The Slag Cement Association (SCA) recently unveiled and celebrated the winners of its 2024 Slag Cement in Sustainable Concrete Awards during the spring ACI Concrete Convention in Toronto.
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Muguiro Begins Tenure as Cemex CEO
On April 1 Jaime Muguiro began his tenure as chief executive officer of Cemex after being appointed to the position on Feb. 10 as part of a planned leadership transition following the retirement of former CEO Fernando A. Gonzalez.
Read MoreJanuary Cement Shipments Head Lower
Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in January 2025 were an estimated 5.73 million metric tons (Mt), a 3.1% decrease from revised shipments in January 2024, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey.
Read MoreCement-wise Texas Professor Elected ACI President
Sources: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CO staff University of Texas Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Professor Maria Juenger has begun a 2025-2026 term as American Concrete Institute president. Alongside extensive ACI committee activity, she has overseen investigations of cement-based materials, including phase formation in cement clinkering; cement and supplementary cementitious material hydration chemistry; and, chemical deterioration…
Read MorePaste-aggregate Separation Process Rewrites Demolition Concrete Recycling
Sources: Fives FCB, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France; CO staff Identifying optimal grinding kinetics and compressive force trajectories for up to 5-in. demolition concrete feeds, global mineral process equipment specialist Fives FCB attains economical separation of cement paste from sand and gravel or rock. In one to three cycles or material passes, the FCB Rhodax 4D inertial vibrating cone grinder nets cement…
Read MoreMidwest Filter Expands Dust Filter Product Line
Midwest Filter LLC, a provider of industrial filtration solutions, announced the expansion of its dust filter product line. This expansion is driven by the increasing demand for high-quality, cost-effective, U.S. manufactured dust filtration solutions which can be provided with rapid lead times.
Read MoreFormer PCA Economist Debuts ‘The Sullivan Report’
Ed Sullivan, who formerly served as The Portland Cement Association’s (PCA) chief economist and senior vice president of market intelligence, said he will continue to publish his popular economic insights on Substack under “The Sullivan Report.“ “I plan to continue to assess the U.S. economy and how that relates to the construction and cement industries,” Sullivan told Cement Optimized. “Given the uncertainty surrounding the…
Read MoreHeidelberg Completes Giant Acquisition
Heidelberg Materials North America announced that it has completed the acquisition of Giant Cement Holding Inc. (GCHI) and its subsidiaries, Giant Cement Co., Dragon Products Co. and Giant Resource Recovery, from the Fortaleza, Uniland and Trituradora groups. The acquired operations include a cement plant in Harleyville, S,C., and four associated distribution terminals; a joint-venture deep-water import terminal in Savannah, Ga.;…
Read MoreCemex Ventures Joins Eagle Materials Among Terra CO2 Investors
The Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. corporate venture capital unit has announced an investment in Terra CO2 Holdings, Golden, Colo., developer of OPUS SCM and ZERO supplementary cementitious material and portland cement replacement binders. Terra CO2’s reactor and processing technology is based on widely available silicate rock feedstock. Its grinding, thermal treatment and classifying equipment suits standalone plant construction or installation…
Read MoreGCCA Research Network Meets in Panama
The Innovandi Global Cement and Concrete Research Network (GCCRN) is convening its Spring Week from March 17-21 in Panama City, Panama. The pivotal event unites industrial and academic partners worldwide to advance research and innovation in sustainable cement and concrete technologies.
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