Camfil Air Pollution Control has introduced the Stinger, an explosion isolation valve that isolates dust collector explosions to prevent a deflagration from traveling back through the inlet pipe of the dust collector into the workspace. Following extensive testing, Camfil APC reports that the Stinger is the first U.S.-made explosion flap valve to be certified by an independent testing agency to…
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A new Ultra-Heavy-Duty Bulk Bag Filling System palletizes and fills bulk bags with filter cake, aggregates, abrasive minerals, dry chemical additives and other difficult-to-handle bulk materials. The system integrates a Swing-Down Bulk Bag Filler with a Flexicon Pallet Dispenser and Powered Chain Conveyor, allowing safe, high-capacity filling of bulk bags of all popular sizes, including bags with wide-diameter spouts for…
Read MoreTrinidad Cement Ltd. (TCL) imported its first shipment of cement into Colombia for processing at its plant in Barrancabermeja. The shipment contained 300 tons of Type G oil-well cement.
Read MoreJacques Daoust, Quebec’s Minister of Economy, Innovation and Export Trade, confirmed that the government will maintain its prior investment commitment – $100 million equity stake plus $250 million in senior debt – in the proposed $1.1-billion McInnis Cement plant and marine terminal in Port-Daniel-Gascons.
Read MoreFocusing on an “Enduring Commitment” to creating value for its stakeholders and to promoting sustainable development as well as combining an entrepreneurial spirit with respect for people, society and the environment, Titan Group has completed its 2013 Integrated Annual Report.
Read MoreMichigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed into law the use of coal ash and other industrial byproducts in cement and asphalt, according to Businessweek.
Read MoreThe Natural Resources Conservation Service recently hosted a tour of the Roanoke Cement, Troutville, Va., farm conservation project.
Read MoreOttawa’s Competition Bureau said July 7 that it will look into the $40-billion merger between Lafarge SA and Holcim Ltd., both of which have extensive operations in Canada, reports the Montreal Gazette. The newspaper quotes Competition Bureau spokeswoman Mélanie Beauchesne as stating in an email that “… the Bureau is currently reviewing Holcim’s proposed acquisition of Lafarge … (to) determine…
Read MoreTotal shipments of portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in April 2014 were 7.4 million metric tons (Mt), up by about 11 percent from the level in April 2013, according to the recent USGS Mineral Industry Surveys. Shipments for the year through April were 23.1 Mt, up by about 6 percent from the same period…
Read MoreSKF announced that Argos, one of the largest cement producers in Latin America, has chosen SKF to provide a broad range of engineering products and services for its operations in Colombia over the next three years.
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