CEMEX announced a plan to expand the production capacity by 30% at its subsidiary Caribbean Cement Co.’s Rockfort, Jamaica, plant.
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CalPortland, Martin Marietta Ink Cement Plant Deal
Martin Marietta Materials has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Tehachapi, Calif. cement plant and related distribution terminals to CalPortland for $350 million in cash.
Read MoreSCA Opens Slag Cement University
The Slag Cement Association (SCA) has launched Slag Cement University – a resource and central repository of educational resources on slag cement use in concrete construction.
Read MoreGCC to Expand Texas Plant
Cement and concrete producer GCC will execute a capacity expansion at its Odessa, Texas plant. The project will increase annual cement production capacity by more than 1 million metric tons and lower the plant’s greenhouse gas intensity by 13%.
Read MoreCalucem to Open $35M New Orleans Facility
Specialty cement manufacturer Calucem will enter the U.S. market by developing a $35 million manufacturing facility in eastern New Orleans. The Cementos Molins subsidiary is the world’s second-largest producer of calcium aluminate cement.
Read MoreColonial Receives New Cement Unloader
Bruks Siwertell has completed the installation of a new high-capacity Siwertell ship unloader at Colonial Group’s Georgia Kaolin Terminals in Savannah, Ga. The fully enclosed screw-type system delivers efficient, dust-free cement handling, supporting the company’s strategy for sustainable cement import growth.
Read MoreOzinga Inflates Cement Facility at Port of Palm Beach
Ozinga inflated a one-of-a-kind cement storage facility on its location at the Port of Palm Beach in Florida. The process took approximately three hours to complete.
Read MoreCEMEX, Coolbrook to Electrify Cement Production Process
CEMEX is the first company to announce testing of Coolbrook’s patented Roto Dynamic Heater (RDH) technology to significantly reduce CO2 emissions during the heating process of cement production.
Read MoreClean Cement Startup Raises $55 Million
Brimstone Energy, a startup aiming to commercialize carbon-negative cement, received $55 million in a Series A funding round, co-led by Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures and DCVC.
Read MoreContinental Cement’s Davenport Plant Moves to PLC
Continental Cement Co., a subsidiary of Summit Materials, converted 100% of its annual production at its Davenport, Iowa, plant to portland-limestone cement. In 2021, the plant produced 1.1 million tons of cement. “Continental Cement has been working with our customers and specifiers to commercialize portland-limestone cement in all of our markets, and we are delighted that PLC adoption has progressed…
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