Eagle Materials Inc. reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2014 ended June 30, 2013. Notable items for the quarter include revenues of $227.0 million, up 47 percent from prior-year, and record quarterly cement sales volumes of 1.2 million tons.
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BinMaster Premiers New Site
BinMaster Level Controls revamped its website at www.binmaster.com with a bright and easy-to-navigate content-management system. Information and forms are now available in both English and Spanish, reflecting BinMaster’s growing customer and distributor base in the Central and Latin American markets. A mobile version of the new site is also available in both Spanish and English.
Read MoreCeraTech Expands into Middle East and Africa
CeraTech Inc. has entered into a license agreement with CeraTech ME&A, Ltd., a newly formed, separately owned and operated company, in which CeraTech Inc. grants ME&A the exclusive rights to manufacture, market and sell CeraTech’s highly durable and environmentally-friendly cements. As the licensor, CeraTech will provide technical support and ongoing product development and research to ME&A.
Read MoreColombia Announces Investment in Infrastructure
Colombia’s Ministry of Transportation plans to invest $56 billion in transport infrastructure development until 2021 to improve the country’s infrastructure and enhance its regional competitiveness. Infrastructure construction is the largest market in the Colombian construction industry, with a value of $30.6 billion and a 52.8 percent share of the industry in 2012.
Read MoreValve Bag System
The Integra is a completely self-contained valve bag filling system ideal for filling loose, bulk materials into paper, PE and PP bags. It can be equipped with up to four filling spouts and offers an impressive production rate of up to 15 bags per minute.
Read MoreClinker Cooler Inserts
Blasch Precision Ceramics’ new wear resistant products can greatly extend the life of clinker cooler heat exchangers; yielding significant savings. The clinker cooler wear insert is designed to protect the tube end along with the first 6-36 in. of the tube inside diameter (ID). Generally after this distance the cooling gas flow has straightened out or developed to the point…
Read MoreExplosion Proof Light Fixture
The EPL-EMG-24-4L-T5HO features four lamps, UL-certified hazardous location suitability and a built-in battery backup system for continued operation in the event of power failures. This explosion proof light fixture is designed to provide high light output and reliable operation that is ideal for hazardous locations where quality illumination is required. Equipped with T5HO fluorescent lamps, it produces 8,000 lumens of…
Read MoreCement Shipments Decrease in March
Total shipments of portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico for March 2013 were about 5.8 million metric tons (Mt), according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. This was nearly 3 percent less than shipments in March 2012. Shipments for the year through March were up slightly 15.4 Mt. The leading portland cement producing…
Read MoreSiemens Multi-Drive System Powers Holcim Mill
The Siemens Drive Technologies Division has developed a new drive system for a cement mill as part of a joint project with Gebr. Pfeiffer SE. With an overall power rating of 11,500 kW and producing 450 metric tph of cement, the vertical mill is the most powerful of its kind in the world today. The mill will be operated by…
Read MoreVenezuela Announces Investment Plan to Boost Cement Production
The Venezuelan government will invest about $200 million to boost cement production in the South American country, according to Minister of Industries Ricardo Menéndez.
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