Canada: McInnis sign 140,000t distribution deal
McInnis Cement announced it has signed an agreement with Gaspe Railway Corporation (Société du chemin de fer de la Gaspésie - SCFG) for the distribution of cement from New Rich...
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United States: Drake Cement’s Paulden plant seeking to expand clinker production
Drake Cement has submitted an application to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality to increase clinker production at its Paulden plant from 660,000tpa to 726,000tpa. ...
USA: MSHA points to management failings in Midlothian fatality
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) report on the fatal accident in May at Ash Grove Midlothian plant in Texas cites a failure in management policies, procedures, ...
USA: Portland and blended cement shipments in September fall 2.8%
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the USA and Puerto Rico in September 2016 were about 8.8Mt, down by 2.8 per cent from sales in September 2015. The leading ...
Lokotrack's GCC screen debut
The need for a clean cement additive at Grupo Cementos Chihuahua (GCC)’s Rio Grande plant, USA, resulted in the installation of a new Metso Lokotrack ST2.8 screen. Thanks to it...
USA: post-election uncertainty lowers consumption forecast
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has lowered its annual growth estimate for 2016 cement consumption from four per cent to 2.7 per cent. It also revised its 2017 US consump...
USA: scientists develop programmable cement
Scientists at Rice University, Texas, USA, have decoded the kinetic properties of cement and developed a way to "program" the microscopic, semi-crystalline particles within. ...
Argos becomes the fourth largest US cement producer
Cementos Argos is now the fourth largest cement plant in the United States after the Federal Trade Commission approved the acquisition of the 2.2Mta Martinsburg cement plant an...
USA: Elementia acquires 55% stake in Giant Cement
Elementia, SAB de CV has announced that its Board of Directors has given its final approval for the completion of the acquisition of a 55 per cent stake and full control of Gia...
LafargeHolcim: Hagerstown rejuvenated
International Cement Review invited Pascal Casanova, LafargeHolcim’s regional director for North America and Mexico, and John Stull, CEO , US Cement, LafargeHolcim, to comment ...