An Emerging Market Multinational With Distinctive Capabilities. By Pankaj Ghemawat
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Month: July 2015
Mercury Emissions Compliance
The True Cost of Dust Shuttling and a Viable Alternative. By Melissa Harrison
Read MoreAn Interview with James Toscas
New President and CEO of the Portland Cement Association Speaks Out On the Cement Industry, Its Regulatory Burden and Building Codes, Among Other Topics. By Mark S. Kuhar Congratulations on being named president and CEO of the Portland Cement Association. Can you tell our readers a little bit about your background? It’s a real honor to lead a prestigious organization…
Read MoreCementos Argos, DPS Launch Partnership
With the intention of improving the housing conditions of certain vulnerable groups, the Colombian Department for Social Prosperity (Departamento para la Prosperidad Social or DPS) and Argos have signed an agreement for a strategic partnership aimed at replacing the earthen floors of the homes of those in the DPS program in the departments of Atlántico, Magdalena and Chocó.
Read MoreEssroc Canada Fined $350k for Dust, Noise Emissions
Essroc Canada Inc. was fined $350,000 for discharging dust into the natural environment and for failing to ensure that noise emissions complied with its Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) contrary to the Environmental Protection Act (EPA), according to Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change.
Read MoreMinority Stake in InterCement Up for Sale
Brazilian industrial conglomerate Camargo Correa is looking to sell between 10 percent and 18 percent of InterCement for up to $1.2 billion in order to make new overseas investments, reported Folha de S.Paulo.
Read MoreFCT International Welcomes New Global Sales Director
FCT International, which specializes in combustion engineering for the process industries, announced that Adriano Greco has joined the company as global sales director, based in the United States. Greco is well known to many in the industry through his previous roles as managing director of A TEC Greco and as sales director for Gebr. Pfeiffer, Inc. His experience and professionalism…
Read MoreMarch Cement Shipments Up 3.5 Percent
Total shipments of portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in March 2015 were about 6.3 million metric tons (Mt), up by 3.5 percent from the level in March 2014, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through March totaled 16.4 Mt, up by 5.7 percent from the same period…
Read MoreHeidelbergCement Releases Financial Targets
HeidelbergCement announced new mid-term strategic priorities and financial targets for the five-year period until 2019. On the back of the positive outlook for the current fiscal year and a strong asset base, the company aims to increase revenue from €12.6 billion in 2014 to more than €17 billion by 2019. Over the same period, operating EBITDA is expected to grow from…
Read MoreLehigh Cement Settles $7.5 Million Environmental Lawsuit
Lehigh Hanson’s Cupertino cement plant will pay $7.5 million as part of an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to settle charges it dumped millions of gallons of toxic wastewater into a nearby creek, reported the San Jose Mercury News.
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