Titan America’s Medley, Fl., plant has begun using selected waste, such as car bumpers and scrap cardboard, as an alternative to coal in cement production, according to the Sun Sentinel. The company is the first to use the waste-to-cement process on a large scale in Florida, states industry experts.
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Dangote Looks to South America
Dangote Cement Plc, one of Africa’s biggest producer of building materials and Nigeria’s largest company, is looking at expanding in three South American countries and has signed a preliminary joint-venture agreement with one company, Dangote Group Executive Director Devakumar Edwin said.
Read MoreHeidelbergCement Closes Books on 2013
HeidelbergCement said it has brought the 2013 financial year to a successful close despite a very challenging environment, particularly in the second half of the year. The decisive factors in this achievement were the group’s geographical positioning in countries experiencing solid economic development in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa, in addition to successfully implemented price increases in major markets…
Read MoreFLSmidth Opens Office in Colombia
FLSmidth is expanding its operations in the Colombian market through the establishment of a new office in the city of Barranquilla in the northern part of the country. The new office opened Jan. 1, and will bring FLSmidth closer to its customers on the Colombian market and strengthen local service offerings. The Barranquilla office is part of FLSmidth’s extended activities…
Read MoreChemCare and Lafarge Subsidiary Reach Alternative Fuel Milestone
Global chemical distributor Univar Inc. has shipped its 100 millionth gallon of fuel-quality waste for reuse from its waste chemical business, ChemCare, to Systech Environmental Corp., a subsidiary of Lafarge. The achievement is the result of a 25-year partnership in environmental waste management between the two companies.
Read MoreSilica Proposal Sparks Industry Pushback
Millions of workers are exposed to respirable crystalline silica each year in many industries, including construction, mining, abrasives, tunneling, quarrying, cement and concrete, glass making, foundries and steel production, sandblasting, hydraulic fracturing operations, silica flour production, and pottery production. Prolonged overexposure can cause silicosis, lung cancer and a host of other deadly illnesses, according to the U.S Department Of Labor.
Read MoreEssroc, Cemex Swap Assets
Essroc has acquired a cement terminal in Indianapolis from Cemex as part of an asset exchange that included Essroc’s bulk cement terminal in Charlotte, N.C. This transaction is a further strategic move for Essroc in its ongoing consolidation around core geographies and key operations.
Read MoreSchenck Process Recognized in a Global Cement Fuels Award
Carmeuse Lime & Stone, Grand River, Ohio, was named the recipient of this year’s “Outstanding Alternative Fuels Project of Year Award” at the recently held Global CemFuels Conference in Vienna, Austria.
Read MoreDust Control Technology Sponsors Orphanage Event
Peoria, Ill.-based Dust Control Technology sponsored a day-long event to benefit the children of Casa Hogar de Cabo San Lucas, a boys’ orphanage dedicated to providing active care and personal well-being in Baja California Sur, Mexico. The 41 young men who currently reside at the facility were treated to a full day of food and surfing on the grounds of…
Read MoreJ.D. Neuhaus Launches New Mobile Website
Materials handling and lifting equipment specialist J.D. Neuhaus has launched a mobile version of its website designed specifically for smartphones. With mobile phone users currently making up an estimated 15 percent of global internet traffic, it is becoming ever more important to have a website that looks good and functions correctly when viewed on mobile devices, noted the company.
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