The Americas

After being told it is entitled to payroll rebates, CarbonCure Technologies is hoping to triple its workforce over the next five years.

The applications and demonstration lab will support the distributors of the company’s products as well as providing product support for existing customers.

2012 plan increases financial flexibility for the global cement manufacturer.

Cement shipments and clinker production levels increased in the first nine months of the year in the US and Puerto Rico, according to the USGS’s latest monthly report.

Research project into reducing carbon dioxide emissions with crushed rock receives funding boost from Carbon Management Canada and teams up with Holcim Canada.

The system will follow in the footsteps of the one at Lehigh Cupertino, with the possibility of reducing mercury emissions by up to 90%.

Holcim has approved a feasibility study into the construction of a new 2 million tpa cement plant in Colombia.

Management will discuss the US cement market, company operations and more.

Cemex could see a return to profitability as early as 2013, analysts say.

The Dominican Republic sees its cement exports increase by 34.2% y/y as it looks to foreign markets to make up for slowing domestic demand.

A Portland Cement Association forecast has projected that unless the fiscal cliff policies are resolved in a timely fashion, cement demand could well shrink in 2013.

As the price of bitumen rises, Cemex develops Roller Compacted Concrete, a cementitious alternative to bitumen-based asphalt.

The PCA has chosen its new Chairman and vice Chairman at its Autumn board meeting.

The Carbon Disclosure Project’s latest report has named Cemex best Latin American company in terms of its disclosure of climate change data.

Gebr. Pfeiffer, Inc. is to supply an MPS coal mill to Cementos Tequendama.