The Americas

The EPA has formally proposed withdrawing the WOTUS rule.

Construction of the second production line at the Tula cement plant in Mexico is continuing with commissioning of the raw meal grinding plant and kiln.

Two LafargeHolcim ready-mixed concrete plants have received CSC bronze level certification.

CalPortland’s Rillito and Oro Grande cement plants have earned ENERGY STAR certification.

Mississippi Lime has acquired the Pennsylvania-based hydrated lime business of Mercer Lime Co.

Two of LafargeHolcim’s Canadian ready-mixed plants have become the first in North America to obtain Concrete Sustainability Council certification for responsibly-sourced concrete.

Four Cemex USA cement plants have achieved ENERGY STAR certification for 2017.

Three of Cemex’s quarries have been listed in the US Geological Survey’s top 25 Crushed Stone Operations in the USA.

McInnis Cement’s Port-Daniel–Gascons’ cement plant in Quebec, Canada, has begun production of cement, just over three years after construction of the plant began.

HarbisonWalker International has appointed Don Abrino as Senior Director of External Technology and Open Innovation.

President Jovenel Moïse of Haiti has visited the site of new cement grinding plant at the Lafito Industrial Free Zone.

Three Mondi Industrial Bags plants have been recognised by the PSSMA.

Fives has received a contract to install a new FCB Flash drye, equipped with a new Pillard HeatGen hot gas generator, at a cement plant in Honduras.

Rockwell Automation has appointed Patricia Watson to its board of directors.

Fritsch has opened its first subsidiary in the US: Fritsch Milling and Sizing Inc.