Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in March 2022 were an estimated 9.3 million metric tons (Mt), a 3.3% increase from shipments in March 2021, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through March totaled an estimated 22.7 Mt, an increase of 6.0% from those…
Read More
SESCO Cement of Houston must pay $480,000 in civil penalties after a lawsuit filed by Harris County officials highlighted unsafe conditions being emitted into the community from its plant, reported local media.
Read More
As part of its sustainability efforts, Holcim US is working with Hyliion Holdings to leverage the company’s innovative electrified powertrain truck platform to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
Read More
Ozinga inflated a one-of-a-kind cement storage facility on its location at the Port of Palm Beach in Florida. The process took approximately three hours to complete.
Read More
HeidelbergCement is accelerating its transformation toward a sustainable future with new medium-term sustainability and financial targets under the motto “Concrete Promises.”
Read More
As part of GCC’s commitment to net-zero carbon emissions, it will fully covert its cement plant in Samalayuca, Chihuahua, Mexico, to portland-limestone cement (PLC). The transition will be complete in July.
Read More
CEMEX is the first company to announce testing of Coolbrook’s patented Roto Dynamic Heater (RDH) technology to significantly reduce CO2 emissions during the heating process of cement production.
Read More
SRM Concrete announced the acquisition of Young Trucking, the largest bulk cement distributor in southwest Florida.
Read More
Brimstone Energy, a startup aiming to commercialize carbon-negative cement, received $55 million in a Series A funding round, co-led by Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures and DCVC.
Read More
Continental Cement Co., a subsidiary of Summit Materials, converted 100% of its annual production at its Davenport, Iowa, plant to portland-limestone cement. In 2021, the plant produced 1.1 million tons of cement. “Continental Cement has been working with our customers and specifiers to commercialize portland-limestone cement in all of our markets, and we are delighted that PLC adoption has progressed…
Read More