US cement sales drop sharply in August
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement, including imports, in the USA and Puerto Rico amounted to 9.926Mt in August, down 8.9 per cent YoY from the 10.901Mt recorded in...
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Buzzi reports 6.4% decline in cement sales for 9M24
Buzzi SpA has announced that cement and clinker sales of the group, in the first nine months of 2024, declined to 18.8Mt (2023: 20.1Mt), a drop of 6.4 per cent. Ready-mix con...
Holcim US and Detroit Wayne County Port Authority win EPA grant
Holcim , in close partnership with the Detroit Wayne County Port Authority (DWCPA), has been awarded a grant through the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ...
Lafarge Canada partners with ABB for plant digitalisation
Lafarge Canada ( Holcim Group ) has chosen ABB to update its process control system at the Bath cement plant (Kingston, Ontario). ABB will supply, commission and support it...
HWI to build a lightweight monolithics facility in Missouri
HWI, a member of Calderys, plans to construct a new lightweight monolithics production facility at its Fulton, Missouri, rotary kiln complex. The state-of-the-art plant represe...
Eagle Materials posts record 2Q revenue
US-based Eagle Materials Inc has reported a record revenue of US$623.6m in the 2QFY24-25 (ended 30 September 2024). Net earnings reached US$143.5m, according to a company sta...
US and Puerto Rican cement markets contract in July
Total deliveries of Portland and blended cement in the USA and Puerto Rico slipped 2.9 per cent YoY to 9.29Mt in July 2024 when compared with July 2023, according to the US Geo...
Summit Materials' cuts ribbon on Houston DomeSilo
On 22 October Dome Technology's vice president of operations Dan South attended Summit Materials Inc' ribbon cutting for its new DomeSilo, a structure 38.1m (125ft) in diamet...
PCA reveals 2023 as US cement industry's most energy-efficient year to date
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has released its latest US Labor-Energy Input Survey, revealing that 2023 was the US cement industry’s most energy-efficient year to date....
White House memo highlight US pledges for low-carbon cement
A White House memo reports that companies, state and local governments in the USA are making new pledges to use low-carbon cement. The commitments are from New York State, New ...