The Portland Cement Association (PCA), representing America’s cement manufacturers, welcomed the Biden administration’s plan to re-engage with international trading partners in the Paris Agreement to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.
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The professional committees of the World Cement Association (WCA) announced their goals for the new year at the association’s general assembly meeting last month.
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Charah Solutions Inc. secured a marketing contract by Richmond, Va.-based Dominion Energy for the beneficiation and utilization of up to 8.1 million tons of reclaimed ponded coal ash at its Chesterfield Power Station in Chester, Va.
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CEMEX USA is beginning the new year, renewing its commitment to Zero4Life by holding Safety Week 2021, its annual company-wide initiative designed to get employees laser-focused on the company’s first core value, Health & Safety.
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LafargeHolcim projects a second quarter closing on a $3.4 billion deal for Nashville-based Firestone Building Products (FBP), the largest acquisition in the company’s five-year history and one stretching well beyond its core production competencies.
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Argos USA of Alpharetta, Ga., has entered a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) resolving a DOJ Antitrust Division charge of conspiring to fix prices, rig bids and allocate sales for ready mixed concrete in Savannah, Ga., and neighboring markets under U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia jurisdiction, according to the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division.
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Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in October 2020 were 9.8 million metric tons (Mt), a 3% decrease from shipments in October 2019, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry. Shipments for the year through October totaled 86.6 Mt, essentially unchanged from those for the same period in 2019.
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Trinidad-based cement importer Rock Hard Cement is expected to close its operations until Feb. 1, citing recent measures implemented by the Ministry of Trade and Industry as the reason.
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The World Cement Association has appointed two new directors: Roland van Wijnen, chief executive of PPC Ltd., and Mahendra Singhi, managing director and CEO of Dalmia Cement. The appointments were agreed in a vote at the association’s General Assembly Meeting earlier this month.
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CEMEX USA has reached a milestone in its efforts to support the fight against COVID-19, delivering grants to more than 80 non-profit organizations nationwide this year from its philanthropic arm, the CEMEX Foundation. The grants helped provide food, shelter, safety and education in communities deeply affected by the pandemic.
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