Holcim US Joppa plant transitions to Portland limestone cement
Holcim US has announced that its Lafarge Joppa cement plant , located in Grand Chain, Illinois, has transitioned to OneCem ® Portland limestone cement (PLC) production. The...
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Alabama hit by cement shortage
Officials with the Alabama Concrete Industries Association said Alabama saw a 14 per cent increase in the demand for concrete last year, but the current cement shortage might c...
Titan to commission new Roanoke terminal upgrade in 2023
Titan America expects to complete work on its new 70,000t dome with truck and rail load-out infrastructure at its Roanoke Cement Co import terminal in Chesapeake (VA) in 2023...
ELEX complete cold start-up of Ragland ESP unit
The cold start-up of an ELEX's new electrostatic precipitator (ESP) at National Cement's ( Vicat group ) Ragland cement plant in the USA has been successfully completed. T...
US Portland and blended cement market expands in January
Portland and blended cement shipments in the USA and Puerto Rico, including imports, edged up to 6.6Mt in January 2022, according to the US Geological Survey USGS). The largest...
PCA Spring Economic forecast growth of 1% for US cement demand in 2022
Ed Sullivan, PCA executive vice-president and chief economist, reports that the PCA's Spring 2022 USA economy, construction market and cement consumption forecasts were given a...
Summit Materials publishes 2021 ESG and DEI reports
Summit Materials Inc has published its 2021 environment, social and governance (ESG) report and its inaugural diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) report. These rep...
Cemex increases lower-carbon PLC production in Colorado
Cemex USA announced that as part of its drive to reduce its carbon emissions, the company has increased production of Portland limestone cement (PLC) at its plant in Lyons, C...
Caltrans has approved the use of low-carbon cement for highway projects
California’s agency for highways and freeways, Caltrans, has approved the use of Portland limestone cement (PLC) in the building of its highway system. The agency hopes to redu...
thyssenkrupp Polysius wins US polycom® HP grinding roll order
thyssenkrupp Polysius has been assigned with the supply of two complete roll units with compound cast roll bodies for a polycom ® high-pressure grinding roll operated in the ...