The Americas

Paul Maxwell-Cook turns to the growing cement sector in Latin America.

Paul Maxwell-Cook looks at how the cement industry is faring in Canada, the US and Mexico.

Low frequency of lost time incidents rewarded by Chilean National Safety Council.

Skyonic’s carbon capture and mineralisation project with Capitol Aggregates Cement in San Antonio, Texas, has received US$128 million in funding.

Lone Star Funds has acquired Lafarge North America’s Gypsum division for US$700 million.

Titan America’s Roanoke Cement Company has achieved more than 2 MW energy reduction since joining the programme.

HeidelbergCement has extended the reach of its Biodiversity Conservation Programme and cooperation with BirdLife International.

The new cement and clinker plant will increase Coboce Cemento’s production capacity to 70 000 bags/day.

Rule 8: Eventually it is in the best interest of everyone to work together

A new website has been launched providing details of the cement plant project underway in Port-Daniel-Gascons, Québec.

Highlights from the USGS’s latest report on cement and clinker shipments and production levels in the US and Puerto Rico.

Rule 7: You must have a champion in the House and the Senate

Cement sales experience growth in many Latin American countries, while results are more mixed in the Canary Islands.

Rule 6: Look big, be everywhere

Portland Cement Association expects cement consumption growth to accelerate in 2H13 and increase by 9.2% in 2014.