The Americas

The PCA has recognised the Cemex Lyons Cement Plant with its 2016 Energy and Environment Award for Land Stewardship.

Rep. Tom Reed, R-NY, recently met with the Gernatt Family of Companies.

Seven US states will be using US$14 million in federal grants to test out new ways to fund infrastructure projects.

City planners are constantly challenged to find ways to efficiently and affordably house rapidly growing urban populations.

Severe overcapacity in the market and recently agreed contract rates on the transpacific trade lanes keeps pressure high on the liner companies.

Growth expectations for global GDP have come down by 0.1 percentage point for both 2016 and 2017.

The NSSGA will now present some of its annual Awards of Excellence at the Fall Board of Directors Meeting.

Mexico’s Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources granted Cemex an Honourable Mention for the 2016 National Award of Ecological Merit.

A Canadian environmental solutions firm operating a slag recycling plant in California is using industrial atomised mist technology.

The winners of the 2016 John P. Gleason Jr. Leadership awards were announced by the PCA.

At its annual Fall Congress meeting in Chicago, PCA announced the winners of the 2016 Energy and Environment Awards.

The PCA has announced the winners of the 2016 Safety Innovation Awards, which recognise creative safety enhancing project.

USGS has released its Nonmetallic Mineral Products Industry Index for August 2016

MSHA has agreed to a longer comment period on two regulatory items.

FAA is looking to update its specifications for aggregates used in airport runways.