US cement shipments rise in February
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in February 2014 were 4.7Mt, up slightly from the level in February 2013 reports the US Geol...
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Vicat improves cement shipments by more than 12%
Vicat's first quarter turnover increased by 9.2 per cent to €536m, which represents an underlying improvement of 14 per cent. The cement turnover improved by 6.8 per cent to...
Solid first quarter for Cementos Argos
Cementos Argos posted first-quarter net income of US$39m, up 51.7 per cent compared to the first quarter 2013. The company attributed the increase in net income in part to th...
Holcim's results boosted by mild winter in Europe
Holcim's first quarter turnover declined by 5.4 per cent to CHF4,088m (€3,342m), but on a like-for-like basis, there was a 7.8 per cent increase while measured in euros the tur...
Industry declares victory in NESHAP case
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected, in part, petitions from the Natural Resources Defense Council and other environmental groups to vacate th...
USA EPA: cement CO2 emission rose 9.4% in 2012
CO 2 emissions from US cement plants increased 9.4 per cent to 35.051Mt in 2012 from 32.010Mt the previous year, according to the ‘Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions & S...
Titan America CEO retires, new leadership announced
Titan Group announced that after 20 years at the helm of Titan America, Aris Papadopoulos will be retire from the position of CEO, effective 1 April 2014. He will become execut...
Groundbreaking ceremony for Ravena revamp
Lafarge North America Inc hosted a groundbreaking event on Friday for the multi-million dollar modernisation project at its Ravena cement plant in New York. The modernisatio...
Titan America's waste-to-fuel initiative, USA
Titan America has begun turning selected wastes into alternative fuel for use at its Pennsuco plant in Medley, Florida. The company works with a unit of Republic Services in F...
Happy days again ... almost
For US cement producers, happy days are almost here again with much more cause for optimism in 2014 compared to the previous eight years. As the PCA’s chief economist, Ed Sulli...