The Americas

The US Energy Department has praised members of its Better Buildings, Better Plants Program, which has saved about US$1 billion in energy costs and reduced CO2 emissions.

Hazemag has been awarded the order for one limestone and one clay crushing plant for a new cement plant in Paraiba, Brazil.

The coal industry has strongly criticised new regulations set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Bhaskar Dusi, Corporate Energy Manager, and Kevin Kelley, VP – Process Technology & Sustainability, Cemex, USA, run through some energy case projects.

Insights into integrating utility sponsored incentives into an energy management programme.

A judge has ruled in favour of the Titan America subsidiary and the DAQ in the latest in a long line of delays to the construction of the new cement plant.

Lafarge Canada Inc. has introduced a new aggregate solution to the Eastern Canada marketplace.

US-based TNJ Industries has been purchased by Martin Engineering, helping to increase the latter’s dust management services for mined materials.

Contempra now accounts for 50% of cement consumption in the Canadian province, just two years after it was first launched.

The OECS Secretariat’s Trade Policy Unit initiates discussions on how best to monitor cement supply and demand in the region.

Cement sales fall in the Canary Islands but increase in Peru and Ecuador

The USA’s Portland Cement Association is forecasting growth of 4% in cement consumption this year, rising to 9.7% in 2014 and 2015.

Company achieves recognition of corporate sustainability, becoming one of only four cement companies included in the index.

An announcement of a new deal in which Caribbean Cement Limited would export clinker to Venezuela has been postponed until further notice.

Cement shipments and clinker production remain fairly level in the US, while cement sales volumes in Argentina increase.