Year: 2015

Alejandro Vares will leave his current position as interim country manager of Cemex Costa Rica to take on the role of general manager at Caribbean Cement Co. Ltd., effective May 4, reported The Gleaner. Vares is replacing outgoing head Anthony Haynes.

Essroc has signed an agreement to acquire the Holcim (US) Inc. slag cement grinding plant in Camden, N.J., along with an Everett, Mass., cement terminal. With a capacity of 700,000 metric tons, the Delaware River facility stands to triple the slag cement output for Essroc, which mills the supplementary binder at Picton, Ontario; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Middlebranch, Ohio,…

Total shipments of portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in January 2015 were about 5.4 million metric tons (Mt), up by 12 percent from the level in January 2014. The leading portland cement-producing states in January were Texas, California, Missouri, Florida and Alabama, in descending order. The leading consuming states (Texas, California, Florida, Georgia and…

U.S. cement consumption will continue its growth trend in 2015, according to the Portland Cement Association (PCA).

The boards of directors of Lafarge and Holcim have approved the appointment of Eric Olsen as future chief executive officer of LafargeHolcim. The appointment was proposed by Lafarge Chairman and CEO Bruno Lafont.

Montreal-based McInnis Cement plans to build a $40 million distribution warehouse along the East River in the Bronx, N.Y., in hopes of reducing truck traffic in the borough as well as to develop its waterfront, reported DNAinfo.com.

HeidelbergCement brought the 2014 financial year to a successful close despite a challenging environment. The decisive factors in this achievement were the group’s geographical positioning in countries experiencing solid economic development in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa; successful price increases in major markets; and the successful implementation of the margin improvement programs.