Cemex Latam CEO Resigns Due to Colombia Land Deal

Cemex Latam Holdings SA, a unit of Cemex, announced that Carlos Jacks, chief executive of Cemex Latam and director of Cemex Colombia, resigned to “facilitate investigations” after an internal probe found payments related to a cement plant being built in in Maceo, Colombia, didn’t adhere to company policy, reported Bloomberg. Cemex Latam Chairman Jaime Muguiro, who’s been with the company…

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PCA: Cement Industry to Meet 2016 Growth Target

The Portland Cement Association (PCA) confirmed the U.S. cement industry is on target to see annual cement consumption grow by 4 percent, as projected earlier this year. According to PCA, cement consumption through the end of the year is expected to continue at a steady pace, with additional demand coming from several areas, including moderate residential spending and, to a…

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June Cement Shipments Up Slightly

Total shipments of portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in June 2016 were about 9.2 million metric tons (Mt), up by 2.7 percent from sales in June 2015, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. The leading producing states for portland and blended cement in June were Texas, Missouri, California, Florida and Michigan,…

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Ash Grove Cement Appoints New Technical Center Director

Oakland Park, Kan.-based Ash Grove Cement Co. announced that Chengqing (Cheng) Qi has joined the company as its technical center director. In his new role, Qi will oversee operations at the company’s technical center – a world-class laboratory for research and testing of aggregates, cement, concrete and lime. Qi succeeds long-time technical center director Greg Barger. To allow for a…

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PCA Announces 2016 Safety Innovation Awards

  The Portland Cement Association (PCA) announced winners of the 2016 Safety Innovation Awards, which recognize creative safety enhancing projects in the cement industry. Presented at the PCA Fall Congress meeting in Chicago, the winners were determined by a panel of judges that evaluated innovative submissions from across the country in three categories: distribution, general facility and milling/grinding.

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