Either way, the cement industry and its advocates have an uphill struggle on their hands in the years ahead. This may require fresh thinking about how to win over hearts and minds. ... US, according to the Indo-Asian News Service. The cement producer is planning to increase its low-carbon product portfolio and use more 'green' fuels and raw ...
New Delhi, Oct 22 (PTI) Jindal Group on Tuesday announced commissioning of a cement grinding unit of 1.5 million tonnes per annum (MnTPA) in Odisha, as part of its Rs 2,200 crore expansion plan. In a statement, the group said, "Its arm Jindal Panther Cement (JPC) has commissioned the first cement grinding unit with a […]
India: Cement demand in India is projected to increase by 7 - 8% to approximately 475Mt in the 2024 financial year, down from a compound annual growth rate of about 11% between financial year (FY) 2022 and FY 2024, according to a report by CRISIL Ratings.The company analysed 18 cement producers, which account for over 85% of domestic sales …
US: Eagle Materials will modernise and expand its Laramie, Wyoming cement plant, increasing its capacity by 50% to approximately 1.2Mt/yr. The expansion includes a new cement distribution facility in northern Colorado. This project aims to cut manufacturing costs by about 25%, generated by the replacement of traditional fuels with lower cost alternative fuels and natural …
US: The United States Geological Survey has reported that the US consumed 40.5Mt-worth of cement shipments in the first five months of 2023. This corresponds to a 4.3% year-on-year fall from five-month 2022 volumes of 41.5Mt. Blended cement, primarily Type IL Portland limestone cement (PLC), accounted for 37% of shipments, compared to 16% in the …
Ed Sullivan, the Chief Economist and Sr. Vice President of Market Intelligence for the Portland Cement Association (PCA) — which represents America's cement manufacturers — says the Federal Reserve's recent move to lower interest rates coupled with easing inflation signals a significant retreat in interest rate levels by the end of next year … all to the benefit of …
Ambuja Cements, the cement and building material company of Adani Cement and part of the diversified Adani Group, has signed a binding agreement for the acquisition of Orient Cement (OCL) at an equity value of Rs 8,100 crore. Ambuja will acquire 46.8% shares of OCL from its current promoters and certain public shareholders. The acquisition will be fully funded …
US: Block-Lite plans to install a system to cure concrete blocks using direct air capture (DAC)-sourced CO 2 at its Flagstaff, Arizona, concrete block plant. The upgrade will implement CarbonBuilt's low-CO 2 concrete production technology and AirCapture's modular DAC technology, across five or six capture units. Direct air capture will thus remove 500 – …
US: Çimsa and Sabancı Holding subsidiary Çimsa Americas plans to invest US$82m in the construction of a new 600,000t/yr grey cement grinding plant in the US. Daily Sabah News has reported that the company expects to complete the plant's construction by the end of 2025. Çimsa Americas already operates a 300,000t/yr white cement grinding plant in …
White cement imports amounted to 1.364t in January-July 2024, down 12.5 per cent YoY. Turkey was the key source of white cement (801,623t, down 23.7 per cent YoY). Imported clinker amounted to 573,415t, down 6.8 per cent YoY. Canada the key source of clinker to the US (257,761t, up 26.2 per cent YoY). Published under Cement News
The big US news this week has been that Summit Materials and Argos USA are planning to merge their operations. The new organisation will operate six integrated cement plants with a production capacity of 8.4Mt/yr, based on Global Cement Directory 2023 data. The companies say that this will make them the fourth biggest cement producer in the country, at …
US: US cement plants produced 91Mt of cement in 2023, according to data from the United States Geological Survey (USGS). This corresponds to a year-on-year decline of 2.2% from 93Mt in 2022. The figure places the US in fourth globally in cement production volumes, behind China with 2.1Bnt (in line with 2022 levels), India with 410Mt (up by 7.9% year-on-year) …
The reasons for the increase include an ongoing local shortage in the US, Việt Nam News has reported. In 2023, Vicem Ha Tien Cement and Nghi Son Cement made their first shipments of cement to the US, averaging 40,000t per shipment. Vietnam's cement industry, with a production capacity of 120Mt/yr, is experiencing a surplus of 60Mt.
Heidelberg Materials inaugurated a plant near Katowice in Poland this week for separating and sorting demolition concrete. This gives us the chance to catch up with the state of construction and demolition waste (CDW) for the cement and concrete sectors and consider the differences between the strategies of the multinational heavy building materials companies in …
Other recent US slag cement-related news stories have concerned terminals. In late August 2022 Royal White Cement said it had leased a site on the Houston Ship Channel in Houston, Texas to handle and store approximately 100,000t of multiple cementitous products such as slag, ordinary Portland cement and white Cement.
Oct. 17, 2024 - UCI Professors Mo Li and Iryna Zenyuk have found a way to decarbonize one of the world's biggest polluters: the cement industry, which generates around 8% of all human CO2 emissions every year. "Cement is one of the most difficult industries to decarbonize," said Zenyuk, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering.
Belarus: The US government sanctioned the management company of Belarusian Cement Company on 6 December 2023. PrimePress News has reported that 10 other Belarus-based companies and eight individuals were also added to the US sanctions list. This is the latest group of additions since the US and its allies began sanctioning Belarusian entities in connection to …
Representative image NEW DELHI: The Indian cement industry, which is witnessing aggressive acquisitions by two of its leading players - Adani group's Ambuja Cement and Aditya Birla's UltraTech, will have further consolidation in the near-to-medium term, according to a report. In the report, rating agency Ind-Ra said that the aggressive medium-term capacity …
T he US cement industry witnessed a notable uptick in Portland and masonry cement production in 2022. The US Geological Survey (USGS) data reveals that US cement production reached an impressive 95 million tons last year, a rise from the 93 million tons produced in the prior year. Cement was churned out across 96 plants in 34 states and two …
Indian cement industry growth expected to slow in FY24-25 15 October 2024, Published under Cement News. India's cement industry is projected to experience a slower growth rate of 7-8 per cent this fiscal year, reaching 475Mt, according to a Crisil report. This marks a slowdown from the double-digit growth recorded in the last two financial years.
Pruitt, aged 48 years, has been with US Concrete since 2015 and has over 25 years of industry experience. Prior to joining US Concrete, he served as Vice President of Martin Marietta Materials and as Vice President of Cement Production and Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Texas Industries (TXI).
US: US cement plants produced 91Mt of cement in 2023, according to data from the United States Geological Survey (USGS). This corresponds to a year-on-year decline of 2.2% from 93Mt in 2022. The figure places the US in fourth globally in cement production volumes, behind China with 2.1Bnt (in line with 2022 levels), India with 410Mt (up by 7.9% year-on-year) and Vietnam …
US: Lafarlcim US has revealed more information about a commercial-scale carbon-capture study based at its integrated Ste. Genevieve cement plant in Missouri. The project aims to deliver a front-end engineering design (FEED) study for a carbon capture retrofit that can separate up to 95% of CO 2 emissions at the plant. The captured CO 2 will be …