Day: July 1, 2015

Ash Grove Cement Co.’s Louisville, Neb., plant won top honors in the annual Ash Grove Energy Management (AGem) Outstanding Plant of the Year competition.

Eagle Materials Inc. announced financial results for fiscal year 2015 and fourth quarter ended March 31, 2015. Notable items for the fiscal year and quarter include revenues of $1.1 billion, up 19 percent for the fiscal year, and record fourth quarter revenues of $223.8 million, up 18 percent.

Argos acquired a stake of 60 percent in Wetvan Overseas, a company that controls a terminal for the reception, storage, sale and distribution of cement in Puerto Rico, for an amount of more than $18 million. Thanks to this transaction, Argos will see its annual production capacity rise by 250,000 metric tons, ensuring a local market share of about 15…

Total shipments of portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in February 2015 were about 4.8 million metric tons (Mt), up by 2 percent from the level in February 2014, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through February totaled 10.2 Mt, up by 7 percent from the same period…

Kaspar E.A. Wenger has been designated chairman of the board of Holcim (Schweiz) AG, effective June 30, 2015.

Henderson, Nev.-based Mitsubishi Cement Corp. is on track to reopen and expand its facility at the Port of Long Beach’s Pier F that will add 40,000 metric tons of additional storage capacity, reported local media. The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners, which oversees operations at the port, approved the company’s environmental impact report last month. Mitsubishi Cement has not…