Holcim Ltd. and Lafarge SA cleared a major hurdle toward their planned $50 billion merger after antitrust authorities in Europe said the deal could go ahead, subject to conditions.
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Cement Industry Honors St. Marys Plant for Land Stewardship
St Marys Cement’s Charlevoix, Mich., plant received the Land Stewardship Award from the Portland Cement Association (PCA) and Cement Americas as part of the 2014 Cement Industry Energy and Environment Awards. Several St. Marys outreach initiatives in 2013 involved partnerships with the community on biodiversity conservation efforts. These included US-31 Corridor Enhancement Project, and the plant’s fourth eagle release. Other community related efforts…
Read MoreSeptember Cement Shipments Up 14 Percent
Total shipments of portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in September 2014 were 9.0 million metric tons (Mt), up by nearly 14 percent from the level in September 2013, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through September were 66.3 Mt, up by almost 8 percent from the same…
Read MorePCA Forecast Sees Continued Growth for U.S. Cement Industry
Despite a late start to the construction season and weaker than expected housing start numbers, a recently released report from the Portland Cement Association (PCA) shows that cement consumption in the United States will meet 2014 forecast expectations.
Read MoreHolcim Senior Management Member Departs
Jacques Bourgon, currently the head of occupational health and safety for Holcim Ltd., as well as senior advisor to CEO Bernard Fontana and member of senior management, has decided to pursue other challenges outside the Swiss-based global building materials and aggregates company. Bourgon’s final day with Holcim is Dec. 31.
Read MoreMercury Calibrators
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…
Read MoreCarbon Capture
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 MoreCementos Argos Releases Positive Third Quarter Results
Argos 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 MoreSkyonic Opens Commercial-Scale Carbon Capture and Utilization Facility
Designed 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 MoreUltraTech Bids for Holcim, Lafarge Assets
Aditya 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.
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