LafargeHolcim has agreed in principle to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of 25 U.S. nationals who claimed the company used their Cuban property to conduct business, reports The Wall Street Journal.
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CEMEX USA delivered 65,000 cu. meters (85,000 cu. yd.) of ready-mix concrete to support the construction of the new Circa Resort & Casino, the tallest building in downtown Las Vegas, and the first new resort property to open in downtown in more than 40 years.
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In line with HeidelbergCement’s “Beyond 2020” strategic targets, the company’s supervisory board has established two new positions on the managing board in order to further drive the company’s major transformation in sustainability and digitalization– chief sustainability officer and chief digital officer.
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Martin Marietta will significantly boost its West Coast presence in a $2.3 billion cash deal for the bulk of Lehigh Hanson’s West Region operations in Arizona, California, Nevada and Oregon. The acquisition provides the company with a new upstream materials-led growth platform across several of the nation’s largest and fastest growing megaregions.
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is challenging Lehigh Cement’s $151 million acquisition of rival Pennsylvania-based producer Keystone Cement Co., alleging the deal would harm regional competition in the market.
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Lehigh Hanson announced that it is the newest pilot partner of Building Transparency, a nonprofit organization that provides open access data and tools that support broad and swift action across the building industry in addressing embodied carbon’s role in climate change.
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FLSmidth, a global technology leader in the cement and mining industries, received validation from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for its carbon emission reduction targets.
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Ed Sullivan, the Portland Cement Association’s (PCA) senior vice president and chief economist, will present the association’s latest economic update at the virtual 2021 IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Conference on May 26.
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In an effort to accelerate its progress to deliver net-zero CO2 concrete globally by 2050, CEMEX has entered a memorandum of understanding with bp to develop solutions to decarbonize the cement production process and transportation.
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The World Cement Association (WCA) unveiled a Climate Partnership program, under which it will collaborate with organizations such as NGOs, thinktanks and sustainability-focused events providers, as part of its continuing Climate and Environment commitment.
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