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 Geol...
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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 diameter ...
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 Y...
Fortera's low-carbon cement secures US$85m in funding
Fortera, the Silicon Valley developer of the ReCarb process, where CO 2 from cement or other industrial emissions is mineralised and converted to concrete ReAct binder agents, h...
Open Compute Project launches 'green concrete' trials with hyperscale giants
The US-based Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) has teamed up with major hyperscale companies, including Meta, Google, AWS and Microsoft, to test and promote low-embodied car...
Lower interest rates to benefit construction (USA)
Ed Sullivan, the chief economist and senior vice president of market intelligence for the Portland Cement Association (PCA), representing the USA's cement manufacturers, says th...
Princeton University study uses human bones as model for strengthening cement
Inspired by the structure of human bone, researchers at Princeton University have developed a new cement-based material that is 5.6 times more damage-resistant than conventional...
Cementera Cruz Azul workers request local government intervention
Cementera Cruz Azul (Mexico) has been inoperative for two years. Cruz Azul cooperative members (workers, retirees and associates) have requested that the government of the State...
Taiheiyo Cement plans Indonesian exports to US
Taiheiyo Cement plans to export up to 1Mta of cement to the USA from Indonesia by expanding capacity in the southeast Asian country. It also wants to capture infrastructure-rela...