Mondi has launched the Touch Bag – an industrial paper bag with an embossed element such as a logo or another visual. The embossed element not only draws attention to the brand; it also gives the packaging an emotional touch and presents an obstacle to product counterfeiters. “We are excited to offer this new feature to our customers,” said Thomas…
Read MoreTotal shipments of portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in March 2014 were 6.1 million metric tons (Mt), up by nearly 6 percent from the level in March 2013, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through March were 15.7 Mt, up by about 3 percent from the same…
Read MoreLafarge SA, which plans to merge with Holcim Ltd., sold its Ecuador cement operations to Peru’s Union Andina de Cementos SAA for an enterprise value of $553 million to reduce debt.
Read MoreThe Spanish-German consortium formed by IMASA lngeniería y proyectos, S.A., ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (Polysius) and Sacyr Industrial (VALORIZA) have signed an EPC contract for the building of a cement plant with Bolivia’s state-run cement producer Empresa Pública Productiva Cementos de Bolivia (ECEBOL), with a value of $244 million.
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St Marys Cement’s Energy Management Conservation Committee (E=MC2) team, Bowmanville Plant’s internal management and conservation committee pose in front of the Bowmanville cement plant with the Gold Award Certification in Energy Excellence. Community leaders and St Marys Cement Inc. executives were on hand May 29 to celebrate St Marys Cement’s Bowmanville Plant receiving the Gold Award Certification in Energy Excellence.…
Read MoreCemex has released its 2013 Sustainable Development Report, which shows significant progress in major priority areas that align with the challenges of increasing urban populations.
Read MoreCarolinas Cement Co. has submitted for a building permit that could result in the creation of a $5 million packaging facility on Roanoke Cement Co.’s site in Castle Hayne, N.C., according to a news release from the company. The permit would allow Carolinas Cement to upfit and equip a large warehouse on its property so that it can package cement into…
Read MoreHolcim (US) Inc. has plans to invest $100 million in a modernization of its Ada, Okla., cement plant, according to The Ada News. The company submitted an application for a permit to the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality at the beginning of the month and expects to begin upgrading its sites in Ada between October and December 2014. “We can’t start…
Read MorePond Biofuels’ pilot plant located next to St Marys Cement Co.’s plant in St. Marys, Ontario, is taking raw smokestack gas from the cement plant and growing algae, according to Beacon News. The company just installed their own third-generation 25,000 liter bioreactor. “We consider ourselves a carbon recycling technology. Something that allows us to reuse a byproduct from industry,” said Steve…
Read MoreThe Paraguayan government is set to approve a $67 million loan to Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) to reactivate the company’s investments in its Vallemí and Villeta plants, which were on hold due to lack of funds. The funding will allow INC to continue its $25.7 million contract with FLSmidth for fuel conversion at the Vallemí plant as well as…
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