LafargeHolcim's Olsen welcomes US infrastructure pledge
Eric Olsen, CEO of LafargeHolcim, has welcomed President-elect Donald Trump’s commitment to increasing infrastructure spending in the United States, CNBC reports. "We've bel...
United States
79 posts · Page 7 of 8
HeidelbergCement completes sale of US assets to Cementos Argos
HeidelbergCement has completed the US$660m sale of the Martinsburg cement plant and eight terminals to Cementos Argos. HeidelbergCement had been required to sell the West Vi...
Cementos Argos hit by Colombia’s infrastructure slowdown
In a trading update for the third quarter of 2016, Cementos Argos announced that its profits were down by 22.7 per cent YoY, with cement volumes falling by 7.4 per cent to 3.55...
USA: FTC approves HeidelbergCement divestiture
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has given its approval to an application from HeidelbergCement and Italcementi for the divestiture of the Essroc Martinsburg cement plant ...
United States: St Mary's Cement secures funding to expand North Michigan plant
St Mary's Cement, a subsidiary of Brazil's Votorantim Cimentos, has had its application for funding to expand its Charlevoix plant in north Michigan approved by the Michigan St...
US environmentalists to set out case against Orcem plant
Environmental activists will today take their case against a proposed Orcem cement plant and marine terminal to the public, according to local media reports. The proposed pr...
HeidelbergCement to sell US assets to Cementos Argos in US$660m deal
HeidelbergCement has agreed to sell its plant in Martinsburg (WV), USA, and eight terminals to Cementos Argos for US$660m. The deal is subject to regulatory approval, but the F...
United States: Sunrise reports progress on Pozz Ash project
Sunrise Resources has said that it has made “positive progress” in the development of its natural pozzolan Pozz Ash cement, Proactive Investors reports. Based on preliminary...
United States: Kosmos Cement plant suffers fatality
A person has died after a workplace accident at the Cemex-owned Kosmos Cement plant in Louisville, Kentucky, USA Associated Press reports that local police attributed the ac...
United States: Cemex fined US$1.69m over air pollution
Cemex has reached a deal with US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) whereby the company will pay a US$1.69m fine and install pollution-control equipment in five of its Ame...