Cement news 2018

The Balcones and FEC quarries were identified as two of the top crushed stone production operations in the US.

Jonathan Rowland, World Cement Editor, provides an overview of the major markets and major players in Latin America’s cement industry.

The company has been awarded contracts for a greenfield cement plant and a brownfield cement plant in Central America.

The JETFLEX® PLUS burner is the first to be installed in the LafargeHolcim Group, and will be used at the company’s Fujairah plant in the United Arab Emirates.

Some of the week's most popular stories from the team at World Cement.

Higher costs related to the construction of a cement plant in Saudi Arabia are among the challenges that will see thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions report negative EBIT in its coming quarterly results.

Cement sales were up in the first six months of the year at Buzzi Unicem, but earnings suffered from the strong euro, as well as higher costs, particularly in the US.

The Cement Sustainability Initiative will be moving from its WBCSD home to join the Global Cement and Concrete Association in London in January 2019.

The VEZ 3200 is suitable for the manufacture of refuse-derived fuels from production and sorting waste, packaging material, as well as the high-calorific fraction of household and commercial waste for use as an energy source in cement works and power stations.

The transaction is expected to be completed in the next 9 – 12 months.