Demand for cement additives in the U.S. is forecast to expand 7.2 percent annually to $2.0 billion in 2022, the fastest rate of increase of any major type of construction chemical, according to a new study from The Freedonia Group, a Cleveland-based industry research firm.
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Cemex Under DOJ Investigation
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating payments made by Cemex related to the construction of a plant in Maceo, Colombia, to determine whether the company violated federal bribery laws, according to multiple media sources.
Read MoreHeidelbergCement Reports Preliminary Figures for 2017
HeidelbergCement presented its preliminary, unaudited figures for fourth quarter 2017 and full-year 2017. The company stated that sales volumes, revenue and result from current operations reached historically high levels for the year.
Read MoreCarbonCure’s Consortium Closes Carbon Loop for Cement, Concrete Industries
CarbonCure Technologies led a team of five companies to demonstrate the world’s first integrated CO2 capture and utilization (CCU) from cement for concrete production in January. The project built upon previous cement plant CO2 capture demonstrations and was the first project to collect cement kiln CO2 for subsequent utilization downstream in concrete production and construction.
Read MoreMilling Equipment Market to Reach $1.3B by 2022
According to CW Research’s recently published World Cement Equipment Market and Forecast Report, the global market of milling equipment (including upgrades) will reach $1.3 billion in 2022, accounting for 14 percent of the global cement equipment market size in the same year.
Read MoreIndustrial Waste to Green Cement
By Ganesh Rajput The rise in construction and building activities is the primary growth driver for the global green cement market. The demand for these types of cement is being accelerated by uptake of alternative fuels derived from waste materials such as foundry sand, used oils, sewage sludge, solid recovered fuels, filter cakes, animal meals and fly ash. The urgent…
Read More3D MultiVision Software Alerts to Center of Gravity Danger
The walls of steel and concrete silos have been known to wear or fail causing cracking, denting, buckling and bending that can lead to catastrophic collapse. For operations that want to detect uneven loading of silos that contribute to these failures, BinMaster offers a new software option that uses the company’s 3DLevelScanners to identify the location of the center of…
Read MoreLafargeHolcim Reaches Major Disensa Milestone
LafargeHolcim opened its 1,000th Disensa retail store this past December in Alajuela, Costa Rica. The store is a family-run business with a portfolio of extensive construction materials primarily targeted at masons and self-builders.
Read MoreCement Equipment Market to Reach $9B by 2022
According to CW Research’s recently published “World Cement Equipment Market and Forecast Report,” the market for cement manufacturing related equipment and services is projected to reach $9 billion by 2022.
Read MoreHeidelbergCement Addresses U.S. Tax Reform
HeidelbergCement released a statement in response to the United States’ recent tax overhaul that reduced the federal corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent as well as changed the regulations regarding the utilization of loss carryforwards.
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