Lafarge North America ‘applauds the Office of the United States Trade Representative, which confronted Canadian trade officials about the subsidies pledged for the construction of a cement facility in Quebec’.
Revenue, gross profit and adjusted EBITDA all increased for Vulcan Materials in the quarter ending 30 September 2014.
As part of the new agreement, Wärtsilä will continue to operate and maintain the power plant at Cemex Colombia's cement manufacturing facility in Ibagué.
The Atlas Copco Group (Atlas Copco AB) has announced that it has been included in the United Nations Global Compact 100 Stock Index.
Egypt’s Arabian Cement and Brazil’s Cementos La Union are planning to establish a new 230 000 tpa cement grinding facility in Northwest Brazil.
The incremental amount raised will be applied to partially prepay the facilities agreement dated 17 September 2012 and to pay other debt.
Climate Change Adaptation Plans released by EPA coincide with the fifth anniversary of Obama’s sustainability initiative.
The US Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory provides an additional US$752 000 for the ‘Utilisation of CO2 in High Performance Building and Infrastructure Products’ project.
The new permit will allow Lafarge to burn approximately 65 000 tpa of plastics and 26 000 tpa of asphalt shingles in kilns with pollution controls at its Alpena plant.
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. sees consolidated net sales rise to US$917.9 million in 3Q14.
Eagle Materials achieved record cement earnings and sales volumes for the quarter ending 30 September 2014.
The latest industry appointments news from the Concrete Sustainability Hub, Loesche ThermoProzess and Atlas Copco.
The Marlyand Ready Mix Concrete Association has been recognised for its efforts in ready mix concrete promotion, government relations, technical matters, training and education.
Government of Nova Scotia approves request from Atlantic Industrial Services to dispose of a further 5 million litres of treated hydraulic fracturing wastewater. Lafarge will use the water as a coolant for its kiln at the Brookfield cement plant, where it will be evaporated at 700 °C.
In the first nine months of 2014, Cementos Argos achieved a 16% increase in consolidated income and 9% growth in cement sales volumes.