Global Habitat Resources acquires perlite mining concession near Acapulco
Global Habitat Resources has purchased a 98% stake in MX Pozzolan S.A. de C.V, the owner of a perlite mine concession in Mexico.
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Global Habitat Resources has purchased a 98% stake in MX Pozzolan S.A. de C.V, the owner of a perlite mine concession in Mexico.
Mantra Energy Alternatives and NORAM Engineering and BC Research Inc. have signed a contract to construct a pilot facility for the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (ERC) at Lafarge’s Richmond plant in British Columbia.
In February, Lafarge Brazil inaugurated a new facility in Rio, which will produce some 500 000 t of cement this year and 750 000 t from 2015.
Univar Inc.’s waste chemical business, ChemCare, has shipped its 100 millionth gallon of fuel-quality waste to Systech Environmental Corporation. Used as an alternative fuel for cement kilns, this byproduct has produced the fuel equivalent of 400 000 t of coal and helped to manufacture 1.7 million t of cement.
Total US construction spending stood at US$943.1 billion in January 2014, a 9.3% y/y increase from US$863.1 billion recorded in the same month a year earlier.
Nine companies have responded to Ecebol’s tender for the construction of a cement plant in Oruro. With a clinker capacity of 3000 tpd and a cement production capacity of some 1.3 million tpa, the plant will help to meet local demand in Bolivia.
Precision Machine & Manufacturing Co. has announced the completion of a management-led acquisition of the company from the retiring owners, Jim and Colleen Miller.
E-CL has signed a contract with Cementos Biobio for a new flyash reutilisation project at the Antofagasta plant in Chile.
Cement dispatches increased in Peru in the first two months of 2014, while the country’s manufacturing, construction and mining sectors continued to grow in January.
According to the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2014 report, the estimated value of mineral production in the US reached US$74.3 billion in 2013, down from US$75.8 billion in 2012.
Solidia Technologies was selected as a finalist for the 2013 Katerva Award and has been named one of the best places to work in New Jersey as part of the NJBIZ programme.
According to local reports, the government of Venezuela has approved a project to set up five mini cement plants, each with a capacity of 4.235 million bags/year.