Through 3,000-plus hours of technical assistance and energy management training last year, Roanoke Cement Co.’s Plant A Star program saw staff position a group of ready mixed concrete customers to reduce plants’ electricity consumption by an estimated 15 %.
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Environmentalists move to nix fly ash From LEED point consideration
Environmentalists’ latest weapon to undermine the use of coal in power generation follows a curious trajectory: The U.S. Green Building Council’s public comment process for LEED [Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design] rating system revisions. A group comprising federal and state environmental and law enforcement agency officials, PEER contends that construction-grade–the most widely used coal combustion residual (CCR)–should not qualify…
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Mexico’s Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V., announced that consolidated net sales increased 1% in the fourth quarter of 2010 to $3.5 billion and decreased 3% for the full year to $14.1 billion, versus the comparable periods in 2009. Operating EBITDA increased 2% in the fourth quarter of 2010 to $482 million and decreased 13% for the full year to $2.3 billion.
Read MoreAsh Grove gets closure on Texas wet-kiln-cement refusal
Almost two years after Ash Grove filed a federal lawsuit against Dallas’s refusal to buy its wet-kiln-made cement as a violation of the state’s competitive bidding laws, Dallas and Arlington, the only two parties who kept fighting Ash Grove in federal court, have negotiated a proposed settlement that will bring the litigation to a close. Dallas was one of the…
Read MoreWatson takes helm at Cemex USA, joins Monterrey executive committee
As part of a global management realignment around six regional units in mid-March, Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. named Karl Watson, Jr., president of Cemex USA in Houston. He had served as Eastern region president, based in West Palm Beach, and is the top Rinker Materials Corp. executive to have transitioned to Cemex USA.
Read MoreCemex begins supplying 500k+ tons for Panama Canal expansion
Cemex has begun supplying cement as part of its contract to provide over 500,000 tons of cement to “Consorcio Grupo Unidos por el Canal,” the primary contractor for the Panama Canal expansion project. The contract represents an integral phase of the Canal expansion project, which includes two locks, the excavation of access channels to the new locks, and the widening…
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2011 IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry
Technical Conference
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This company announced a new online analyzer for cement manufacturers that offers real-time analysis of raw materials and the unique option of using an electronic neutron generator or californium as the source of neutrons. This revolutionary analyzer is called the CB Omni Flex. In response to customer concerns about the supply of californium-252, this new model enables customers to choose…
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