The 2026 Western Cement Summit – Resilient By Design – by the California Nevada Cement Association (CNCA), takes place Sept. 14-15 at the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach, Newport Beach, Calif. The program has built-in networking time for cement and concrete professionals and for visiting with exhibitors. Highlights for Monday, Sept. 141:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. Highlights for Tuesday, Sept. 157:30…
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The Cement Association of Canada (CAC) signed a joint letter alongside the Canadian Hydrogen Association and others supporting the Government of Canada’s Suite of Clean Economy Investment Tax Credits. Canada’s Clean Economy Investment Tax Credits are among the country’s most important tools for attracting investment, strengthening industrial competitiveness, diversifying exports and building resilient domestic supply chains, the association stated. The letter calls…
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Amrize has partnered with Concrete Strategies on full-scale field trials for a major industry study released earlier this year by the ACI Foundation, American Cement Association (ACA) and the Concrete Advancement Foundation (CAF). The research evaluated the abrasion resistance and carbonation performance of portland-limestone cement (PLC, Type IL) systems for industrial floor applications, providing third-party validation that properly designed Type…
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Fortera and Mississippi Lime Company (MLC) have signed an agreement to develop a commercial facility designed to produce more than 300,000 tons of low-carbon ReAct cement annually. Fortera’s ReCarb technology will capture industrial carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from MLC’s production of high-calcium lime, converting the CO2 directly into ready-to-use cement. The project adds domestic cement production capacity in the United…
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According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in April 2026 were an estimated 9.27 million metric tons (Mt), a 2% increase from shipments in April 2025. Shipments for the year through April totaled an estimated 30.5 Mt, a 5.1% increase from those for the…
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The Department of Energy Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation has awarded $117 million to 56 projects designed to strengthen the competitiveness of key American industries through energy and cost-saving innovations. One of nine topic areas in the program is Advanced Building and Infrastructure Materials: Cement, Concrete, Asphalt Pavement and Glass. It includes four projects, funded at $2.9 million…
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Construction-materials Economist Ed Sullivan is looking at the wind-down of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and is pessimistic about what he sees. The IIJA expires Sept. 30, 2026. While the House Committee on Transportation reached agreement on a replacement of IIJA, it never reached the floor of the House for a full vote. The Senate has no companion…
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ABB reports that Tokuyama’s Nanyo Plant, one of the largest plant’s in Japan, has reported a range of results from the proven use of ABB advanced process control (APC) technologies in its cement operations. ABB Ability Expert Optimizer has enabled the control, stabilization and optimization of processes, including an automatic operation rate exceeding 90% in its finish mills. Since initial…
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As part of a coalition of national trade associations spearheaded by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American Cement Association (ACA) has formally asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a D.C. Circuit decision upholding a Biden-era Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule for fine particulate matter (PM 2.5). “Keeping the PM 2.5 rule in place would be going…
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Heidelberg Materials North America recently welcomed a bipartisan group of Congressional chiefs of staff to its Granville Island ready-mixed concrete facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in partnership with the American Cement Association (ACA) and Center Forward. The visit provided an opportunity for participants to see firsthand how cement and concrete manufacturing supports the infrastructure, communities and economies that North…
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