Oilfield services company Nine Energy Service is set to open a new 348,000-sq.-ft. cementing facility in Longview, Texas. The facility is expected to be fully operational by the end of the month and is the first expansion of Nine’s cementing service line in the Haynesville Basin.
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Argos delivered satisfactory results during the third quarter of 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The company reported an improvement in EBITDA despite the impact on volumes mainly caused by hurricanes and heavy rains in the United States.
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Trinidad Cement Ltd., which is majority owned by CEMEX, announced Francisco Aguilera Mendoza as its new chief executive officer, effective Dec. 1. He succeeds Jose Luis Seijo Gonzalez, who has held the position since 2015.
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São Paulo, Brazil-based Votorantim Cimentos released its 2030 Sustainability Commitments. The objective is to align the company’s worldwide operations to current and future needs of society, thereby creating a positive impact on the entire value chain and in the communities where the company operates.
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The United States Department of Energy (DOE) awarded CEMEX with a grant to research and develop innovative carbon capture technology at its Balcones cement plant in New Braunfels, Texas. The grant will be used to partially fund a feasibility study to implement the technology and is expected to be an important advancement toward the company’s goal to deliver net-zero concrete…
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It has not been the year anyone was expecting. That is as true in the cement industry as anywhere else. The impact of COVID-19 has brought many challenges, perhaps most visibly in the headline figures for cement demand around the world. But it has impacted the industry in other, more subtle, ways too: from sourcing fuels in a locked-down world…
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Better known as Pennsuco, the Titan Florida cement plant in Medley is the first operation of its kind to attain the highest level of certification under the Total Resource Use and Efficiency (TRUE) rating system for zero waste. Administered by the U.S. Green Building Council-aligned Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), TRUE helps facilities around the world define, pursue and achieve…
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Lafarge Canada joined subsidiary Geocycle Canada and mining group Rio Tinto to reuse waste from the aluminum smelting process to make cement. In this circular economy initiative, the trio will reduce the need to extract other raw materials and create value from waste.
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CEMEX’s first-ever net-zero carbon concrete, Vertua, will soon be available in its major markets worldwide after a successful launch in Europe.
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Cement and concrete producer Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) released its results for the third quarter 2020. Consolidated net sales decreased 6.8% for the quarter compared to the prior-year period.
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