Earlier this month, Ash Grove celebrated the completion of its new finish mill at the Durkee plant, Oregon’s only cement plant and one of the longest-standing operations in the region. A ribbon-cutting event was attended by state and local government officials, customers and employees.
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Flir developed the Si2-LD handheld acoustic camera, equipped with highly sensitive MEMS microphones and a 5-in. color screen, to uncover hidden leaks and inefficiencies in compressed air systems.
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Mapistry, a leading environmental compliance platform for industrial operations, announced CalPortland environmental managers Leanna East and Bowen Clark as its 2025 Innovation Partners of the Year. The award recognizes their leadership in developing and deploying Maple AI that transforms how industrial operations handle hazardous waste compliance.
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Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in August 2025 were an estimated 9.55 million metric tons (Mt), a 4.3% decrease from shipments in August 2024, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through August totaled an estimated 66.6 Mt, a 3.4% decrease from those for…
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Holcim is acquiring a majority stake in Cementos Pacasmayo for $1.5 billion, a leading Peruvian producer of building materials, which will expand the company’s presence in the country and accelerate growth in the attractive Latin America region.
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Pleasanton, Calif.-based Construction Testing Services has validated Fortera ReAct binder performance across all six ASTM C1157, Standard Performance Specification for Hydraulic Cement categories: general use, high early strength, moderate or high sulfate resistance, and moderate or low heat of hydration – a profile typically requiring four separate formulations. As a performance-based standard, C1157 evaluates cement on measurable outcomes – compressive…
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Furno Materials announced a major strategic agreement with Maschmeyer Concrete Company of Florida to explore the deployment of a new, local cement supply chain in the Sunshine State.
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The board of directors of Grupo Argos has appointed Juan Esteban Calle as the next president of Grupo Argos, effective April 1, 2026. For the past 10 years, he has served as president of Cementos Argos, Grupo Argos’ building materials company.
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Amrize recently commissioned the production expansion of its cement plant in Ste. Genevieve, Mo., North America’s largest and market-leading cement plant.
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Companies mining and processing the top three classes of supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) in concrete mixtures reached a new watermark in 2024, while also forging ahead with site or plant development projects, yielding significant capacity increases by 2030.
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