Ash Grove Cement Company manager recognised by PCA
Portland Cement Association (PCA) named Scott Nielson the runner-up of a 2015 John P Gleason Jr Leadership Award. Presented at PCA’s annual fall committee meeting, the awards ho...
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US seven-month shipment update
Shipments of Portland and blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico totalled 50.038Mt in the first seven months of the year, preliminary data from the US Geological Survey (USGS)...
Mitsubishi Materials plans to bolster US business
Mitsubishi Materials plans to invest as much as JPY3bn-4bn (US$24.9m-33.2m) to bolster its US business, according to reports in the Nikkei Asian Review. As early as 2016, the co...
PCA expects 2015 demand to increase 5%
Despite volatility in equity markets and concerns about global growth conditions, PCA Chief Economist and Group Vice President, Edward Sullivan, has said “the fundamentals in th...
GCC to invest US$90m in US plant
Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) will invest up to US$90m in the next two years to increase capacity at one of its three US plants, while assessing further acquisition opportun...
Essroc Italcementi Group announces new CEO
The Italcementi Group has appointed Alex Car as the president and CEO of its Essroc North American operations. Car previously served as Essroc senior vice president of cement sa...
Buzzi Unicem to build new Texas rail terminal, USA
Buzzi Unicem USA is to construct a US$7m rail terminal in northwest Temple, Texas, officials announced Friday.
US June shipments up 7.6% YoY
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico in June 2015 were about 8.9Mt, up by 7.6 per cent YoY, according to data from the the US Geological Surv...
CRH's first-half driven by the Americas
CRH's first half turnover advanced by 12.6 per cent to €9,370m and the EBITDA improved by 9.9 per cent to €555m. The trading profit increased by 11.2 per cent to €189m and after...
Five Holcim (US) plants receive EPA's Energy Star®
Holcim (US) Inc, a member of LafargeHolcim, announced that five of its plants earned the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ENERGY STAR®. "We are pleased that the EPA ha...