The United States Department of Energy (DOE) awarded CEMEX with a grant to research and develop innovative carbon capture technology at its Balcones cement plant in New Braunfels, Texas. The grant will be used to partially fund a feasibility study to implement the technology and is expected to be an important advancement toward the company’s goal to deliver net-zero concrete…
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It has not been the year anyone was expecting. That is as true in the cement industry as anywhere else. The impact of COVID-19 has brought many challenges, perhaps most visibly in the headline figures for cement demand around the world. But it has impacted the industry in other, more subtle, ways too: from sourcing fuels in a locked-down world…
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Better known as Pennsuco, the Titan Florida cement plant in Medley is the first operation of its kind to attain the highest level of certification under the Total Resource Use and Efficiency (TRUE) rating system for zero waste. Administered by the U.S. Green Building Council-aligned Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), TRUE helps facilities around the world define, pursue and achieve…
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Lafarge Canada joined subsidiary Geocycle Canada and mining group Rio Tinto to reuse waste from the aluminum smelting process to make cement. In this circular economy initiative, the trio will reduce the need to extract other raw materials and create value from waste.
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CEMEX’s first-ever net-zero carbon concrete, Vertua, will soon be available in its major markets worldwide after a successful launch in Europe.
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Cement and concrete producer Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) released its results for the third quarter 2020. Consolidated net sales decreased 6.8% for the quarter compared to the prior-year period.
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The Portland Cement Association (PCA) announced the winners of the 2020 Chairman’s Manufacturing Performance Awards, which recognize PCA associate member company accomplishments in the advancement of cement manufacturing over the previous year.
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The BPS Bag Dump Station allows customers to dump bags manually. In addition to the optional features listed below, BPS can customize the size based on the required capacity.
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A new sanitary bulk bag filling system from Flexicon features dual Swing-Down fillers fed by high-capacity weigh hoppers, achieving fill rates of up to 40 bulk bags per hour.
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CEMEX announced that through CEMEX Ventures it has signed an agreement with Carbon Clean, a leader in low-cost modular carbon dioxide capture and separation technology, aimed at developing a carbon capture solution for the cement industry that lies below the line of $30/ton cost of CO₂ captured.
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