Midwest Filter LLC, a provider of industrial filtration solutions, announced the expansion of its dust filter product line. This expansion is driven by the increasing demand for high-quality, cost-effective, U.S. manufactured dust filtration solutions which can be provided with rapid lead times.
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St Marys Cement, part of the Votorantim Cimentos, ordered a SpectraFlow Airslide Analyzer for its cement plant in Bowmanville, Ontario.
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Bruks Siwertell recently launched a radar-based anti-collision system, which enables supervised, semi-automatic unloading and a further option of digital hatch visualization.
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Holcim’s Hagerstown, Md., plant is investing $11 million to expand its alternative thermal energy capacity to 45%, representing 58,000 tpy of engineered fuel.
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Rondo Energy and Siam Cement Group subsidiary SCG Cleanergy have begun construction of a Rondo Heat Battery (RHB), configured to convert solar power into continuous zero carbon heat at 1,000°C or higher levels for the SCG cement plant in Saraburi Province, Thailand. The unit is poised to become the world’s first heat battery for a cement operation, addressing a critical…
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Engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst received a four-year, $3 million award from the National Science Foundation’s Future Manufacturing Program to make cement manufacturing more sustainable.
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TIME reporters and editors include in their inaugural TIME100 Climate list two executives of startup companies developing low carbon, specification-grade binders for full replacement of portland cement in concrete: Brimstone Vice President of Materials Science & Geology Marcelo De Oliveira, Ph.D.; and, Sublime Systems Co-Founder and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Yet-Ming Chiang.
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Holcim opened a global Innovation Hub this month at its R&D Center in Lyon, France, to showcase its sustainable building solutions and serve as a co-creation lab to accelerate low-carbon, circular and energy-efficient building worldwide.
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Cementos Argos has entered into a definitive agreement with Summit Materials under which Argos North America will combine with Summit in a cash and stock transaction valued at $3.2 billion. The merger will create the fourth-largest cement platform in the United States and accelerates Summit’s “Elevate Summit” strategy, enhancing the company’s materials-led approach and positioning it for even greater success…
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Continental Cement Company, a Summit Materials subsidiary, will host a ribbon-cutting event for its new cement storage dome in Davenport, Iowa, on March 20.
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