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Fortera, MLC Sign Agreement for First Full-Scale Commercial ReAct Cement Plant

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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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Cement Shipments Up in April

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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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DOE Office Commits to Four Cementitious Material Projects

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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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Sullivan Predicts IIJA Replacement Scenarios

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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’s Expert Optimizer Fuels Cement Plant Efficiency Gains

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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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ACA Asks Supreme Court to Review EPA’s PM 2.5 Rule  

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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 Connects Policy to Practice with ACA

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Granville Island

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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Clay Processing for the Cement Industry

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Dr. Allistair Wilkinson

The cement industry is responsible for approximately 8% of total global CO2 emissions annually. This is largely due to high temperature processing of limestone as the main raw material in the production of clinker. Clay, typically shale, can also account for approximately 10% of the raw material used in cement production, providing important chemical compounds necessary for producing high-quality clinker.…

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Silvi Cement Expands Rail-Served Distribution Network

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Silvi Cement, a division of Silvi Materials, is expanding its rail-served cementitious materials distribution network with a new terminal in Greenville, S.C., and the forthcoming opening of its previously announced terminal in Columbus, Ohio. The two facilities represent the latest step in Silvi Materials’ continued investment in the infrastructure and logistics capabilities needed to serve a growing customer base across…

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Sullivan Releases Summer Cement and Construction Outlook

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Construction-materials Economist Ed Sullivan, author of The Sullivan Report, said in his just-released Summer Outlook 2026 that the U.S. cement market has now declined three consecutive years, shedding more than 10 million metric tons since 2022.  Lower volumes have pulled clinker utilization down, reduced import reliance and moderated cement and concrete pricing. The causes are inflation’s pass-through to interest rates, erosion…

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