On sustainability, emissions reduction, a new CEO at the Global Cement and Concrete Association, India and the Umm Bab plant in Qatar: it's this week's round up of the most popular stories from the team at World Cement.
Opterra’s Karsdorf plant has begun a project to install a new SCR emissions control system in order to meet tightening German emissions regulations.
Holcim (Deutschland) has completed the installation of a new SCR plant at the Beckum cement plant.
Tarmac showcased its best-practice dust management strategies to visitors at Hillhead 2018.
Cement sales volumes and revenues were both up year on year in the first six months of 2018 at Kazakhstani cement producer, Steppe Cement.
Qatar National Cement Co. and Fives FCB have signed the provisional acceptance certificate finalising the implementation of the fifth production line at the Umm Bab plant.
CEMEX is supplying concrete for the 100 Las Olas tower, a new high-rise residential and commercial space at the Fort Lauderdale coastline.
Arun Salvi, UltraTech, discusses the importance of supply chain optimisation within the cement industry.
HeidelbergCement reported an improvement in its occupational safety performance in 2017 in its latest Sustainability Report, although its environmental performance deteriorated on the back of the integration of Italcementi.
Benjamin Sporton, current Chief Executive of the World Coal Association, has been appointed Chief Executive of the Global Cement and Concrete Association.
CEMEX USA and clean water advocacy groups Los Angeles Waterkeeper, Orange County Coastkeeper, and its chapter Inland Empire Waterkeeper, have agreed to a plan regarding the Clean Water Act.
Indian cement production continued its double-digit growth in April, before falling back to grow at 5.2% in May, as coal and steel production also showed positive trends.
Japanese cement production registered a 2.1% year-on-year fall in May to 4.8 million t.
A selection of some of the week's most popular stories from the team at World Cement.
Eurocement’s Voronezh plant reported record monthly shipments in June, breaking the 0.2 million t mark for the first time.
LafargeHolcim’s UK subsidiary, Aggregate Industries, has been awarded a contract worth at least £500 million to deliver pavement solutions to Highways England.
Disensa, LafargeHolcim’s hardware network, intends to have 3000 stores open across Latin America by 2021.
The company is contributing over 290 000 m3 of concrete for the expansion of the El Salitre plant.
S&P Global Ratings has upgraded its rating on South African cement producer, PPC, to investment-grade zaA.
Trade unions are being consulted on the transaction and its completion is expected over the summer.
UltraTech Cement has commissioned a second grinding unit at its Manawar plant in Madhya Pradesh, India.
Eurocement’s Nevyansky cement plant has completed an extensive maintenance programme, boosting productivity and improving the plant’s environment performance.
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