
Hanson launches new energy reducing asphalt
Hanson, UK, has launched a new asphalt product that reduces carbon emissions by 50% and is 100% recyclable.
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Hanson, UK, has launched a new asphalt product that reduces carbon emissions by 50% and is 100% recyclable.

Siemens’s new Sicement IT MCO (Mill Control Optimisation) has been installed for the first time in a ball mill belonging to Suedbayerisches Portland-Zementwerk, in Germany.

China Resources Cement Holdings is to acquire stakes in Guangzhou Yubao Cement, Yuesheng Concrete, Yuequn Concrete and Zhujiang Cement, according to reports.

China Huaneng Group, Peabody Energy and Calera Corp. have agreed to pursue development of a green coal energy campus in the Xilinguole Region of Inner Mongolia.

In Jamaica, local media is reporting that Canadian company Cemcorp plans to build a 1.5 million tpa cement plant in St Catherine at an investment of US$340 million.

TCL has announced that it will stop paying its debts until it has agreed a new debt restructuring plan with its lenders and investors.

Chairman of the Lafarge Group, Hussein Mansi, has called for the introduction of a new railway line in Uganda to help boost production and lower the price of cement.

FLSmidth has signed a contract with JK Lakshmi Cement (JKLC) in India for the supply of equipment for a 4500 tpd pyroprocessing system for its upcoming cement plant in Durg, Chhattisgarh in Central India.

Two Holcim (US) Inc. plants have been awarded the EPA’s ENERGY STAR® award for the third consecutive year, and three plants have received the award for the first time.

Holcim Philippines has re-opened a terminal in Calaca, Batangas, which was mothballed in 1999.

Between Christmas and New Year FLSmidth received an order from Siam Cement in Thailand for an air pollution control system for three cement lines at Siam Cement’s Thungsong plant. The installation will enable Siam Cement to comply with new environmental legislation in respect of SO2 removal.

The US EPA has announced its plan to defer greenhouse gas permitting requirements for carbon dioxide emissions from biomass-fired and other biogenic sources.