Automatic Data Collection And Real-Time Reporting Benefit Cement Manufacturer. By Mark S. Kuhar Dry cement may look like a hodgepodge of soot and gravel when it pours out of the bag, but each package is the result of a carefully calculated process. With more than a dozen possible components – which can differ based on the aggregate “recipe” needed for various…
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Bridgestone Opens First U.S. Mining Tire Manufacturing Facility. By Steve Fiscor Extending its leadership in the heavy-duty, earthmoving tire segment, Bridgestone Americas opened its first giant off-road radial tire plant during November. Based in Aiken County, S.C., the 1.5 million-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility produces various off-road radial tires for mining equipment, including ultra-class haul trucks. The new plant strengthens Bridgestone’s ability to…
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Air Cannons Hammer Preheater Buildup At Nebraska Cement Plant. By Mark S. Kuhar The largest American-owned cement manufacturer in the nation has solved a buildup problem in the precalciner of its Nebraska plant by installing a network of high-performance air cannons, improving material flow and drastically reducing the need to hydro-lance. The series of 25 air cannons from Martin Engineering…
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At GCC America’s Rio Grande Plant, A Crusher Meets The Need For A Clean Cement Additive. By Mark S. Kuhar A new Lokotrack ST2.8 mobile scalping screen is helping a Colorado cement plant to produce a clean additive for its production process, resulting in significant cost savings. GCC America’s Rio Grande plant, located south of Pueblo, Colo., requires a very…
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Six cement plants received special recognition for their commitment to improving the environment and their communities at the 14th Annual Cement Industry Environment and Energy Awards, presented by the Portland Cement Association (PCA) and Cement Americas magazine at PCA’s Fall Meeting in Chicago.
Read MoreVenezuela paid Holcim Ltd. the final installment of a total $650 million agreed compensation for seizing the Swiss company’s cement plants in 2008, reported Bloomberg. The $97.5 million was due almost three months ago.
Read MoreMicroStrategy Inc., a leading worldwide provider of enterprise software platforms, announced that Colombia-based Grupo Argos S.A., parent company of Cementos Argos, has deployed its analytics environment in the cloud.
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Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. announced the restart of the Tepeaca, Mexico, cement plant expansion. By 2017 the total production capacity will reach 7.6 million tpy. Total investment is estimated to be approximately $650 million. The additional investment, in order to add 4.4 million tpy to the current capacity, will be $200 million, since the company had already invested close to $450…
Read MoreDixon, Ill., Mayor Jim Burke said representatives from St. Marys Cement approached him five months ago to discuss restarting manufacturing operations in the town, reported www.saukvalley.com. About 90 employees lost their jobs when St. Marys ceased operations almost six years ago. A few workers remained to oversee the plant’s use as a distribution terminal.
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Titan Florida, a subsidiary of Titan America, presented a case study at last month’s Wildlife Habitat Council’s Annual Symposium celebrating corporate conservation. Muhammad Khan, environmental manager at Titan Florida’s Pennsuco plant, presented, “Titan Florida’s Ecological Restoration,” to attendees at the Hilton Baltimore. The case study discussed the plant’s three-year project to combat an invasive plant species. In the 1940s, the Corps…
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