Lafarge Canada plans to open waste processing unit in Burnaby
Lafarge Canada plans to open a facility in Burnaby that could process all of Metro Vancouver's contaminated soil. The soil-washing facility would divert large volumes of cont...
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US cement market contracts in 2024
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement (including imports) in the USA and Puerto Rico, declined by 6.7 per cent YoY to 6.75Mt in December 2024, according to the US Geol...
Mexico and Canada on alert as Trump pauses cement trade war
This week, President Trump escalated trade tensions by imposing a 25 per cent tariff on US imports from Canada and Mexico, before pausing the tariff rise for both countries unt...
PCA responds to 25% import tariff hike
In response to the introduction of a 25 per cent tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, Mike Ireland, president and CEO of the Portland Cement Association, commented: “The U...
Holcim edges up cement sales in 4Q24 and FY24
Holcim has released its 4Q24 and full-year 2024 results. Full-year net sales in 2024 reached CHF26,407m (US$29,291m), up 1.3 per cent in local currency compared to the prior ...
Recarbonation of cementitious materials while absorbing CO2 from air
While the cement industry is one of the leading emitters of CO 2 , its products can also act as a CO 2 sink. The quicklime (CaO) released during calcium carbonate (CaCO 3...
Terra CO2 secures US$82m in Series B funding
Terra CO 2 Technologies Ltd, a US-based low-carbon building materials firm, has raised US$82m in Series B funding to accelerate the commercial deployment of its OPUS technolog...
Eco Material Technologies Inc secures US$800m Green Term Loan Facility
Eco Material Technologies Inc has successful closed a US$800m term loan credit facility (the Green Term Loan Facility) that matures in February 2032 and provides Eco Material w...
Spectraflow wins online analyser upgrade at St Marys' Bowmanvile cement plant
SpectraFlow will replace the existing XRF Atline system at St Marys Cement 's Bowmannville cement plant, Canada, which was installed to increase the sampling frequency and the...
US cement sales fell sharply in November
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement, including imports, in the US and Puerto Rico amounted to 7.792Mt in November, down 12.3 per cent YoY from the 8.889Mt recorded i...