US cement consumption to drop 30.9 per cent in second quarter
The US cement consumption will drop 30.9 per cent in second quarter, according the Ed Sullivan, Chief Economist, Portland Cement Association (USA). Sullivan was speaking during...
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A cooler for the future
To reduce frequent clinker cooler downtime and high clinker temperatures a US cement plant required a new cooler to be installed. As an additional benefit future upgrades would...
Cement in 2019
While global economic growth is expected to continue in 2019, uncertainty will affect the expansion of key cement markets in the year ahead. As a result a mild contraction is f...
GCC commissions Rapid City plant expansion
Mexican cement producer Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) has announced the expansion of its Rapid City, South Dakota cement plant became operational, adding 440,000tpa capacit...
Longleaf Packaging begins constructing its first plant
Longleaf Packaging has broken ground on its first cement packaging and distribution facility at Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA. The company is investing around US$6m and is pr...
Martin Marietta acquires CRH America's divested asset
US-based Martin Marietta Materials has acquired CRH America’s Mallard Sand & Gravel business, which will add approximately 30Mt of aggregates to the company’s reserves. CRH was...
CRH issues new bonds
CRH has issued US$1.5bn of bond debt at a lower cost than expected, reports the Irish Independent. In total, it consists of a 10-year US$900m bond and a 30-year US$600m bond. B...
US and Puerto Rico May shipments up 8.2%
Portland and blended cement shipments in the US and Puerto Rico in May 2017 reached 8.8Mt, up by about 8.2 per cent YoY, according to data presented in the latest USGS Mineral ...
US and Puerto Rico February shipments unchanged
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico in February 2017 were about 6Mt, essentially unchanged from sales in February 2016, latest data from th...
Ecocem appeal likely to be heard next month
Ecocem’s appeal agains a US authority’s decision to refuse it planning permission for a EUR45m mill could be heard next month, the Irish Times reports. The planning commissio...