SaltX Technology and Holcim have, within the framework of a joint development collaboration, successfully and repeatedly produced portland-quality cement clinker using a fully electrified, scalable process.
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Flexco acquired SHG Conveyor Control GmbH, the creator of Rip Prevent+, an advanced AI-powered conveyor monitoring system that enhances conveyor efficiency.
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Ozinga has broken ground on a 1-million-tpy cementitious materials finishing mill in East Chicago, Ind. Located along Lake Michigan, with direct access to rail and truck as well as waterway routes, it is positioned to dispatch low-carbon binder loads to a broad swath of markets in the U.S. and Canada.
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Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in February 2025 were an estimated 6.05 million metric tons (Mt), a 20.1% decrease from shipments in February 2024, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. This is a 9.3% decrease from the five-year average in February.
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St Marys Cement, part of the Votorantim Cimentos, ordered a SpectraFlow Airslide Analyzer for its cement plant in Bowmanville, Ontario.
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Bruks Siwertell recently launched a radar-based anti-collision system, which enables supervised, semi-automatic unloading and a further option of digital hatch visualization.
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Holcim’s Hagerstown, Md., plant is investing $11 million to expand its alternative thermal energy capacity to 45%, representing 58,000 tpy of engineered fuel.
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Rondo Energy and Siam Cement Group subsidiary SCG Cleanergy have begun construction of a Rondo Heat Battery (RHB), configured to convert solar power into continuous zero carbon heat at 1,000°C or higher levels for the SCG cement plant in Saraburi Province, Thailand. The unit is poised to become the world’s first heat battery for a cement operation, addressing a critical…
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Engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst received a four-year, $3 million award from the National Science Foundation’s Future Manufacturing Program to make cement manufacturing more sustainable.
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Heidelberg Materials, in its latest quarterly report, noted that group revenue in 2022 grew by 3% to an all-time high of €21.1 billion. North American revenue was up 17.6% for the quarter and 7.8% for 2022, although aggregates sales volume was off 5.7% for the quarter and 5.0% for the year; and cement and clinker sales volumes were off 8.2 %…
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