Source: National Association of Home Builders, Washington, D.C. Nationwide production and permitting of new homes rose sharply in September to their highest levels in more than four years, according to newly released figures from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau. A 15 percent gain brought the pace of new housing construction to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 872,000 units,…
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Automation & Energy Conference to debut in Atlanta
Source: Mining Media Inc., Denver Cement Americas is joining Concrete Products and Rock Products magazines behind the Automation & Energy Conference (A+E), premiering November 19-21, 2013, at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta.
Read MoreCemex USA commissions 1-MW wind turbine at Calif. quarry
Source: Cemex USA, Houston Cemex is pleased to announce the commissioning of a 1-megawatt (MW) wind turbine at its quarry located in Madison, Calif. The turbine is one of three renewable energy projects Cemex will soon bring online in California. Cemex is planning to bring two additional wind power projects online later this year at its facility in Victorville, Calif.,…
Read MoreFive Holcim (US) plants receive EPA’s 2012 Energy Star
Source: Holcim (US) Inc., Waltham, Mass. Holcim (US) announced recently that five of its plants have earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) prestigious Energy Star. The plants given this honor were: Theodore in Theodore, Ala.; Ste. Genevieve in Bloomsdale, Mo.; Holly Hill in Holly Hill, S.C.; Portland in Florence, Colo.; and Devil’s Slide in Morgan, Utah.
Read MoreAsh Grove announces sales team promotions
Source: Ash Grove Cement Co., Overland Park, Kan. Ash Grove Cement Company recenetly announced promotions in its sales leadership teams, according to Ash Grove Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Charlie Sunderland. The promotions are effective Jan. 1, 2013.
Read MorePCA, MSHA Renew Safety Alliance
Source: Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Ill. PCA and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration renewed an alliance designed to foster safer and more healthful working conditions in the cement industry. Originally signed in 2008, the agreement allows PCA and MSHA to combine resources and expertise to provide cement industry personnel with information, guidance and access to…
Read MoreCement Totals—July 2012
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Va. Total shipments of portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico were 7.3 million mt in July 2012, according to the USGS. This was about 7.0 percent higher compared with shipments for July 2011. Shipments for the year through July were 44.4 million mt, up about 14 percent for the same…
Read MoreNonresidential construction index drops to 2010 levels
Raleigh, N.C.-based FMI, the largest provider of management consulting and investment banking to the engineering and construction industry, announces the release of its “Third Quarter Nonresidential Construction Index Report.” Plunging 5 points, the index is back to Q2-2010 levels.
Read MoreEssroc celebrates railroad spur improvement with ribbon cutting
Officials in Berkeley County recently celebrated the completion of a $10 million railroad spur project that is expected to help Essroc Italcementi Group’s Martinsburg, W.Va., plant ship thousands of tons of product each year via rail instead of area highways. About 100 people attended the official dedication and ribbon cutting for the 1.2-mile rail spur, which connects the plant to…
Read MoreCemex subsidiary to put minority stake in Latin American assets on Colombian stock exchange
Cemex Latam Holdings, S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cemex España, S.A., presented to the Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia an application to list its shares on the Colombian stock exchange and to offer a minority of Cemex Latam’s shares in a public offering to investors in Colombia and, in a concurrent private placement, to eligible investors outside of Colombia. Cemex…
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