The Americas

The Brazil-based burner company has been keeping busy, with new contracts from Votorantim, CSN Cimentos, Holcim and more.

The conveyor belt manufacturer is taking advantage of the burgeoning mining sector in the country.

The cement plant is located in a high growth region of Colombia and will have a production capacity close to 1 million tpa.

The low-carbon concrete company has signed a partnership agreement with Linde, a leading gases and engineering company.

Cemex USA has announced that six of its cement plants have been recognised with the EPA’s Energy Star®, including the Clinchfield plant for its eighth consecutive year.

According to INEGI, construction activity grew 2.2% y/y in June 2014, although it fell 1.6% y/y in the first half of 2014.

Cement and limestone shipping news from North America, Indonesia and Portugal.

CATIC will install a new 1.2 million tpa cement plant in Los Arangues, Venezuela, for La Corporación Socialista del Cemento.

McLanahan Corporation has achieved one million hours without a lost work time accident.

US-based Summit Materials’ cement volumes declined by 3% y/y in 1H14, although cement pricing improved by 11% y/y.

US construction spending in June was down 1.8% on May, while UK construction output increased by 1.2% m/m in June 2014 according to ONS estimates.

In the second part of this article from the August 2014 issue of World Cement, the Dominican Cement Producers Association looks at cement demand, construction activity and trade in the region.

Cement dispatches improved m/m in Argentina in July, fell slightly y/y in Ecuador in June, while the number of cement bags sold in Puerto Rico in June 2014 was higher than in June 2013.

The construction aggregates company has issued a statement on its results, showing a 10% increase in shipments and a 32% rise in gross profit.

An infographic about Latin America, part of the regional report in World Cement’s August 2014 issue.