national symbol for protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency.
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Brazil’s Votorantim orders six more vertical mills
FLSmidth has been awarded a contract worth approximately $32 million from Brazil’s Votorantim Cimentos, Ltda., to supply six OK mills for cement grinding. The mills will be installed with the new pyroprocessing lines, also purchased from FLSmidth, as announced in July 2010. The contract includes supply of the main equipment, process engineering, and site advisory and commissioning services for four…
Read MoreSalt River plant receives Energy Star label
As 2010 was winding down, the Salt River Materials Group Phoenix cement plant in Clarkdale, Ariz., was recently honored with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star label for 2010. The plant had received its first label in 2007 and has been labeled every year thereafter.
Read MoreMIT: Operation accounts for lion’s share of structures’ CO2 emissions
Preliminary findings from Concrete Sustainability Hub research aimed at a new life-cycle assessment (LCA) model suggest that service phase encompasses 85% and 90% of carbon dioxide emissions, respectively, from highway pavements and residential buildings. Ongoing studies at the MIT-hosted Hub will quantify paving and building materials’ cradle-to-grave environmental costs, yielding what staff contends is the most comprehensive LCA model to…
Read MoreFive Holcim plants earn EPA’s Energy Star
Holcim (US) Inc. announced recently that for the third consecutive year, its Devil’s Slide plant in Morgan, Utah and the plant in Theodore, Ala., have earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star. In addition, the newly commissioned Ste. Genevieve plant in Bloomsdale, Mo., the Trident plant in Three Forks, Mont., and the plant in Holly Hill, S.C. were…
Read MoreTechnology shears cost of processing fly ash to match silica fume performance
A New York investor announced, at 2011 World of Concrete last month in Las Vegas, an industrial-scale process economizing the grinding of fly ash, or secondary grinding of ground granulated blast furnace slag or portland cement, to 6-, 3- or 1-micron median particle sizes. With $30 to $75 per ton processing plus $20 to $100 per ton raw feed (fly…
Read MoreARRA spending decreased in November
According to a recently released Portland Cement Association Market Intelligence report, 60.6% of total American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) highway funds have been dispersed through November, compared to 56.7% in October. November highway stimulus spending was $1.047 billion, an 11% decrease from October’s spending rate. Monthly spending levels in September were the highest level to date. Spending has averaged…
Read MorePCA Economist Sullivan presents tepid residential outlook at IBS
Ed Sullivan, Portland Cement Association’s chief economist, presented his residential construction forecast and how it compared to the consensus of construction economists’ expectations at the 2011 International Builders’ Show on Jan. 12 in Orlando, Fla.
Read MoreA Conversation with PCA Chairman Aris Papadopoulos, CEO, Titan America
In this exclusive interview with Cement Americas, the new PCA Chairman discusses sustainability initiatives, emphasizing resilience, oppressive regulations, the politics of doing business, and when he believes the industry will emerge from the recession.
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