Three Lehigh Hanson Cement Plants Earn Energy Star Certification

Lehigh Hanson Inc. announced that three of its cement plants have earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Energy Star certification for 2015. The company’s cement manufacturing plants in Leeds, Ala., Union Bridge, Md., and Glens Falls, N.Y., all perform within the top 25 percent of cement plants nationwide for energy efficiency and meet strict energy efficiency performance levels set…

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Cement Shipments Slightly Up for September

Total shipments of portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in September 2015 were about 9.0 million metric tons (Mt), up only very slightly from the level in September 2014, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through September totaled 68.2 Mt, up by 3.2 percent from the same period…

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Cementos Argos Announces New CEO

The Cementos Argos board of directors has unanimously appointed Juan Esteban Calle as the new CEO of the company effective April 1, 2016. Calle will replace Jorge Mario Velasquez, who was recently named the new CEO of Grupo Argos. The board of directors noted that Calle’s interpersonal skills and professional record of accomplishments will serve as the foundation that will allow Argos…

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HeidelbergCement Realigns Managing Board

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Hakan Gurdall Jon Morrish Kevin Gluskie As a result of long-term oriented succession planning and the planned acquisition of Italcementi, HeidelbergCement announced that the managing board agreements of Daniel Gauthier and Andreas Kern, which expire on June 30, 2016, will not be extended. Three new members will join the managing board, effective Feb. 1, 2016, and a new managing board function will be…

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