Designed to be both beneficial for the environment and profitable for business, Skyonic Corp. opened Capitol SkyMine, a commercial-scale carbon capture and utilization facility, on Oct. 21. Located at Capitol Aggregates’ San Antonio cement plant, the $125 million Capitol SkyMine will have a total carbon impact of 300,000 tons annually through the direct capture of 75,000 tons of CO2 and…
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Lehigh Hanson Plant Wins PCA Award
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) and Cement Americas magazine recognized Lehigh Hanson, Inc., and its Lehigh Cement Co. Union Bridge cement plant in Union Bridge, Md., with the Environmental Performance Award as part of the 2014 Cement Industry Energy & Environment Awards. The award was presented at PCA’s Fall Meeting in Chicago. Lehigh Hanson implemented a mercury reduction program at its…
Read MoreN.Y. Senators Seek Investigation of McInnis Plant
New York is joining Michigan and Ohio in criticizing a McInnis Cement plant subsidized by the province of Quebec for potentially violating fair trade standards, according to the Times Union.
Read MoreHolcim Plant Announces Managerial Changes
Holcim’s Ste. Genevieve, Mo., plant recently appointed three employees to leadership positions. Corey Green will be area leader for maintenance and reliability; Rodney Forester, operations leader; and Houston Meyer, raw mill area leader.
Read MoreEIR Released for Mitsubishi Cement Project
The Port of Long Beach released a draft environmental impact report (EIR) examining proposed modifications to the existing Mitsubishi Cement import facility on Pier F, according to media reports. To gather comments on the recirculated draft EIR, a public hearing is scheduled for Oct. 22 at Long Beach City Hall.
Read MoreCement Shipments Continue Upward Trend
Total shipments of portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in July 2014 were 9.0 million metric tons (Mt), up by about 11 percent from the level in July 2013, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey.
Read MorePCA Releases Positive Outlook
Measuring year-to-date cement shipments through July, the most recent month for which data is available, PCA Chief Economist and Group Vice President Ed Sullivan reiterates in his most recent economic forecast that the industry is on track to reach a previously projected 7.9 percent increase in 2014 powder consumption against 2013 figures.
Read MoreSchenck Process Alternative Fuel Feeding Systems Reduce Emissions
The Schenck Process Alternative Fuel Feeding system for cement manufacturers provides the environmentally friendly solution. Key to the system is the ability to meter waste materials such as PET bottles, saw dust, tires, paper, wood chips, rice, bone meal, and others to the main burner and calciner of a cement kiln reducing the need for non-renewable fossil fuels such as…
Read MoreHaver Filling Systems Adds Palletizing Machines To Product Line
Haver Filling Systems Inc. has added fully automated bag palletizing machines manufactured by Newtec Bag Palletizing to its line of bulk material packaging equipment. The low- and high-level Haver palletizers precisely stack bags that are made of various materials and filled with a wide range of dry bulk products to form compact, stable bag stacks. They are used primarily for…
Read MoreNew Klüber Multi-Purpose Lubricant Withstands Extreme Temps
Klϋber Lubrication introduced Klübertemp GR AR 555, a multi-purpose lubricant offering exceptional corrosion protection and high evaporation stability. Developed for high-temperature applications (up to 250 C) and applications exposed to aggressive media, Klübertemp GR AR 555 is a white, homogeneous long-term grease based on a perfluorinated polyether oil (PFPE) and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). The product is NSF H1 registered. Common applications…
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