LafargeHolcim Chairman to Leave Company

LafargeHolcim Chairman Wolfgang Reitzle informed the board of directors that he will not stand for re-election at the company’s May 2016 Annual General Meeting. Reitzle is leaving his post less than a year after it was created to return to German industrial gas company Linde AG. The board will propose to its shareholders the election of Beat Hess as its…

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PCA Response to Legal Action in Ozone Case

The Portland Cement Association (PCA), along with other national business groups and associations, filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in a lawsuit filed by several special interest groups seeking to force the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to lower the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone below the 70…

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HeidelbergCement, Joule to Explore Carbon-Neutral Fuel Application

HeidelbergCement and Bedford, Mass.-based Joule have entered into a partnership designed to explore the application of Joule’s technology to mitigate carbon emissions in cement manufacturing. This initial relationship fits well with Joule’s strategy of turning waste CO2 into liquid fuel. A successful partnership between the two companies could over time result in the co-location of Joule’s Helioculture Technology at one…

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