CAC, Business and Association Partners, Propose Five Fixes to Carbon Pricing

The Cement Association of Canada (CAC) has sent a joint letter to Canada’s provincial ministers of the environment emphasizing industrial carbon markets as the most flexible and cost-effective way to incentivize industry to reduce emissions and providing five recommendations to fix industrial carbon pricing:

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Support Grows for GCCA Net Zero Value Chain Initiative

A new initiative and membership category will support the Global Cement and Concrete Association’s (GCCA) net zero emission target for industry operations. Net Zero Value Chain Partners (NZVCP) is open to admixture companies, equipment manufacturers and industrial infrastructure specialists, especially those in carbon capture, utilization and storage.

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Alternative Mid-Year Economic Forecast Scenarios

By Ed Sullivan All forecasts contain risk that can originate from the data used, the process of calculations, the assumptions, or a combination of each element. Indeed, an infinite number of alternative scenarios to the Baseline Scenario exists, and each materializes with even small changes in assumptions.

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Is New Home Construction About to Boom?

I travel the country in connection with our clients’ business, but also to make presentations to state and national associations within the construction materials industry, including ready mixed concrete, aggregates, and precast groups. Over the course of the last 18 months, in reviewing the financial performance of each of these industries, I have noted that the new home construction industry…

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