The Americas

The CEMEX Foundation will deliver grants to 80 non-profit organisations to help provide food, shelter, safety and education in communities deeply affected by the pandemic.

Grupo Argos cement company, the Public Works Secretariat of the Mayor's Office of Soledad (Atlántico) and the Urban Development and Environment Establishment of Soledad (Edumas ), with the support of ACD Consultores, recently presented the Cosechas de Confianza project, which aims to contribute to the food security of linked households through the implementation of home gardens.

An UNTHA XR3000C mobil-e shredder is now in operation at Geocycle’s co-processing facility in Córdoba, Argentina, as the innovative waste handler continues to progress towards a zero-waste future.

CEMEX España, S.A., an indirect subsidiary of CEMEX, will increase its shareholdings in CEMEX Latam Holdings.

The company has unveiled its TOP50 ConTech Startups list, which includes the 50 most promising new solutions from the 2020 construction ecosystem and the cities of the future.

The companies have announced that they will combine their assets to create a combined entity to manufacture, distribute and sell cement in Canada and the United States.

The company has commissioned 24 new ‘Near-Zero Emission’ bulk hauler trucks that will transport cement to customers in Southern California.

The companies have signed a deal to recycle blades removed from US-based onshore turbines. Veolia will process the blades for use as a raw material for cement.

The company has announced its investment in Soil Connect, a digital marketplace providing a faster and cheaper way for construction professionals to transport and acquire soil, aggregates, and other building materials.

The company has announced that its line of low carbon and net-zero carbon products is now available in Mexico after a successful introduction in Europe.

Accoridng to Fitch Ratings, Peru and Colombia, which experienced severe lockdowns affecting construction, will see double-digit declines in demand in 2020.

For the second consecutive year, Argos has received the ESR seal from Fundahrse.

The company’s teammates Arun Wadhawa, Jeevan Wadhawa, and Holly Shurey have been recognised by Rock to Road Magazine in their annual Top 10 Under 40 feature highlighting industry leaders in aggregates and roadbuilding.

About 300 inhabitants of the Pasacaballos district, in Cartagena (Bolívar), participated in the Healthy Environments programme that Cementos Argos, in alliance with the Pastoral Social of the Archdiocese of Cartagena and SENA, developed in the northern part of the country.

The Mineral Products Association has published its updated Biodiversity Strategy Building on our Legacy – Realising our Potential originally launched in 2013.