The California Senate approved a bill that seeks to slash the carbon footprint of state’s cement plants. The legislation directs the Air Resources Board (ARB) to develop a comprehensive strategy to achieve carbon neutrality in the cement industry no later than 2045 and to establish interim targets for reducing cement’s greenhouse gas intensity.
Read More
Debuting last week at the 2021 World of Concrete in Las Vegas was the Cement Production Pavilion, a special exhibitor area located in the high-trafficked North Hall. The pavilion was created via a partnership between event organizer Informa Markets and Cement Americas publisher SEMCO Publishing.
Read More
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) Market Intelligence Group released its Spring 2021 Regional Forecasts for the Northeast, Central, West, and Southeast United States. These forecasts cover cement consumption and real put-in-place construction spending.
Read More
HeidelbergCement published its Sustainability Report for the 2020 financial year. On more than 100 pages, the company’s 12th Sustainability Report provides detailed information about the its path to climate neutrality and its strategy and activities in the areas of environment, social responsibility, and governance.
Read More
World Cement Association (WCA) President Song Zhiping urged the global cement industry to continue efforts toward carbon neutrality, but also to advance digitalization, in a keynote speech at the WCA Open Day earlier this month.
Read More
Two weeks after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) challenged Lehigh Cement’s planned acquisition of Keystone Cement, the commission said the two rival producers have abandoned the deal.
Read More
The Clean Earth division of Harsco Corp. received the final authorization needed to operate a new tank farm – consisting of six, 15,000-gal. tanks – at its Calvert City, Ky., operation. The new permit provides 90,000 gal. of additional capacity for fuel blending.
Read More
HeidelbergCement plans to upgrade subsidiary Cementa’s Slite plant in Sweden into the world’s first carbon-neutral cement plant by 2030.
Read More
LafargeHolcim has appointed Toufic Tabbara as chief executive officer of U.S. Cement operations. He brings more than 20 years’ experience in the construction-materials industry that will help lead the organization through the next phase of growth.
Read More
Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in March 2021 were an estimated 9.0 million metric tons (Mt), a 16% increase from shipments in March 2020, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through March totaled an estimated 21.4 Mt, a slight increase from those for…
Read More