Camfil Air Pollution Control has announced two updates to its popular line of Farr Gold Series cartridge dust and fume collectors. The two improvements – one to the filter access door hardware and the other to the filter clamping system – provide enhanced ease of use, safety and reliability, at no added cost to customers. A new patent-pending clamping system…
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NETZSCH announced the release of the new, economical STA 449 F5 Jupiter. Designed in the company’s well-established, top-loading instrument configuration, the STA 449 F5 Jupiter provides ultimate ease of use. The instrument is optimized to offer a broad variety of measurement tasks at an outstanding price-performance ratio. The STA 449 F5 Jupiter simultaneously performs Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry…
Read MoreCemex S.A.B. de C.V. announced last month that its subsidiary, Cemex Latam Holdings, S.A. (CLH) will begin the construction of a cement plant in Colombia. The total investment is expected to reach approximately $340 million and to increase CLH’s cement production capacity in Colombia from 4.5 million to close to 5.5 million tpy.
Read MorePlibrico Co. LLC announced Justin Teiken as the new vice president of sourcing and product development. Teiken first began his career at Plibrico, and has since dedicated 18 years to new refractory product development and applications.
Read MoreCaribbean Cement Company Ltd., the Jamaican subsidiary of Trinidad Cement Ltd., had a 28 percent increase in revenue for the first half of 2014, reported Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Revenue amounted to $64.44 million, up from $50.44 million reported the prior year.
Read MoreBrazilian entrepreneur Antonio Ermirio de Moraes died Aug. 24 of heart failure at his São Paulo home. He was 86.
Read MoreCurrent construction costs rose for the 31st consecutive month in August, according to IHS and the Procurement Executives Group (PEG). The current IHS PEG Engineering and Construction Cost Index (ECCI) registered 53.0 percent in August, softer than the July reading, but still in positive territory.
Read MoreSix Cemex USA cement plants earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR certification. The recognition of Cemex’s plants in Brooksville and Miami, Fla.; Clinchfield, Ga.; Fairborn, Ohio; Louisville, Ky. and Victorville, Calif., demonstrates that these facilities perform among the top 25 percent of similar U.S. facilities for energy conservation.
Read MoreThe Venezuelan government is reviewing plans to unify the management of the cement firms in the Corporación Socialista del Cemento (CSC) entity that was created in 2009 after the nationalization of the industry.
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Lafarge Canada Inc. announced its cement plant in Exshaw, Alberta, Canada, has met its target to reduce emissions of dust, sulphur dioxide (SO2) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) from its existing cement kiln line, and achieved zero water discharge from its operations. As part of its expansion, which will increase manufacturing capacity by 60 percent, Lafarge upgraded an existing manufacturing line…
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