
Cement news highlights: 5 – 9 January
A round-up of this week’s news from the international cement industry, from waste-derived fuel projects to construction output.
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A round-up of this week’s news from the international cement industry, from waste-derived fuel projects to construction output.

Doosan outlines the benefits of the new DX340LC-5 and DX380LC-5 excavators.

Doosan introduces the new 36 t DX340LC-5 and 40 t DX380LC-5 Stage IV compliant crawler excavators.

Data released by the USGS reveals that shipments of Portland and blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico increased by 10% y/y in October 2014 to reach 9.6 million t.

The trade fair for architecture, the housing industry and industrial construction in Western Germany and the Benelux states is enlarging the exhibition area for industrial construction.

Balancing energy efficiency improvements with process control requirements is eliminated with ABB’s synchronous reluctance (SynRM) motor and variable-speed drive (VSD) packages.

The 2015 Awards for Excellence are open to industry, local authorities and community groups and provide an opportunity to celebrate the work to keep resources in the loop.

All four construction sub-sectors in the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association Australian PCI® contracted in December 2014.

The US Department of Energy’s Illinois Basin-Decatur project successfully captured and stored 1 million t of carbon dioxide and injected it into a deep saline formation.

N+P has expanded its cooperation with Dyckerhoff in Germany for the delivery of high quality Subcoal® pellets.

The Chair of the Board of Trustees, Lynda Armstrong OBE, has announced senior management changes at the British Safety Council.

Two new ETA Coolers have been ordered for El Arish Cement, following the successful operation of two existing coolers from Claudius Peters.