The Americas

HeidelbergCement AG has completed the acquisition of a 45% shareholding in Italcementi S.p.A. from Italmobiliare S.p.A.

Family-owned Bradley Concrete and Lambcon Ready-Mix are using a fleet of Volvo wheel loaders to grow a business.

USGS has released its Mineral Industry Index for cement in April 2016

The NSSGA is celebrating 60 years of the National Interstate Highway System

Together with Miguel Márquez Márquez, Governor of Guanajuato, the company presented its latest growth plans in Essen.

The Cement Association of Canada has announced that it is a Founding Partner of the Carbon Impact Initiative

GOP members of the US House of Representatives released a policy paper that advocated for lowering the corporate tax rate from 35% to 20%.

Demolition of containerships almost tripled in the first five months of 2016 in comparison to the same period of 2015.

Cemex has announced that it has commenced a tender offer to purchase up to US$450 million of the outstanding 9.375% Senior Secured Notes.

The brand that started the ‘self-delivery’ concrete business in the 1960’s has just changed hands.

A US patent has recently been granted to a new test to prove and measure the self-sealing qualities of concrete mixes.

Cementos Argos has actively participated in the construction of the Panama Canal expansion

Cemex joins Panama in the celebration of the inauguration of the Panama Canal expansion, as the main cement supplier for this globally impactful project.

US Concrete, Inc. has announced that it has acquired the assets of NYCON Supply Corporation.

HeidelbergCement AG makes a preliminary selection among offers for US$1 billion of assets owned by Italcementi SpA.