The Portland Cement Association (PCA) and Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) hosted two panel discussions on the morning of Sept. 19 as part of Climate Week NYC’s program. A group of experts discussed how the industry’s goal of carbon neutrality can only be reached at the intersection of reasonable federal regulations and innovative industry solutions.
Read More
Third-party testing confirms that Sublime Systems’ ultra-low carbon cement exhibits performance properties matching or exceeding ASTM C1157, Standard Performance Specification for Hydraulic Cement benchmarks.
Read More
Colorado’s Air Pollution Control Division fined the Cemex Lyons plant in Boulder County $375,000 for multiple violations in 2020 and 2021, reported The Colorado Sun.
Read More
Terra CO2 Technology has entered into a definitive agreement with Asher Materials for an exclusive market license of Terra’s first commercial-scale advanced processing facility in the Dallas-Fort Worth market.
Read More
Cement decarbonization pioneer Fortera recently named Kas Farsad its chief strategy officer. He was the lead inventor of the company’s novel cement chemistry over a decade ago while working as a technical contributor.
Read More
Dragon Products Co., a subsidiary of Giant Cement, said its Thomaston, Maine, cement plant will undergo a gradual process of idling production operations beginning in December. The facility has operated for almost a century.
Read More
Around 50 volunteers from the Cemex Lyons cement plant in Colorado planted roughly 600 trees at the Cal-Wood Education Center on Sept. 10 as restoration and mitigation efforts continue in the wake of the 2020 fire that ravaged the area, reported local media.
Read More
Holcim opened a global Innovation Hub this month at its R&D Center in Lyon, France, to showcase its sustainable building solutions and serve as a co-creation lab to accelerate low-carbon, circular and energy-efficient building worldwide.
Read More
Cementos Argos has entered into a definitive agreement with Summit Materials under which Argos North America will combine with Summit in a cash and stock transaction valued at $3.2 billion. The merger will create the fourth-largest cement platform in the United States and accelerates Summit’s “Elevate Summit” strategy, enhancing the company’s materials-led approach and positioning it for even greater success…
Read More
Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in June 2023 were an estimated 10.5 million metric tons (Mt), a slight decrease from shipments in June 2022, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Of total blended tonnage reported in June 2023, 4.7 Mt (95%) was estimated to be portland-limestone cement…
Read More