The Portland Cement Association (PCA) launched Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures, 16th Edition, a fully-revised and comprehensive guide to today’s concrete applications, methods and materials.
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November 2015 Shipments Increase by Double-Digits
Total shipments of portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in November 2015 were about 7.3 million metric tons (Mt), up by 12.4 percent from the level in November 2014, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through November totaled 84.9 Mt, up by 3.4 percent from the same period…
Read MoreLafargeHolcim Chairman to Leave Company
LafargeHolcim Chairman Wolfgang Reitzle informed the board of directors that he will not stand for re-election at the company’s May 2016 Annual General Meeting. Reitzle is leaving his post less than a year after it was created to return to German industrial gas company Linde AG. The board will propose to its shareholders the election of Beat Hess as its…
Read MoreCemex Receives Award for Wildlife Restoration Program
Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. announced that The Wild Sheep Foundation granted the company its Special Conservation Award in recognition of the initiatives undertaken by Cemex to protect the desert bighorn sheep in North America.
Read MoreEssroc Cement’s New Fuel Raises Concerns
Essroc Cement Corp. is applying for an Indiana state environmental permit to burn liquid waste-derived fuel in one of its cement kilns in the unincorporated Clark County community of Speed, the News and Tribune reported. The fuel is repurposed from used products such as antifreeze.
Read MorePCA Response to Legal Action in Ozone Case
The Portland Cement Association (PCA), along with other national business groups and associations, filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in a lawsuit filed by several special interest groups seeking to force the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to lower the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone below the 70…
Read MoreEagle Materials Cement Business Rises
Eagle Materials Inc. reported financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2016 ended Dec. 31, 2015. The company is reporting:
Read MoreMSHA Posts Fatalgram
On Dec. 15, 2015, a 75-year old tow truck laborer was killed at the Summit Materials plant in Davenport, Iowa. As the tow truck operator was lowering the truck’s boom it struck the victim. The victim suffered a severe head wound and later died of his injuries.
Read MoreCemex Contributes to U.S, Mexico Trade Route
Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. announced that Cemex Mexico contributed to the restoration of the Monterrey-Nuevo Laredo highway, the main export-import route between Mexico and the United States.
Read MoreFLSmidth Awarded CRH Group Contract
FLSmidth was awarded a contract for process and quality optimization of 17 cement plants recently acquired by Dublin-based CRH Group, using FLSmidth’s ECS/ProcessExpert and QCX/BlendExpert products.
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