Eight Rules for Effective Concrete Streets & Roads Advocacy – Part 5
Rules 4 and 5: Make the decision-makers own the decision and the outcome, and the threat of legislation can sometimes be as good as or better than passing legislation
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Cemex to increase production capacity at its Odessa cement plant
Cemex has announced plans to expand capacity at its plant in Texas, USA, to meet growing demand for cement from the oil and gas industry.
Eight Rules for Effective Concrete Streets & Roads Advocacy – Part 4
Rule 3 - Exhaust your administrative remedies, but have an end game.
World’s most powerful mill for Holcim in Brazil
Siemens and Gebr Pfeiffer combine experience and expertise to develop powerful mill for Barroso plant.
Scientists discover how to turn liquid cement into liquid metal
Resulting metallic-glass material is semi-conductive, opening up opportunities for cement in the electronics marketplace.
Construction in Brazil: PAC 2 Paving the Way for the Future
Karen Blanford, Research Director, and Danielle Cummings, Senior Economist, Global Construction Service, IHS Global Insight, provide an overview of the construction sector in Brazil and the aims of the Growth Acceleration Programme.
Eight Rules for Effective Concrete Streets & Roads Advocacy – Part 2
Rule 1: You can't go half speed
New kiln line operational at Hunter cement plant
TXI announces operational status of Kiln 2 and upgrade plans for Kiln 1 at the Hunter cement plant in Texas.
Eight Rules for Effective Concrete Streets & Roads Advocacy – Part 1
Introducing our latest series of special reports, which shares Titan America’s approach to concrete advocacy.
Lafarge Canada partners with Calgary Zoo
Lafarge Canada will support the zoo’s Centre for Conservation Research.
New cement plant in Paraguay expected to begin operations at the end of the year
Yguazú Cementos, Paraguay, is establishing a new 400 000 tpa cement plant in Villa Hayes.
Organisations invest in low carbon fuel research at Lafarge Canada cement plant
A multi-partner initiative will look at using local surplus materials to power Lafarge’s cement plant in Bath, Ontario.
Cemex plant to install SNCR
Cemex’s Lyons plant to install SNCR as part of settlement agreement.
Vulcan Materials sees slight growth in cement shipments
US-based Vulcan Materials announces its results for 1Q13.
Loesche to deliver VRM to Peruvian grinding plant
Yura S.A. has ordered a Loesche mill for a clinker/additives grinding plant in Arequipa.