Five Minutes… with Michael McSweeney
World Cement spends five minutes with Michael McSweeney, President and CEO of the Cement Association of Canada.
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California Here We Come
Jonathan Rowland, World Cement, recently visited CalPortland’s Oro Grande cement plant to see the plant’s new finish mill and dispatch facilities.
X-Ray Vision
Dr Peter Storer, FCT ACTech, discusses the use of X-ray fluorescence for raw mix control.
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Damen Shipyards Group and Hanson Aggregates Marine sign contract for the construction of MAD 3500 vessel
Damen Shipyards Group and Hanson Aggregates Marine have signed a contract for the construction of a Marine Aggregate Dredger (MAD) 3500 vessel.
LEILAC pilot: testing is now set to commence
Testing is now set to commence and start to validate the performance of the pilot, and a significant step in enabling Direct Separation to become one of the principal methods of capturing the carbon emissions from the lime and cement industries.
A Digital Foundation
Ryan Koorts and Luis Domínguez, ABB, discuss how advanced process control and analytics can deliver real benefits to cement producers.
W&H achieves sales of €895 million and starts the anniversary year with new products
In 2018, the company invested eight percent of its sales in research and development. In 2019, W&H celebrates its 150th anniversary and announces further innovations.
LafargeHolcim amongst US businesses calling on congress to enact a market-based approach to climate change
CEOs of 13 US and Global Fortune 500 companies or their subsidiaries, in collaboration with environmental groups, have issued a call for action on climate change, including an economy-wide carbon pricing policy to meet the climate challenge at the lowest possible cost.
LafargeHolcim invests in building the workforce of tomorrow
Awards 2019 - 2020 Gygi and von Wyss Foundation Scholarships.
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LafargeHolcim announces first quarter results
LafargeHolcim, the global building materials and solutions company, has announced its results for the first quarter of 2019.
Argos consolidated revenues increased 14% in the first quarter of 2019
In the first three months of 2019, Argos, a cement company of Grupo Argos, reported a balance sheet with significant improvements in its figures and key indicators.
HeidelbergCement first cement company to receive approval for science-based CO2 reduction targets
This makes HeidelbergCement the first company in the cement sector, and one of currently only about 200 companies worldwide, to have approved science-based targets.
Cement manufacturer achieves savings with PTEZ Belt Trainer
Operators of belt conveyor systems can prevent material losses by correcting the belt tracking. Flexco offers a number of belt trainers for this purpose, one of which is the PTEZ.
Azerbaijan's Norm Cement to host International Concrete Conference
Azerbaijan's Norm Cement Plant is the largest cement producer in the South Caucasus with production capacity of 5000 t of clinker per day and 2 million t of cement per year.
HeidelbergCement – Annual General Meeting
The meeting was held on 9 May at the Palatin Kongresshotel Wiesloch, Germany.