Dragon Products Co., a subsidiary of Giant Cement, said its Thomaston, Maine, cement plant will undergo a gradual process of idling production operations beginning in December. The facility has operated for almost a century.
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Around 50 volunteers from the Cemex Lyons cement plant in Colorado planted roughly 600 trees at the Cal-Wood Education Center on Sept. 10 as restoration and mitigation efforts continue in the wake of the 2020 fire that ravaged the area, reported local media.
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Holcim opened a global Innovation Hub this month at its R&D Center in Lyon, France, to showcase its sustainable building solutions and serve as a co-creation lab to accelerate low-carbon, circular and energy-efficient building worldwide.
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Cementos Argos has entered into a definitive agreement with Summit Materials under which Argos North America will combine with Summit in a cash and stock transaction valued at $3.2 billion. The merger will create the fourth-largest cement platform in the United States and accelerates Summit’s “Elevate Summit” strategy, enhancing the company’s materials-led approach and positioning it for even greater success…
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Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in June 2023 were an estimated 10.5 million metric tons (Mt), a slight decrease from shipments in June 2022, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Of total blended tonnage reported in June 2023, 4.7 Mt (95%) was estimated to be portland-limestone cement…
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Bruks Siwertell introduced the use of augmented reality (AR) glasses into its planned service agreements for Siwertell road-mobile ship unloaders.
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Cemex is exploring the potential sale of its business in the Dominican Republic as it focuses on larger markets, reported Bloomberg, noting that the non-core asset could fetch more than $1 billion.
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The Alliance for Low-Carbon Cement & Concrete (ALCCC), which was launched in May to accelerate decarbonization in the industry, added nine new members, bringing its membership total to 21.
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Terra CO2 Technology, developer of scalable low-carbon alternatives for cement production, reported successful use of its OPUS Supplementary Cementitious Material (SCM) product for a demonstration pour at the Porsche Sugar Land dealership site in Houston.
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The Heidelberg Materials cement plant in Delta, British Columbia, Canada, recently switched to producing EcoCem portland-limestone cement (PLC). The product contains up to 15% limestone and generates approximately 10% less CO₂ compared to other portland cements.
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