Cement news updates

Prices for traded portland cement and clinker in the Mediterranean Basin and Persion Gulf-Arabian Sea regions are up slightly in April.

World Cement talks to John Stull, CEO of US Cement at LafargeHolcim about his career, the challenges facing the cement industry, the importance of sustainability - and the most interesting place he's visited.

Bulent Kolanci, ABB, describes the upgrade of Cement Knowledge Manager and LIMS at The Monarch Cement Co.

Loesche is contributing two vertical roller mills to the extension of the largest cement works in Nigeria.

World Cement asked three leading companies how trends in automation and Big Data were impacting the bagging, packing, and dispatch of cement.

William Jerald, CalPortland, discusses the drive to achieve energy efficiency at the company's Rillito and Ore Grande cement plants.

Cobalt Chains has broken ground on an expansion project that will increase its manufacturing space by a third.

Feliciano González Muñoz, LafargeHolcim’s current HR Director for Europe, has been appointed Head of HR.

UltraTech has commissioned a new greenfield plant at Madhya Pradesh, India in a record time of 365 days.

Opposition is growing against Irish Cement's €10 million development which gives the green light to burn alternative waste such as used tyres and industrial solvent waste.

Portland Cement Association envisions infrastructure stimulation over the next two years.

Zhi Ping Song, President of the World Cement Association and Chairman of CNBM, has called on the global cement industry to take the initiative in tackling upcoming challenges.

World Cement Association has welcomed Sinoma International Engineering as an Associate Corporate Member.

According to date from the US Geological Survey, US cement production rose 5.7% year on year in January 2018.

Condition monitoring specialists, Pruftechnik Inc. and IVC Technologies, are to combine expertise to offer a comprehensive condition monitoring solution for clients in North America.

ABB, a technology leader in electrification products, robotics, and industrial automation, has announced a €100 million investment for an innovation and training campus in Austria.

Plans to cofire alternative fuels at the Mungret cement plant in Limerick have been approved by the Irish national planning board.

Independent UK building materials company, Breedon Group, has acquired Lagan Group in a deal worth £455 million.

CDP states that cement companies urgently need to more than double their emissions reductions or risk missing climate goals.

A reduction of direct carbon dioxide emissions by 24% could be achieved by 2050 due to a combination of technology and policy solutions.

Indian cement production continued its positive start to the year in February 2018, recording levels well ahead of the same period in 2017.

India’s Wonder Cement has ordered two move vertical mills from Gebr. Pfeiffer, bringing the company’s total to seven.

Building an up-to-date digital picture of a plant can provide hidden treasures in terms of plant optimisation, maintenance, and upgrade.

Canadian green-technology company whose technology converts carbon into concrete has advanced to the final phase of the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE.