Buzzi Unicem has acquired a cement storage dome and distribution terminal from Ozinga Bros. Inc. The terminal will add 30 000 t of cement capacity to the company's Mississippi River distribution chain.
CEMEX’s consolidated net sales increased 1% in Q4 2010, as lower sales in the US and Europe were offset by increases in other markets, particularly Mexico.
Having experienced the lowest inflation rate among the major Latin American countries last year, Peru’s economic growth is expected to be the second highest in the region.
In Jamaica, local media is reporting that Canadian company Cemcorp plans to build a 1.5 million tpa cement plant in St Catherine at an investment of US$340 million.
TCL has announced that it will stop paying its debts until it has agreed a new debt restructuring plan with its lenders and investors.
Two Holcim (US) Inc. plants have been awarded the EPA’s ENERGY STAR® award for the third consecutive year, and three plants have received the award for the first time.
FLSmidth has been awarded a contract to supply six OK mills for cement grinding in Brazil.
Venezuela is looking to import almost 7000 t of cement from Cuba to accelerate its building in the wake of weeks of fatal flooding.
Anglo American has presented Melco Conveyor Equipment (Pty) Limited with the inaugural Supplier Award for Sustainability.
Cemex’s FEC quarry in Miami, Florida, has been honoured with a Five Star EPA celebration for conservation work undertaken together with the local community.
Steel industries generate large quantities of slags from their iron-making and steel-making processes.
Ash Grove Cement Company filed a petition for review of the US EPA’s Portland Cement NESHAP Maximum Achievable Control Technology Rule in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
The Portland Cement Association has filed a petition with the Environmental Protection Agency regarding a number issues with the final NESHAP ruling.
The economic momentum that was gathering steam early in the year has dissipated to a large extent and along with it the potential for an increase in cement consumption.
CEMEX announced today that consolidated net sales decreased 2% in the third quarter of 2010 to approximately US$3.8 billion versus the comparable period in 2009.