As part of its efforts to cut CO2 emissions, CEMEX USA successfully introduced lower carbon portland-limestone cement (PLC) manufactured at its plants in Brooksville, Fla., and Demopolis, Ala., across the southeastern United States.
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Ash Grove Cement, a CRH company, unveiled its new ship unloader with its first shipment of Florida Department of Transportation approved fly ash at its upgraded Port Manatee deep water import terminal earlier this month.
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Lafarge Canada Inc. has entered into a purchase power agreement (PPA) with Calgary-based electricity company, TransAlta Corp.
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This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Slag Cement Association (SCA). The association serves as a leading source of knowledge for slag cement and slag blended cements through promotion, education and technology development.
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As part of its commitment to sustainability, Argos is converting production and distribution to portland-limestone cement (PLC) at its Roberta plant (Calera, Ala.) and Wilmington, Statesville and Durham terminals in North Carolina by the end of the second quarter of 2022.
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Following the announcement by the Biden-Harris administration on actions impacting the industrial sector, Portland Cement Association (PCA) President and CEO Michael Ireland released the following statement:
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The Lehigh Cement plant in Mason City, Iowa, welcomed Congressman Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa-04) last month for a visit and plant tour. Rep. Feenstra and his district staff spent valuable time visiting with employees and learned a great deal about the role Lehigh Cement plays in the regional economy in the growing Midwest.
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The Maryland Department of the Environment (DOE) has secured an enforcement action against the Holcim cement plant in Hagerstown for alleged violations of clean air regulations.
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Argos, the cement company of Grupo Argos, received the Gold Class distinction in S&P Global’s 2022 Sustainability Yearbook for promoting and implementing excellent environmental, social and corporate governance practices.
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Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in November 2021 were an estimated 9.4 million metric tons (Mt), a 9.2% increase from shipments in November 2020, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through November totaled an estimated 99.1 Mt, a 4.0% increase from those for…
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