Cemex announced that it is the first company in the cement industry to successfully operate plants by remote control. From its central location in Monterrey, Mexico, the company’s Centro de Control Cemento (C3) system operates in real time and tracks live data of 14 cement plants, 25 kilns and 86 grinding mills in Mexico, coupled with a facility in Colombia…
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WHC Awards Cemex Gold Certification for Biodiversity Action Plan
Cemex announced that the Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) granted Gold Certification for the company’s Las Salinas and Laguna Cabral Biodiversity Action Plan in the Dominican Republic. The project is led by Cemex in collaboration with Grupo Jaragua and Birdlife International.
Read MorePCA Remarks on New Infrastructure Study
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) issued the following statement in response to publication of the American Council for Capital Formation’s (ACCF) new study, “How to Shape U.S. Infrastructure Policy.”
Read MoreLafargeHolcim Looks at Strategy 2022 to Drive Growth
LafargeHolcim launched its new Strategy 2022 – ‘Building for Growth,’ aiming to drive profitable growth and simplify the business to deliver resilient returns and attractive value to stakeholders.
Read MoreDecember Cement Shipments Up 3.5 Percent
Total shipments of portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in December 2017 were about 6.3 million metric tons (Mt), up by 3.5 percent from shipments in December 2016, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. The leading producing states for portland and blended cement in December 2017 were California, Texas, Missouri, Florida and…
Read MoreCementos Argos, Grupo Calidra Form Lime Company
Colombian cement maker Cementos Argos and Mexican building materials producer Grupo Calidra have aligned to jointly form Caltek, a new company focused on the production of lime and related compounds, reported Finance Colombia.
Read MoreWCA Appoints Mathieu as Climate Program Director
The World Cement Association (WCA) announced the appointment of Bernard Mathieu as director of its climate program. In this role, he will lead the association’s CEOs’ Global Forum on Climate Change that aims to draft the WCA Roadmap on Climate Change. The forum will take place on June 27-28, 2018, in Paris.
Read MoreCemex Plants Hit 1,000-Day Safety Milestone
Three Cemex USA cement plants are setting the pace with high safety standards, each reaching more than 1,000 days without a lost-time injury (LTI).
Read MoreHeidelbergCement Sells Lehigh White Cement Stake
HeidelbergCement announced that its subsidiary Lehigh Cement Co. LLC has signed an agreement to sell its 51 percent position in Lehigh White Cement Co. to the minority shareholders Aalborg Cement Co. Inc. and Cemex Inc. The enterprise value of the transaction amounts to about $140 million.
Read MoreCemex Generates Highest Net Income in Decade
Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. announced that, on a like-to-like basis for the ongoing operations and adjusting for currency fluctuations, consolidated net sales increased by 4 percent during the fourth quarter of 2017 to $3.4 billion, and increased 3 percent for the full-year 2017 to $13.7 billion versus the comparable periods in 2016. Operating EBITDA on a like-to-like basis decreased by…
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