The Americas

A multi-partner initiative will look at using local surplus materials to power Lafarge’s cement plant in Bath, Ontario.

Cemex’s Lyons plant to install SNCR as part of settlement agreement.

US-based Vulcan Materials announces its results for 1Q13.

Yura S.A. has ordered a Loesche mill for a clinker/additives grinding plant in Arequipa.

US and Asia are up, while other regions are down, according to the company’s 1Q13 report. Operating EBITDA is generally improved across all regions.

Cemex Latam Holdings has reported its 1Q13 results, which show higher operating EBITDA despite flat or decreasing sales in most markets.

Loesche has been awarded a contract from Holcim Ecuador for an LM 56.4 for cement raw material grinding.

Cement shipments and clinker production volumes rise y/y in the US and Puerto Rico in January 2013, according to the latest USGS Mineral Industry Survey.

Photocatalytic cement self-cleans, eats smog and reflects heat.

Representatives from seven German companies will showcase their technologies for the South American market.

The NSA held its regional meeting in the new Caterpillar Visitor Center in Peoria, USA.

Cemex is to collaborate with the Earth Engineering Center (EEC) at Columbia University and the City College of New York for alternative fuels research.

Brazil’s Cimentos da Bahia S/A has signed an agreement with the Government of Bahia regarding the construction of a 2 million tpa plant.

Production will be stepped up at Soboce’s Cemento Viacha, while the Government of Oruro plans to build a new cement plant in Caracollo Norte.

Late last year, World Cement Editor Katherine Guenioui went to Washington DC and spoke with the incoming President and CEO of the Portland Cement Association.