Free webinar highlights interplay of resilience, sustainable communities

Source: Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Ill. The inter-dependence of sustainable communities with resilient construction will be examined during “Resilience for Sustainable Communities,” a free webinar offered by PCA on April 10, from 2:30pm to 4 pm (CDT). The session highlights the ways robust buildings provide support to as well as enhance the sustainability of communities. It will present appropriate building…

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Ash Grove Leamington plant wins top safety award

Source: Ash Grove Cement Co., Overland Park, Kan. Ash Grove’s Leamington, Utah, plant won top honors in the company’s annual L.T. Sunderland Safety Excellence Award competition for 2011. Since 2006, eight Ash Grove cement manufacturing plants and two grinding facilities have competed to earn the award. Each facility is evaluated on an extensive matrix of data that is focused on…

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Florida Antitrust parties settle prior to appellate court action

Sources: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Atlanta; Staff reports After nearly 30 months, plaintiffs and defendants appear to have closed a case alleging a price-fixing and market allocation conspiracy among four Sunshine State producers with integrated cement and ready mixed operations. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals filings throughout February cite a settlement of undisclosed terms; they…

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Despite Improvement to Economy, Foreclosures continue to drag down housing starts, prices despite economy improvements

Source: Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Ill. Home foreclosures decreased dramatically in 2011, but industry experts are cautioning that this is not a reflection of improvements in the housing market, but a result of legal, process and “robo-signing” issues. At the 2012 International Builders’ Show in Orlando recently, Ed Sullivan, chief economist for PCA, said that the 1.9 million foreclosures reported…

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Cement Totals—December & Year-End 2011

Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Va. Total shipments of portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico were about 4.8 million mt in December 2011, according to the USGS. This was 16 perfect higher compared with shipments for December 2010. Total shipments for 2011 were approximately 72.2 million mt, up 3.0% compared to year-end 2010.

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Martin Marietta, feds concur on Vulcan merger review, prospective consent order timeline

Sources: Martin Marietta Materials, Raleigh, N.C.; Staff reports A “Timing Agreement” will see Martin Marietta and U.S. Department of Justice officials meet in April to discuss resolution of any agency antitrust concerns surrounding the company’s proposed merger with Vulcan Materials Co. Discussions will proceed toward a consent order detailing potential asset sales or other measures to gain DOJ/Antitrust Division clearance…

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