Cement News tagged under: usa
Groundbreaking ceremony for Ravena revamp14 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsLafarge North America Inc hosted a groundbreaking event on Friday for the multi-million dollar modernisation project at its Ravena cement plant in New York. The modernisation project entails the construction of new plant facilities and the installation of a preheater/precalciner kiln, with a wet scrubber and selective non-catalytic reduction technologies for major emissions reductions and continuous air quality monitoring. Completion is scheduled for 30 June 2016. When the new facilitie... |
Titan America's waste-to-fuel initiative, USA14 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsTitan America has begun turning selected wastes into alternative fuel for use at its Pennsuco plant in Medley, Florida. The company works with a unit of Republic Services in Fort Lauderdale that collects refuse from businesses, mostly in Broward County. Initially, Republic Services expects to provide more than 1000t of materials monthly to the Titan plant, according to daily newspaper Sun-Sentinel. By next year, Titan America hopes to replace 30 per cent of the coal at the plant with alte... |
Happy days again ... almost14 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsFor US cement producers, happy days are almost here again with much more cause for optimism in 2014 compared to the previous eight years. As the PCA’s chief economist, Ed Sullivan, explains, the improving outlook is based on the emerging trends for the economy and construction activity as the housing-led recovery starts to become more widespread. By Ed Sullivan, PCA, USA. US cement market can look forward to happier times ahead as the country emerges from the Great Recession The... |
Gebr Pfeiffer grinding mill partnering in Holcim (US) Hagerstown modernisation11 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe Holcim (US) Hagerstown plant is the most recent USA cement plant to order a new raw material mill from Gebr Pfeiffer, Inc. The order was placed through KHD Humboldt Wedag, as the engineering and equipment supplier for the Hagerstown plant modernisation. KHD has been contracted to modify the existing production line to increase the plant’s potential production rate to approximately 2400tpd and to comply with the new NESAHP environmental regulations. KHD’s scope of supply begins with... |
CalPortland Sustained Excellence Award08 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognised CalPortland Company with a 2014 Energy Star® Partner of the Year - Sustained Excellence Award for its continued leadership in environmental protection and energy efficiency. “CalPortland is honoured to receive this award for the 10th consecutive year,” said President/CEO Allen Hamblen. “We are committed to our partnership with ENERGY STAR, and dedicated to improving energy efficiency throughout our business, which helps reduce gree... |
Essroc’s Nazareth cement plant earns Energy Star certification04 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsEssroc’s cement plant in Nazareth, PA has earned the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star certification which signifies that the facility performs in the top 25 per cent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency and meets strict energy efficiency performance levels set by the EPA. “Essroc is pleased to accept EPA’s Energy Star certification in recognition of our energy efficiency efforts,” said Paul Stewart, Nazareth plant director. “Through this achievemen... |
Texas Industries third-quarter net loss widens03 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsDuring the first nine months to the end of February, Texas Industries Inc saw turnover rise by 34.4 per cent to US$649.8m and the EBITDA advanced by 46 per cent to US$69m. After a more than doubling of the net interest charge from US$22.5m to US$52.2m, a US$2.8m merger charge and a 95.9 per cent jump in other net costs, the pre-tax loss rose by 47.8 per cent to US$41.7m and the net loss jumped by 98.9 per cent to US$39m. The net debt at the end of February was 2.8 per cent lower at US$611m... |
US January shipments edge ahead, imports lower03 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsTotal shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in January were 4.9Mt, up slightly from the January 2013 level, USGS data released today shows. The leading Portland cement-producing states in January were Texas, California, Florida, Missouri and Alabama, in descending order. The leading consuming states (Texas, California, Florida, Arizona and Oklahoma, in descending order) received about 52 per cent of total January shipments. Clinker production totall... |
Preview: 2014 IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference31 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference is being held at The Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, Washington, DC, USA, 13-17 April 2014. IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference and Exhibition In advance of this important event, we invite you to read ICR's exclusive interview with the Portland Cement Association (PCA) that includes comments from Gregory M Scott, PCA President and CEO, Rick Bohan, PE, FACI, Director, Manufacturing Technol... |
Buzzi Unicem hit by weak Italian market28 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsOn a turnover 2.1 per cent lower at EUR2753.1m, Buzzi Unicem's EBITDA improved by 5.7 per cent to EUR481.2m. After writing down the assets in Italy and Ukraine by EUR57.7m and EUR39.9m, respectively, the trading profit (EBIT) showed a 24 per cent reduction to EUR149.8m. After a net interest charge 12.4 per cent lower at EUR110.5m, the pre-tax profit declined by 35.4 per cent to EUR50.3m. Because of a mismatch between where profits and losses were generated and tax payments, at the consoli... |