KHD Wins Bid to Modify Holcim’s Hagerstown Plant

Humboldt Wedag, Inc. – KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG’s Americas unit, recently signed a contract with Holcim (US) Inc. for engineering, delivery of equipment and site services to modify the existing production line at its Hagerstown, Md., plant. The contract, which includes a KHD-designed PyroProcessing System, will increase the line’s production rate to 2,400 tpd and be compliant with the…

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Report Advances Infrastructure Resilience Conversation in Canada

A recently released report by the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) on the implications of climate change on Canada’s infrastructure represents an important step forward in the national conversation about infrastructure resilience. Published with support from the Cement Association of Canada, “Climate Change Adaptation and Canadian Infrastructure” summarizes current literature dealing with the challenge of adapting to climate…

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Lafarge Q3 Sales Down 4 Percent

Lafarge reported that its sales fell by 4 percent year-on-year to $5.66 billion for the third quarter of 2013 from $5.86 billion for the same period in 2012. The company blamed the results on adverse exchange rates which had a negative impact of 7 percent on both sales and profit indicators such as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation…

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July Cement Totals Released

Total shipments of portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in July 2013 were about 8.1 million metric tons (Mt), up by 11 percent from the level in July 2012, according to the recently released USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through July were 45.1 Mt, up slightly.

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