The Americas

The first Health Product Declaration for any concrete product in North America has been issued.

Young people visit the Brazilian group’s Santa Helena cement plant as part of a career week initiative.

Despatches of cement increased by 15.8% y/y in Argentina in September and 17% y/y in the first nine months of 2013.

Cement transport contracts in Brazil; renewed focus on exports in the Dominican Republic; community cement sales in Venezuela.

CTLGroup has been focusing on sustainability for decades, and in this update shares some details of its recent transportation and paving projects.

Guahan Waste Control has ordered a CM Dual Speed Tyre Shredder, which will enable it to process and export end-of-life tyres to be used as TDF in the cement industry.

Registration is now available for the 2014 Cement Industry Technical Conference, which will take place in Washington, D.C.

Lafarge Cement Canada is celebrating forty years of the Bath plant and invited everyone in the region to join the celebrations.

Lafarge and Solidia Technologies have formed a partnership to develop technology to reduce precast concrete’s environmental footprint on a commercial scale.

Skyonic Corporation has held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Capitol SkyMine plant at Capitol Aggregates’ San Antonio site in Texas, USA.

A nonprofit conservation group is eyeing up Cemex’s 8500 acres of land in the mountains above Santa Cruz for potential redevelopment as the gateway to a new nature reserve.

Construction of a cement plant in Potosi will not go ahead until US$214 million can be invested in gas supply to the site.

Texas Industries Inc. has reported a 20% increase in cement sales on the back of improved construction activity.

Venezuelan cement plant will commence operations in mid-November, with an initial capacity of 1 million tpa.

Cemex has signed an agreement with the UN to join its Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves.