The Americas

LafargeHolcim have announced a shake up of the company’s regional businesses, announcing new business heads in Europe and North America, as well as rationalisation of regional groupings.

Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua has reported growing sales volumes in the first 11 months of 2017 on the back of strong US demand.

A facility capable of processing around 1 million tpy of construction and demolition waste for reuse as aggregates in concrete production has opened close to the Colombian capital, Bogota.

GCP Applied Technologies has donated roofing and flooring products to help Habitat for Humanity rebuild more than 6000 homes after the hurricanes in Florida and Texas.

Danish engineering company, FLSmidth, is to supply a new vertical roller mill to COBOCE’s cement plant in Irpa Irpa, Bolivia.

US cement shipments and clinker production appear steady with 2016’s figures, according to USGS figures.

A new seismic-resistant concrete is to be used to retrofit schools in British Colombia, Canada, and Uttarakhand, India.

LafargeHolcim’s Colombian subsidiary has been recognised for its promotion of the benefits of recycling and coprocessing waste.

Domicem, a subsidiary of Colacem, has broken ground on a new solar farm to supply its plant in Dominican Republic.

U.S. Concrete has completed its acquisition of Polaris Materials Corp., continuing its upward integration into the aggregates sector.

CRH has reported continued growth in earnings over the first nine months of the year, despite weather-related disruption in the US and challenging market conditions in the Philippines.

CRH continues its North American spending spree with the acquisition of a Floridian building materials operation from Votorantim Cimentos North America and Anderson Columbia.

Holcim México, a member of LafargeHolcim Group, has been ranked among the top Mexican companies for anti-corruption practices by Mexico’s leading business magazine.

Weak performance in Brazil helped to drag Votorantim’s earnings down year-on-year in 3Q17, despite positive results from elsewhere.

HarbisonWalker International has added two new members to its senior leadership team.