Out of the 95 manufacturing plants earning certification in the 2020 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star program, 13 were cement operations.
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CEMEX Dominicana to Expand Operations
CEMEX Dominicana expects to recommission one of its production lines at its plant in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic, which could imply a 33% increase in its production capacity in the country. The increase would boost the cement industry’s self-sufficiency, noted the company, and would strengthen CEMEX Dominicana’s position to serve the growth of the construction sector in the…
Read MoreCement Shipments Rise in December, Full Year 2020
Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in December 2020 were 7.5 million metric tons (Mt), a 13% increase from shipments in December 2019, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through December totaled 103 Mt, a slight increase from those for the same period in…
Read MoreArgos Closes 2020 on Positive Note
In the midst of a year of uncertainty and complexity, in which the priority for companies became preserving cash, maintaining jobs and mitigating negative impacts as much as possible, the results of Argos, the Grupo Argos’ cement subsidiary, were satisfactory, the company said.
Read MoreSeebo AI Solution Predicts, Prevents Production Losses
Cement manufacturers suffer, on average, millions of dollars of losses each year due to various process-driven inefficiencies such as kiln throughputs, emissions, clinker quality and ammonia usage. Seebo’s Process-Based Artificial Intelligence solution enables cement manufacturers to identify process-driven inefficiencies in their production processes in order to predict and prevent production losses.
Read MoreHeidelbergCement Reports 2020 Results
HeidelbergCement presented preliminary, unaudited figures for the full year 2020. In a difficult market environment, the result from current operations before depreciation and amortization rose like-for-like by 6% to a record €3.7 billion. Consistent implementation of the company’s COPE action plan led to cash savings of around €1.3 billion.
Read MoreCEMEX Colombia to Expand Production Capacity
The Regional Autonomous Corporation of Antioquia approved a modification of CEMEX Colombia’s environmental license for its planned $420 million cement plant in Maceo, Antioquia. The modification will allow the extraction of 990,000 tons of materials (clay and limestone) and the production of up to 1.5 million metric tons of cement annually.
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By Mauro Nogarin
Read MorePCA Releases Regional Winter Forecasts
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) Market Intelligence Group released cement consumption and real put-in-place construction spending forecasts for the Northeast, Central, West and Southeast United States.
Read MoreNovember Cement Shipments Up 9%
Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in November 2020 were 8.6 million metric tons (Mt), a 9% increase from shipments in November 2019, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through November totaled 95.3 Mt, a slight increase from those for the same period in…
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