Hansford Sensors Releases Vibration Monitoring White Paper

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Hansford Sensors, the leading manufacturer and global supplier of industrial accelerometers, released a free white paper that offers cement manufacturers valuable advice on using vibration monitoring to enhance the efficiency of production machinery. The paper begins by looking at the challenges posed by cement manufacturing and why these challenges demand predictive maintenance, especially vibration monitoring. It then goes on to…

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Holcim, Lafarge Merger a Success

Holcim Ltd. and Lafarge SA officially launched their new combined building materials company – LafargeHolcim – on July 15 after overcoming a series of regulatory hurdles and challenges since announcing the planned merger in April 2014. Combined, LafargeHolcim is an operator of 2,500-plus cement, concrete and aggregate plants in 90 countries.

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HeidelbergCement Releases Q2 2015 Results

The continued recovery of the markets in North America and the United Kingdom has had a favorable impact on HeidelbergCement’s sales volumes. The group’s cement and clinker sales volumes rose by 0.9 percent to 21.9 million tonnes (previous year: 21.7) in the second quarter. The strongest growth was achieved in the Africa-Mediterranean Basin Group area, followed by North America and…

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May Cement Shipments Drop

Total shipments of portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in May 2015 were about 7.8 million metric tons (Mt), down by 4.5 percent from the level in May 2014, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through May totaled 31.9 Mt, up by 2.6 percent from the same period in…

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Cemex Reports Second-Quarter 2015 Results

Cemex announced that consolidated net sales reached $3.8 billion during the second quarter of 2015, an increase of 5 percent on a like-to-like basis for the ongoing operations and adjusting for currency fluctuations, versus the comparable period in 2014. Operating EBITDA increased by 1 percent during the quarter to $744 million versus the same period in 2014. On a like-to-like…

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PCA Files Complaint Over WOTUS Rule

The Portland Cement Association (PCA) released the following statement regarding the complaint the association filed against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers, challenging the expansion of federal authority under the Clean Water Act through the new Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District…

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LafargeHolcim Officially Launched

Holcim Ltd. and Lafarge SA officially launched their new combined building materials company – LafargeHolcim – on July 15 after overcoming a series of regulatory hurdles and challenges since announcing the merger in April 2014. Combined, LafargeHolcim is an operator of 2,500-plus cement, concrete and aggregate plants in 90 countries.

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