Cement News tagged under: usa
Cemex will not supply border wall20 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsMexico-based Cemex says it will not participate in construction of President Donald Trump's border wall. The company has been viewed as a potential beneficiary of President Trump’s plans, but Cemex has come under intense pressure at home to boycott the multi-billion-dollar project. According to the US General Services Administration's Federal Business Opportunities website, Cemex has not registered as a potential government contractor for the border barrier. Last week, company spokesma... |
US/Puerto Rican shipments down 8.6% YoY in December, up 1.9% in 201613 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsTotal shipments of Portland and blended cement in the USA and Puerto Rico in December were 6.04Mt, representing a 8.6 per cent YoY fall, according to the US Geological Survey. The total includes 617,045t of imports to supplement the 5.42Mt supplied by domestic producers. Texas was the leading cement-consuming state, followed by California, Florida, Georgia and New York. These states received 44 per cent of December shipments. The leading cement-producing states were Texas, California,... |
LafargeHolcim interested in supply US-Mexican border wall03 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsLafargeHolcim has expressed an interest in supplying construction materials to the US-Mexican border wall to be built under the Trump administration. The wall is one of the most controversial electoral promises of the new US president, Donald Trump. The invitation to tender requires interested parties to submit a prototype by 10 March. The US government plans to award prototypes as early as mid-April. |
CRH rules out supply to Trump’s planned Mexican wall02 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsCRH CEO, Albert Manifold, has insisted that its US businesses will not supply materials for the construction of Donald Trump's planned wall between the USA and Mexico. He said that CRH's geographic spread in the US is primarily focussed on the Northeast and Midwest and has “no significant operations anywhere near southern Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and southern California. "We've a broad-based business through the United States — in fact we're present in all 50," he said. "But one are... |
USA: fire at LafargeHolcim Hagerstown plant22 February 2017, Published under Cement NewsAccording to several local news sources, approximately 100 firefighters worked to extinguish a conveyor belt fire at LafargeHolcim’s cement plant in Hagerstown, USA. It is unclear in which part of the facility the conveyor belt caught fire. No injuries resulted from the fire. Local Fire Department Deputy Chief, Adam Hopkins: "We had an overloaded conveyor belt catch fire and burn. The fire was difficult to access and required extensive work to access." The firefighters did not have ade... |
USA: slag cement shipments up 12%21 February 2017, Published under Cement NewsThe Slag Cement Association (SCA) announced that in 2016 slag cement shipments showed a YoY increase of 12 per cent. President of the SCA, Ed Griffith: “I am pleased that this 12 per cent increase in shipments represents the strength of our economy and the increased understanding of the benefits of slag cement in the design, specification, and construction communities.” |
US December deliveries down, but full-year 2016 shipments up20 February 2017, Published under Cement NewsPortland and blended cement shipments in the USA fell 8.4 per cent to 6.039Mt in December 2016 from 6.59Mt in December 2015, according to preliminary data from the US Geological Survey (USGS). US producers delivered 5.423Mt to domestic markets, down 8.3 per cent from the year-ago period, when they shipped 5.916Mt. Meanwhile imports dropped to 616,423t from 674,530t in December 2015. However, full-year 2016 data show Portland and blended cement deliveries edging up two per cent to 93.3... |
USA: Ecocem's Vallejo mill project hits City Hall opposition15 February 2017, Published under Cement NewsA US local authority has formally opposed Ecocem’s plans for a EUR45m mill project in Vallejo. Orcem Americas, a subsidiary of Irish cement firm Ecocem, wants to construct a grinding mill close to San Francisco, on the site of an old flour mill on Vallejo’s waterfront, but residents fear its environmental impact. Vallejo City Hall has called on the local planning commission to deny permission for Orcem’s proposals for a grinding unit and a nearby deepwater terminal by releasing a 45-page r... |
USA: Cupertino plant under pressure to reduce noise10 February 2017, Published under Cement NewsThe Lehigh Southwest Cupertino cement plant was noise tested for 25 days in October and only recorded one day with higher readings than expected. The results were shared during a city council meeting on 24 Jan. City staff presented the council with findings from a city noise monitoring study that was done continuously 3-28 Oct 2016, at two residential locations near the facility in California. The results did not sway many residents in attendance at the meeting, many of whom said more need... |
Vulcan's pretax profit grows by 67%08 February 2017, Published under Cement NewsVulcan Materials' turnover increased by 4.7 per cent in 2016 to US$3592.7m and EBITDA rose by 17.3 per cent to US$965.5m. After a net interest charge 39.5 per cent lower at US$133.3m, there was pretax profit of US$547.3m, a 66.9 per cent improvement. At the net level there was an 89.7 per cent advance to US$419.5m. Capital expenditure rose by 21.1 per cent to US$350m and is forecast to be in the region of US$300m in 2017. EBITDA is estimated by the group to be in the region of US$1175m for 2... |