Holcim Canada builds on strength of volunteering initiatives in 2013
Holcim Canada employees took part in a range of community engagement activities in 2013, ranging from Habitat for Humanity projects to fundraising campaigns.
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Holcim Canada employees took part in a range of community engagement activities in 2013, ranging from Habitat for Humanity projects to fundraising campaigns.
Lehigh Cement’s proposed conveyor belt system, moving limestone from a quarry in New Windsor to the company’s plant in Union Bridge, will comply with state requirements for air pollution emissions.
Caribbean Cement Company has shipped its first load of clinker to Venezuela under the PetroCaribe trade mechanism.
Elementia subsidiary plans to purchase the fibre cement business segment of Saint-Gobain’s Exterior Products Division in the US.
Peruvian cement exports on the up; Venezuela to work with India to increase its cement production capacity.
The US EPA has recognised the energy efficiency performance of Lehigh Hanson’s Union Bridge cement plant.
The MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub has received US$10 million in funding to support concrete research by interdisciplinary investigators from several MIT departments.
Bloomberg is reporting that the owners of Texas Industries Inc. are considering a sale.
Proposed changes to the National Building Code of Canada that would allow wooden buildings to increase to a maximum height of six storeys are being fought by the Cement Association, which claims they will increase the risk of fire.
Companhia Vale do Ribeira plans to establish a 1 million tpa cement plant in the state of Paraná.
Some US$8 billion in loan guarantee authority is set to be available to support projects that aim to avoid, reduce or sequester greenhouse gases.
Cemex has announced that the first book in its Nature Series will be entitled ‘Sublime Nature: Photographs That Awe and Inspire’.