The Natural Resources Conservation Service recently hosted a tour of the Roanoke Cement, Troutville, Va., farm conservation project.
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March Cement Shipments Up 6 Percent
Total shipments of portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in March 2014 were 6.1 million metric tons (Mt), up by nearly 6 percent from the level in March 2013, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through March were 15.7 Mt, up by about 3 percent from the same…
Read MoreLafarge Sells Ecuador Cement Unit
Lafarge SA, which plans to merge with Holcim Ltd., sold its Ecuador cement operations to Peru’s Union Andina de Cementos SAA for an enterprise value of $553 million to reduce debt.
Read MoreSpanish-German Consortium to Build Cement Plant in Bolivia
The Spanish-German consortium formed by IMASA lngeniería y proyectos, S.A., ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (Polysius) and Sacyr Industrial (VALORIZA) have signed an EPC contract for the building of a cement plant with Bolivia’s state-run cement producer Empresa Pública Productiva Cementos de Bolivia (ECEBOL), with a value of $244 million.
Read MoreSt Marys Plant Wins Energy Award
St Marys Cement’s Energy Management Conservation Committee (E=MC2) team, Bowmanville Plant’s internal management and conservation committee pose in front of the Bowmanville cement plant with the Gold Award Certification in Energy Excellence. Community leaders and St Marys Cement Inc. executives were on hand May 29 to celebrate St Marys Cement’s Bowmanville Plant receiving the Gold Award Certification in Energy Excellence.…
Read MoreCemex Addresses the Challenges of Urbanization
Cemex has released its 2013 Sustainable Development Report, which shows significant progress in major priority areas that align with the challenges of increasing urban populations.
Read MoreCamfil APC Expands Corporate Headquarters
Camfil Air Pollution Control (APC) has expanded its corporate headquarters with the recent opening of a 13,600-sq.-ft. office facility for sales and administrative staff. The facility includes an open-plan and private offices for 85 employees and a training center to be used for customer and internal training and educational programs. Construction of the new office building has also freed up…
Read MoreMSHA Posts Lebec Cement Plant Fatal Accident Report
On Oct. 17, 2013, Fernando Rivera, a journeyman electrician, was seriously injured when he fell from a step ladder approximately 6 ft. onto a concrete pad below at Lebec Cement Plant, a quarry and cement plant owned by National Cement Co. of California Inc. Rivera was standing on the ladder pulling electrical cable into a cable tray located on the…
Read MoreTitan America Plant Replaces Coal with Waste
Titan America’s Medley, Fl., plant has begun using selected waste, such as car bumpers and scrap cardboard, as an alternative to coal in cement production, according to the Sun Sentinel. The company is the first to use the waste-to-cement process on a large scale in Florida, states industry experts.
Read MoreDangote Looks to South America
Dangote Cement Plc, one of Africa’s biggest producer of building materials and Nigeria’s largest company, is looking at expanding in three South American countries and has signed a preliminary joint-venture agreement with one company, Dangote Group Executive Director Devakumar Edwin said.
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