UNACEM to acquire Tehachapi plant
Peru-based Grupo UNACEM is buying the 0.9Mta Tehachapi cement plant in California, USA, from Martin Marietta Materials Inc for US$317m. "The acquisition of Tehachapi repre...
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Cupertino site to become housing and open spaces area
The former Lehigh Southwest Cement Co cement plant site in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Cupertino, USA, is likely to turn into a combination of housing and open spaces. Th...
PCA announces 2023 Energy and Environment Award winners
The Portland Cement Association (PCA), which represents the majority of America’s cement manufacturers, has announced the winners of its 2023 Energy and Environment Awards. P...
Lehigh Hanson Cupertino facility to permanently shut
Lehigh Hanson will not be able to restart cement production at its plant and quarry near Cupertino after a legal ruling by Santa Clara County. Earlier this week, the Santa Clar...
CRH attracts new investors prior to US move
CRH is attracting new investment prior to its move to the New York Stock Exchange in September this year. According to the Irish Independent, at least 26 hedge funds have ann...
Edmonton plant start CCUS system
Heidelberg Materials' Edmonton cement plant is one key step closer to pouring the foundations of a full-scale carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) system that could ...
Monarch Cement posts increased net sales in 1H23
US-based The Monarch Cement Co has reported condensed consolidated net sales of US$121.94m in the first half of 2023, up from US$95.85m in the same period a year earlier. Gro...
Dome Technology start inflating dome for Titan America
In Chesapeake (VA), USA, Dome Technology is hard at work on a 67,500t dome silo for Titan America . The dome is 42.1m (138ft) in diameter and 43m (141ft) tall and is engineere...
Fortera carbon capture plant to come on-stream at end of 2023
The construction of the Fortera carbon capture unit at at CalPortland ’s Redding cement plant , should be finished this year. Fortera’s Vice President of Product Development...
Argos reports a 26% EBITDA growth in 1H23
Argos (Group Argos) had a solid operating period in the 1H23 recording an EBITDA of US$278m, an increase of 26 per cent and a sales rise of eight per cent or US$1.5bn. Dur...