Cement News tagged under: USA
Essroc’s Nazareth cement plant earns Energy Star certification04 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsEssroc’s cement plant in Nazareth, PA has earned the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star certification which signifies that the facility performs in the top 25 per cent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency and meets strict energy efficiency performance levels set by the EPA. “Essroc is pleased to accept EPA’s Energy Star certification in recognition of our energy efficiency efforts,” said Paul Stewart, Nazareth plant director. “Through this achievemen... |
Texas Industries third-quarter net loss widens03 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsDuring the first nine months to the end of February, Texas Industries Inc saw turnover rise by 34.4 per cent to US$649.8m and the EBITDA advanced by 46 per cent to US$69m. After a more than doubling of the net interest charge from US$22.5m to US$52.2m, a US$2.8m merger charge and a 95.9 per cent jump in other net costs, the pre-tax loss rose by 47.8 per cent to US$41.7m and the net loss jumped by 98.9 per cent to US$39m. The net debt at the end of February was 2.8 per cent lower at US$611m... |
US January shipments edge ahead, imports lower03 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsTotal shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in January were 4.9Mt, up slightly from the January 2013 level, USGS data released today shows. The leading Portland cement-producing states in January were Texas, California, Florida, Missouri and Alabama, in descending order. The leading consuming states (Texas, California, Florida, Arizona and Oklahoma, in descending order) received about 52 per cent of total January shipments. Clinker production totall... |
Preview: 2014 IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference31 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference is being held at The Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, Washington, DC, USA, 13-17 April 2014. IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference and Exhibition In advance of this important event, we invite you to read ICR's exclusive interview with the Portland Cement Association (PCA) that includes comments from Gregory M Scott, PCA President and CEO, Rick Bohan, PE, FACI, Director, Manufacturing Technol... |
Buzzi Unicem hit by weak Italian market28 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsOn a turnover 2.1 per cent lower at EUR2753.1m, Buzzi Unicem's EBITDA improved by 5.7 per cent to EUR481.2m. After writing down the assets in Italy and Ukraine by EUR57.7m and EUR39.9m, respectively, the trading profit (EBIT) showed a 24 per cent reduction to EUR149.8m. After a net interest charge 12.4 per cent lower at EUR110.5m, the pre-tax profit declined by 35.4 per cent to EUR50.3m. Because of a mismatch between where profits and losses were generated and tax payments, at the consoli... |
US cement shipments rise 4% YoY in 201312 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsTotal shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico during 2013 reached 82Mt, up four per cent year on YoY, the latest data from the US Geological Survey has confirmed. Imports for the full year 2013 totalled 7.2Mt, up by three per cent from the same period in 2012. During December 2013, shipments were 5.1Mt, an increase of almost nine per cent YoY. The leading cement-producing states in December were Texas California, Missouri, Florida and Alabama, in descen... |
Vicat: full-year turnover eases11 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsTurnover at Vicat eased by 0.3 per cent in 2013 to EUR2286m and EBITDA came off by 2.4 per cent to EUR427m, while at unchanged parameters they would have risen by 2.9 per cent and 0.3 per cent respectively. The trading profit emerged 3.7 per cent lower at EUR234m. The net financial charge rose by 31.2 per cent as the debt of the Indian subsidiaries Vicat Sagar and Gulbarga Power was no longer being capitalised. After an increase in the effective tax charge from 29.1 per cent to 32.4 per c... |
KHD supplies Lafarge Ravena and Exshaw projects11 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsKHD Humboldt Wedag International AG’s US-based office, Humboldt Wedag Inc, is executing two orders with Lafarge North America Inc and Lafarge Canada Inc (Lafarge) for engineering, delivery of equipment, and site services of new clinker lines at their Exshaw and Ravena plants. KHD’s scope of supply for the projects begins with the raw material feed and ends at clinker handling. Both plants will utilise the same KHD environmentally friendly and state-of-the-art core equipment, including: •... |
Vulcan Materials Florida asset sale complete10 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsVulcan Materials Co has concluded the sale of its cement and concrete businesses in the Florida area to Cementos Argos SA for US$720m in cash. Under a separate supply agreement, Vulcan will continue to provide aggregates to the divested concrete facilities, at market prices, for a period of 20 years. "We are pleased to have successfully completed the transaction with Argos and to be working with Argos to supply aggregates to the facilities going forward," said Don James, chairman and CEO of... |
Titan: profits decline, other than in the USA28 February 2014, Published under Cement NewsTitan reported a four per cent improvement in turnover for last year to EUR1175.9m, having risen by 3.6 per cent in 2012. The US proved to be a particularly bright spot in 2013 for the company, while the rate of decline in its domestic market of Greece eased. Full-year EBITDA edged ahead by 0.1 per cent to EUR196.0m. Excluding exchange rate movements, turnover would have been ahead by 8.3 per cent and EBITDA by 6.4 per cent. With a 10.7 per cent reduction in the depreciation charge, th... |