Year: 2016

Moving forward with its merger plans, HeidelbergCement announced that it will restructure the Italian operations of Italcementi S.p.A, principally at its Bergamo, Italy, headquarters, affecting upward of 400 employees by the end of the transition period in 2020. The aim is twofold: preserving Italcementi’s long-standing industrial tradition and history while streamlining some functions and activities.

Esscroc Cement’s 150 years of business was celebrated at an event held on March 31 at the Nazareth Center for the Arts in Nazareth, Pa., reported the Lehigh Valley Business. Hosted by the Nazareth/Bath Regional Chamber of Commerce, the event was attended by several national, state and local dignitaries, members of the press, Chamber members and Essroc employees.

LafargeHolcim recently released its fourth quarter and full-year 2015 results as well as its outlook for 2016. Overall, like-for-like net sales grew slightly for Q4 (up 1.7 percent) and the FY (0.1 percent) versus 2014. Fourth quarter results were impacted by challenges in selected markets, such as Brazil. However, the company is encouraged by positive developments in markets including the…

Overland Park, Kan.-based Ash Grove Cement recently announced that its Durkee, Ore., plant received the L.T. Sunderland Safety Excellence Award, the company’s most prestigious honor.

Two years after a contract worker fell to his death, Kosmos Cement, a Cemex company, is facing federal charges for negligence, reported WHAS11.

The GCC Dacotah cement plant in Rapid City, S.D., will undergo $90 million worth of improvements, reported the Rapid City Journal.

Cement consumption in the United States will continue to rise by 3.4 percent, according to a report from the Portland Cement Association (PCA).

CSA Group, a global provider of standards development and testing and certification services, announced the registration of its first environmental product declaration (EPD). The EPD was registered by the Cement Association of Canada for general use (GU) and portland-limestone (GUL) cements.

Cemex Dominican Republic, the country’s biggest cement producer, said that RD$300 million ($6.55 million) owed by the State Supervising Engineers Office (OISOE) is the reason for the halted construction of the Puerto Plata-Luperon Road, reported the Dominican Today. The company’s statement responds to recent protests by communities demanding that the work on the provincial road resume.