Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in February 2025 were an estimated 6.05 million metric tons (Mt), a 20.1% decrease from shipments in February 2024, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. This is a 9.3% decrease from the five-year average in February.
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St Marys Cement, part of the Votorantim Cimentos, ordered a SpectraFlow Airslide Analyzer for its cement plant in Bowmanville, Ontario.
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Bijur Delimon International released the new state-of-the-art Farval ProTec MAX open gear spray system used to lubricate pinions found in rotary kilns, ball mills, coal mills and heavy-duty gearing.
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Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault announced the re-investment of up to $2.2 million of recycled industrial pollution pricing revenues to fund a major new emissions reduction project at the St Marys Cement plant in St. Marys, Ontario.
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French producer Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies signed an exclusive 30-year licensing agreement with a firmly established partner in the United States to benefit from its 0% clinker technologies and replicate Hoffmann units on the vertical model of the H2 production unit.
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Registration is now open for ASTM International’s Workshop on Next Generation Cements and SCMs: Towards Specification, to be held June 9 in Philadelphia.
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During the World Cement Association’s (WCA) 7th General Assembly, association president Wei Rushan delivered an address, discussing pressing industry issues such as carbon trading, overcapacity and key technological developments.
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FLSmidth Cement closed the sale of its MAAG gears and drives business to the Swedish investment company, Solix Group AB.
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Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in September were an estimated 9.5 million metric tons (Mt), a 7.7% decrease from shipments in September 2022, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Of total blended tonnage reported in September 2023, 5.3 Mt (98%) was estimated to be portland-limestone cement (Type…
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Lehigh Cement, now operating as Heidelberg Materials Canada, was fined $190,000 following a guilty plea in Provincial Offences Court in Belleville, Ontario, for failing to protect three workers who were injured while performing maintenance on a cement kiln in 2021.
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