Regal Rexnord Corp., a global manufacturer focused on the engineering and manufacturing of electric motors and controls, power generation products and power transmission components, featured its RexPro engineered steel chain and bearings product line at the 2023 IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Conference at the Dallas-Hilton Anatole, April 23-27. Visitors to the company’s booth participated in a hands-on demonstration by the Regal Rexnord…
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BEUMER Expands Bulk Material Handling Portfolio
With the acquisition of the Hendrik Group – one of the leading companies for air-supported belt conveyors – the BEUMER Group is expanding its portfolio in bulk material transport, particularly the handling of alternative fuels and raw materials.
Read MorePCA Holds Congressional Fly-In
Member companies of the Portland Cement Association (PCA) met with Congressional offices and federal agencies in Washington on May 17 to detail vital policy steps for the cement industry to continue cutting long-term CO2 emissions.
Read MoreCaptured CO2 Utilization Demo Comes to Lafarge Richmond Plant
In a tri-party agreement with Svante Technologies and Dimensional Energy, Lafarge Canada will bring a demonstration of Dimensional’s carbon dioxide utilization technology to its cement manufacturing plant located in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.
Read MoreCAC Introduces ‘Concrete Zero’ Plan
The Cement Association of Canada (CAC) – together with its members and partners in the concrete sector – released Concrete Zero, an action plan to ensure Canada’s cement and concrete industry achieves net zero by 2050.
Read MoreHollingshead Opens Nashville Cement Terminal
Hollingshead Cement, the cement division of SRM Concrete, opened a new dome-style terminal capable of housing up to 50,000 tons of cement in Nashville, Tenn.
Read MoreCalPortland-Martin Marietta Deal Fails
A proposed $350 million deal between CalPortland and Martin Marietta Materials is off as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) called it “presumptively illegal.”
Read MoreCement Shipments Drop 2.8% in February
Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in February 2023 were an estimated 6.6 million metric tons (Mt), a 2.8% decrease from shipments in February 2022, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Of total blended tonnage reported in February 2023, 2.1 Mt (96%) was estimated to be portland-limestone cement…
Read MoreCement Leaders Tie CO2 Reduction to Permitting, Regulatory Certainty
During a panel at the IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Conference in Dallas, Portland Cement Association (PCA) producer member executives confirmed that alternative fuel usage and carbon capture storage (CCS) technology are positioning the industry to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on a 2050 timetable true to the PCA Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality.
Read MoreFirst Clinker Produced at Heidelberg Materials’ Mitchell Plant
On April 23, the first clinker was produced at Heidelberg Materials’ new state-of-the-art cement plant in Mitchell, Ind. – the second largest cement plant in North America.
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