Continental Cement expands recycling facility
Continental Cement opened the expanded recycling facility at its Davenport plant in Buffalo, Iowa, USA, according to local press reports. The project enables the company to reu...
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Holcim announces leadership appointments
Jaime Hill, Holcim's country CEO of Mexico, is appointed Holcim ’s region head North America with immediate effect. He succeeds Toufic Tabbara, who has decided to pursue oppor...
Funding US decarbonisation
As the US seeks to decarbonise its economy, hard-to-decarbonise industrial sectors represent nearly a third of US carbon emissions. ICR speaks with Dr Avi Shultz, director of t...
USA imports back on top
While cement and clinker imports into the USA saw robust growth in 2021-22, last year import growth was largely absent. Nevertheless, the country regained its position as the ...
Heidelberg Materials plans carbon capture plant in Mitchell
Heidelberg Materials North America is looking to become an industry leader in sustainability. Earlier this year, the company was selected for a US$500m grant to build a carbo...
Dragon Cement plant to layoff more workers
Dragon Cement in Thomaston , Maine, USA, is planning six more layoffs, following 65 layoffs in the last year. The manufacturing operations are being closed and the plant wi...
Cemex to supply sustainable building materials for Mission Rock development
Cemex , the Mexico-based building materials giant, has announced that it has supplied more than 42,815m 3 (56,000yd 3 ) of its sustainable building materials for the initial ...
Carbon Limit appoints Gabriel Carrero as chief commercial officer
Carbon Limit, a US-based company supplying proprietary CO 2 -capturing technology to the concrete industry, has named Gabriel Carrero as its chief commercial officer (CCO). Mr ...
US and Puerto Rico cement markets contract in May
In May 2024 the USA and Puerto Rico reported a total of 0.56Mt of Portland and blended cement shipments, down 8.2 per cent YoY, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). Th...
Lafarge Canada partners for CCU project in Western Canada
Lafarge Canada is partnering with Svante Technologies Inc and Dimensional Energy Inc to further the sustainability of western Canada’s cement industry by capturing and util...