US October shipment update – preliminary data
Portland and blended cement shipments in the US and Puerto Rico amounted to 9.32Mt in October, according to preliminary data by the US Geological Survey (USGS). Of the total, im...
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PCA: FAST Act set to increase cement usage throughout the five-year program
With the passage of a five-year federal transportation bill, cement manufacturers will see a rise in consumption, according to the Portland Cement Association (PCA). The Fixing ...
USA: Essroc’s Energy Star cement plants
Essroc’s Martinsburg and Nazareth cement operations, have for the second year in a row, earned the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) ENERGY STAR certification. This e...
US Southeast's comeback story Premium
Cement demand in the US Southeast (ie, Florida plus the ‘Piedmont’ states of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and North and South Carolina) was hard hit by the Great Recession. Since...
Ecocem proposed San Francisco grinding plant faces potential planning setback
Ecocem's proposed manufacturing plant in San Francisco Bay faces a potential planning setback after receiving almost 500 submissions challenging its environmental impact report,...
PCA: Congress completes work on multi-year Highway Bill
The PCA announced that the US Senate last night passed a final surface transportation reauthorisation bill that provides more than US$280bn to maintain and improve the nation's ...
PCA: cement segments show mixed growth in 2Q15
Growth among end-use cement segments was mixed as 10 of the 18 segments tracked recorded volume gains in the second quarter of 2015, according to the latest PCA Survey of Portla...
New executive VP at Martin Marietta
Martin Marietta Materials Inc announced that its Board of Directors has elected Roselyn R Bar, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, an Executive Vice ...
PCA forecast sees continued growth
During the PCA Board of Directors meeting last week, PCA Chief Economist and Group Vice President, Ed Sullivan, reported that 2015 cement consumption in the United States will c...
Colombia: Argos 3Q15 profits jump 63% YoY
Cementos Argos has announced a 63 per cent hike in profits for 3Q15. Revenues are up 35 per cent while EBITDA saw a 41 per cent advance. Dispatches were up to a record 3.8Mt, a ...