Due to recent trends in the U.S. cement market, Infrastructure Materials Corp. is optimistic that the company’s Blue Nose Project will become a significant supplier of cement grade limestone to the western United States.
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Holcim, Lafarge Select Future Executive Committee
Holcim and Lafarge are taking another step toward completion of their merger with the announcement of its future Executive Committee.
Read MoreToscas Selected as PCA President, CEO
At its annual meeting on Nov. 18, 2014, the Board of Directors of the Portland Cement Association (PCA) named James G. Toscas president and chief executive officer, effective Dec. 15, 2014. For the past 11 years, Toscas served as president and CEO of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, and from 1998 to 2002, he was executive vice president and CEO at the American…
Read MoreCementos Argos Releases Positive Third Quarter Results
Argos has announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2014. Consolidated income showed an increase of 16 percent compared to the same period in 2013, with both cement and concrete sales volumes continuing their steady upward trend, with accumulated growth rates of 9 percent and 18 percent, respectively.
Read MoreSkyonic Opens Commercial-Scale Carbon Capture and Utilization Facility
Designed to be both beneficial for the environment and profitable for business, Skyonic Corp. opened Capitol SkyMine, a commercial-scale carbon capture and utilization facility, on Oct. 21. Located at Capitol Aggregates’ San Antonio cement plant, the $125 million Capitol SkyMine will have a total carbon impact of 300,000 tons annually through the direct capture of 75,000 tons of CO2 and…
Read MoreUltraTech Bids for Holcim, Lafarge Assets
Aditya Birla Group, parent company of UltraTech, has submitted a bid for the Brazilian and Philippine cement assets that global giants Holcim and Lafarge are planning to sell ahead of their merger in order to comply with anti-competition rules, reported the Times of India.
Read MoreParaguay Seeks Financers for Plant Upgrade
Paraguay President Horacio Cartes met late last month with Edgardo Srodek of the KBR Group, executives from Holcim, and Jorge Méndez, the head of the country’s cement company Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC), to discuss a new 4,000-tpd cement production line for INC’s Vallemí plant.
Read MoreCemex Plant Runs on Solar Energy
Cemex has launched a 1.5-megawatt solar power plant to supply renewable energy to its cement plant in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic, according to the Dominican Today.
Read MoreMSHA Posts Fatal Accident Report
The Mine Safety and Health Administration has released its investigation report for the July 23 fatal accident at the Cemex Brooksville South Cement Plant in Florida.
Read MoreExhibitor Registration Open for Cement Technical Conference
The 57th annual IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference will be held at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in Toronto April 26-30, 2015. Every major cement manufacturer will be represented.
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