US cement news

The objective of this project is to deliver a FEED study for a carbon capture retrofit that can separate up to 95% of carbon emissions at the Holcim Genevieve cement plant.

Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. and subsidiaries, a cement company serving the Peruvian construction industry, has announced its consolidated results for the third quarter and the nine months ended 30 September 2021.

Working with Efficiency Manitoba, Lafarge Canada’s Dawson Road location has installed energy-efficient machinery and LED lights at the facility, saving nearly half a million kWh of electricity over five years.

The company is investing €30 million in a new rotary kiln line for its mine in Brumado in the State of Bahia, Brazil, where magnesite, one of the raw materials for fireproof products, is mined.

40 of the world’s leading cement and concrete manufacturers are joining forces to accelerate the shift to greener concrete by pledging to cut carbon emissions by a further 25% by 2030, marking a decisive step in the race to ‘Net Zero’ concrete by 2050.

The companies have joined forces to design and produce an ecologically beneficial concrete scour protection unit for offshore wind turbine foundations.

With this DOE funding, the Chart team intends to design, build, commission and operate an engineering-scale cryogenic carbon capture process at Central Plains Cement Company LLC’s cement plant in Sugar Creek, Missouri.

Lafarge is providing ECOPact to Mattamy Homes’ Calgary operations, pouring low-carbon concrete for more than 450 homes per year in the area.

The company has announced that it successfully completed its previously announced acquisition of Lehigh Hanson, Inc.’s West Region business for US$2.3 billion in cash.

The company has closed the acquisition of the Utelite Corporation in Coalville as well as an agreement to buy Polcalc in Poland.