Argos has announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2014. Consolidated income showed an increase of 16 percent compared to the same period in 2013, with both cement and concrete sales volumes continuing their steady upward trend, with accumulated growth rates of 9 percent and 18 percent, respectively.
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Skyonic Opens Commercial-Scale Carbon Capture and Utilization Facility
Designed to be both beneficial for the environment and profitable for business, Skyonic Corp. opened Capitol SkyMine, a commercial-scale carbon capture and utilization facility, on Oct. 21. Located at Capitol Aggregates’ San Antonio cement plant, the $125 million Capitol SkyMine will have a total carbon impact of 300,000 tons annually through the direct capture of 75,000 tons of CO2 and…
Read MoreUltraTech Bids for Holcim, Lafarge Assets
Aditya Birla Group, parent company of UltraTech, has submitted a bid for the Brazilian and Philippine cement assets that global giants Holcim and Lafarge are planning to sell ahead of their merger in order to comply with anti-competition rules, reported the Times of India.
Read MoreParaguay Seeks Financers for Plant Upgrade
Paraguay President Horacio Cartes met late last month with Edgardo Srodek of the KBR Group, executives from Holcim, and Jorge Méndez, the head of the country’s cement company Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC), to discuss a new 4,000-tpd cement production line for INC’s Vallemí plant.
Read MoreCemex Plant Runs on Solar Energy
Cemex has launched a 1.5-megawatt solar power plant to supply renewable energy to its cement plant in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic, according to the Dominican Today.
Read MoreMSHA Posts Fatal Accident Report
The Mine Safety and Health Administration has released its investigation report for the July 23 fatal accident at the Cemex Brooksville South Cement Plant in Florida.
Read MoreExhibitor Registration Open for Cement Technical Conference
The 57th annual IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference will be held at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in Toronto April 26-30, 2015. Every major cement manufacturer will be represented.
Read MoreCamfil APC Names New Global EVP
Camfil Air Pollution Control (APC), a leading global manufacturer of dust, fume and mist collection equipment, announced that Alan O’Connell has been appointed executive vice president in charge of worldwide operations. He replaces Lee Morgan, who will resign as Camfil APC president after remaining onboard through the end of the year to ensure a smooth management transition. O’Connell is uniquely…
Read MoreLafarge Plant ‘Viable’ Solution for Fracking Wastewater
The Lafarge Brookfield plant in Nova Scotia has been deemed a “viable disposal solution” for getting rid of treated hydraulic fracturing wastewater being held in storage ponds at Atlantic Industrial Services (AIS) in Debert, reported the Truro Daily News. The pilot project, approved last April by the Nova Scotia Department of Environment, permitted the transport of 2 million liters of treated wastewater from the AIS…
Read MoreCemex Announces New Cement Plant in Colombia
Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. announced last month that its subsidiary, Cemex Latam Holdings, S.A. (CLH) will begin the construction of a cement plant in Colombia. The total investment is expected to reach approximately $340 million and to increase CLH’s cement production capacity in Colombia from 4.5 million to close to 5.5 million tpy.
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