Cement News tagged under: North America
Progressive Planet launches PozGlass pilot plant09 March 2023, Published under Cement NewsCanada-based Progressive Planet, a CleanTech and manufacturing company specialising in the creation of planet-friendly products, has announced that it will be building a pilot plant to produce up to 3200tpa of PozGlass™ 100G, a CleanTech low carbon cement that can dramatically reduce the cement industry’s carbon footprint. Made from 100 per cent post-consumer glass, PozGlass replaces carbon emitting ingredients used in the making of cement. It can also replace fly ash in concrete. P... |
Lafarge Canada fined for dust pollution09 March 2023, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Canada Inc has been fined CAD$200,000 (US$145,395) for breaching the Environmental Protection Act, reports The Intelligencer. In October 2019 clinker dust from the company’s Highway 33 cement plant in Loyalist, Ontario, was blown onto cars, homes and lawns in Bath, a village lying 3km away from the plant. An investigation into the incident, led by the Ministry of Environment, resulted in Lafarge Canada being charged, despite there being no health implications from the dust. L... |
Heidelberg Materials at White House decarbonisation roundtable08 March 2023, Published under Cement NewsHeidelberg Materials was invited by the White House to join a wide range of industrial sector executives and labour leaders for a productive roundtable conversation to discuss innovation and ways to accelerate industrial decarbonisation on 3 March. The meeting centred around ways that the US administration can support both private and public investments in reducing carbon emissions while also spurring a collaborative approach across sectors to build on the work that has begun with the ... |
CRH proposes moving stock listing to New York06 March 2023, Published under Cement NewsCRH is considering moving its main stock market listing from London to New York. According to the company, around 75 per cent of its income comes from the North American market. In 2022 its materials business reported 15 per cent YoY growth in the Americas, with the US Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Inflation Reduction Act and Chips Act all helping to fuel a boom in construction activity. "We would have higher levels of growth if we were to list our business in America. It'... |
Carbon Upcycling and A3&Co® sign strategic partnership06 March 2023, Published under Cement NewsCarbon Upcycling has signed a strategic partnership with A 3 &Co ® to support Carbon Upcycling’s engineering and project delivery. The partnership sets the foundation for Carbon Upcycling and A 3 &Co ® to pave the future of low-carbon concrete and the development of a circular economy. The partnership comes at a critical moment as Carbon Upcycling expands its operations in Canada and into the USA and European markets. Over the next two years, Carbon Upcycling will ... |
FCT's latest equipment deliveries and commissioned projects06 March 2023, Published under Cement NewsFCT has recently completed a wide range of projects for the global cement industry for kiln burners and hit gas generators. Australasia FCT conducted a heat and mass balance of the 4200tpd cement kiln firing natural gas and alternative fuels at Adbri Ltd ’s Birkenhead cement plant , Australia. Europe A hot gas generator with accessories and control system has been commissioned by FCT at Cimenterie CBR , Lixhe, Belgium. The hot gas will be used to preheat raw material a... |
Alamo Cement completes Texas solar power system03 March 2023, Published under Cement NewsAlamo Cement has announced completion of its new solar power system in San Antonio, Texas, advancing the company’s commitment to reduce carbon emissions and align itself with the cement industry’s goal of reaching carbon neutrality. The company has made a significant investment in this renewable power project, which has the capacity to generate up to 17,800MWh per year. The 45-acre solar panel field is estimated to generate up to 15 per cent of the plant’s yearly power consumption while... |
Kosmos Cement orders Bruks Siwertell mobile ship unloader02 March 2023, Published under Cement NewsBruks Siwertell has received an order for a next-generation Siwertell road-mobile ship unloader from new customer, Kosmos Cement Co . The US-owned cement producer specialises in high-quality Portland cement and has specified Siwertell dry bulk handling equipment to deliver efficient, environment-friendly ship unloading at its facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. “We are delighted that Kosmos Cement Company has selected Siwertell technology,” says Pedro Alfaro, project developm... |
Reducing CO2 in US cements27 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe US cement market is increasingly accepting lower-carbon cements such as Portland limestone and ternary blended cements. Cement producers such as CalPortland Cement are including these types of cement to help lower their carbon footprint as part of a range of decarbonisation measures. By CalPortland Cement, USA. Lower-carbon blended cements have been used successfully in the construction of buildings such as the Muir College Apartments, University of California, San Diego, USA ... |
Holcim reshapes for the future24 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsHolcim caught the cement world's attention this week when it announced the launch of a major low carbon cement project in Europe. The French cement plant of Saint-Pierre-la-Cour is the location of the project that will use the company's proprietary ProximaTech technology to produce ECOPlanet cement, which is a calcined clay cement, with a 50 per cent lower CO2 footprint than OPC. The development of the ECOPlanet cement in France was given an important boost after the French government com... |