US cement news

The capital raise extends Carbon Clean’s successful US$22 million Series B investment round announced in July 2020, bringing the total value of the round to US$30 million.

The new space is slated primarily for warehousing of sub-assemblies, crating, and staging of assembled equipment.

The company's Victorville, Calif., Cement Plant was recognised for outstanding safety performance by the Portland Cement Association (PCA), earning the prestigious 2021 Chairman’s Safety Performance Award and marking the third consecutive year the operation has received the recognition.

LafargeHolcim in the US, along with its subsidiary company, Geocycle, has announced a cooperative agreement research project with the US Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineer Research and Development Centre (ERDC) to study how construction and demolition (C&D) materials can be used for energy recovery and mineral recycling.

The company is the first RMC producer in the US to achieve CSC certification at the Silver level.

The company has announced that the Government of Canada has made a CDN$25 million investment to support the industrialisation and commercialisation of its novel low-cost carbon capture technology within the North American market.

Dave Nepereny was a former Chief Executive Officer at Buzzi Unicem and served as a former Chairman of the PCA.

Last month the company produced 140 421 metric t, beating the previous record by nearly 20 000 metric t, and shipped 128 728 metric t of product to customers.

The MOU allows for the potential integration of Carbon Upcycling’s CO2-embedded concrete additive into Lafarge operations, while exploring opportunities to expand Carbon Upcycling’s operating capacity by developing larger processing facilities.

The company has now completed the commissioning of a new Siwertell ST 640-M screw-type ship unloader in Houston, Texas, USA.