Cement manufacturers and power plants that are required to comply with the latest U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations can now rely on enhanced mercury calibrators to speed compliance with the new regulatory requirements of individual facilities. The Thermo Scientific High-Level Model 81iH and Low-Level Model 81iL Mercury Calibrators fully integrate with the Thermo Scientific Mercury Freedom System, enhancing the capabilities currently…
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Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan’s largest and one of the world’s leading, high-tech applied research institutions, introduced High Efficiency Calcium Looping Technology (HECLOT), a calcium looping technology developed to reduce carbon emissions from fossil power plants. It is the first affordable and energy-efficient solution to achieve a CO2 capture rate of up to 90 percent. It reduces energy consumption…
Read MoreArgos has announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2014. Consolidated income showed an increase of 16 percent compared to the same period in 2013, with both cement and concrete sales volumes continuing their steady upward trend, with accumulated growth rates of 9 percent and 18 percent, respectively.
Read MoreDesigned to be both beneficial for the environment and profitable for business, Skyonic Corp. opened Capitol SkyMine, a commercial-scale carbon capture and utilization facility, on Oct. 21. Located at Capitol Aggregates’ San Antonio cement plant, the $125 million Capitol SkyMine will have a total carbon impact of 300,000 tons annually through the direct capture of 75,000 tons of CO2 and…
Read MoreAditya Birla Group, parent company of UltraTech, has submitted a bid for the Brazilian and Philippine cement assets that global giants Holcim and Lafarge are planning to sell ahead of their merger in order to comply with anti-competition rules, reported the Times of India.
Read MoreParaguay President Horacio Cartes met late last month with Edgardo Srodek of the KBR Group, executives from Holcim, and Jorge Méndez, the head of the country’s cement company Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC), to discuss a new 4,000-tpd cement production line for INC’s Vallemí plant.
Read MoreCemex has launched a 1.5-megawatt solar power plant to supply renewable energy to its cement plant in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic, according to the Dominican Today.
Read MoreThe Mine Safety and Health Administration has released its investigation report for the July 23 fatal accident at the Cemex Brooksville South Cement Plant in Florida.
Read MoreThe 57th annual IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference will be held at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in Toronto April 26-30, 2015. Every major cement manufacturer will be represented.
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Camfil Air Pollution Control (APC), a leading global manufacturer of dust, fume and mist collection equipment, announced that Alan O’Connell has been appointed executive vice president in charge of worldwide operations. He replaces Lee Morgan, who will resign as Camfil APC president after remaining onboard through the end of the year to ensure a smooth management transition. O’Connell is uniquely…
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