The Americas

This transaction further advances the goal under CEMEX’s strategic plan, Operation Resilience, to optimise its global portfolio.

The company has completed the acquisition of Cowden Inc. This acquisition expands Holcim’s footprint in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

With an investment of close to US$42 million in the construction of a new terminal in the free trade zone of Cartagena, the company will triple its capacity to receive and export products compared to its current operation.

The company will make operational improvements to expand its installed production capacity nationwide.

This project aims to strengthen the leadership and growth of both companies in the region by improving the offer of a comprehensive range of solutions for light and sustainable construction.

The new pyro line at the site in Pacasmayo, north of Lima in Peru, will increase clinker production capacity by approximately 600 000 tpy.

The company has been acknowledged as part of the ‘BC Transportation Contractor of the Year Awards of Excellence’.

The company has completed the acquisition of Marshall Concrete Products.

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Byron Allen, Martin Engineering, details the upgrade of a hot clinker transfer point for a cement plant in Texas.

LafargeHolcim in the US has introduced a new ECOPlanet product, TerCem.

On 12 August, 2021, Fives FCB was awarded a Contract by Ciment Québec Inc. (CQI) for the supply of two new FCB Horomill grinding workshops to upgrade its Saint Basile Plant cement production facilities.

The Portland Cement Association (PCA), representing America’s cement manufacturers, recently announced the winners of the 2021 Safety Innovation Awards, recognising creative safety-enhancing projects in the cement industry.

The company recently shared its model for the optimised supply of bulk cement at the eighth annual Simulation Conference organised by the Anylogic software company.

The multi-year project directly combats environmental challenges through innovative recovery and recycling that will significantly reduce ash pond landfills and consumption of virgin raw materials in cement manufacturing.