Orcem Americas to appeal planning refusal
Ecocem subsidiary, Orcem Americas, is to appeal a decision to refuse it planning permission to construct a €45 million blastfurnace slag mill in Vallejo, California.
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Ecocem subsidiary, Orcem Americas, is to appeal a decision to refuse it planning permission to construct a €45 million blastfurnace slag mill in Vallejo, California.
The local planning commission has denied Orcem America’s application to build a ground granulated bladtfurnace slag grinding plant in Vallejo, California.
US construction spending fall 1% in January as public construction saw its largest fall since March 2002.
The world’s largest cement maker, LafargeHolcim, has announced a 12.9% rise in earnings in 2016, despite weaker volumes.
Vicat’s reported strong growth in cement sales on the back of a return to growth in its French and Egyptian businesses, and improvements in the US.
CRH has reported a jump in pre-tax profits in 2016 on positive market trends and the integration of past acquisitions into its results.
US demand for cement grew in 2016 and will continue to be a bright spot for the industry in 2017.
Argos reported a fall in cement volumes in both 4Q16 and 2016 as a whole, as weakness in Colombia offset strength elsewhere. Full-year earnings rose, however, by 8.7% to COP1.65 trillion.
Inform Software has been chosen as part as the German delegation for the GACC.
Summit Material’s cement business revenues jumped by 49.3% in 2016, following the purchase of the Davenport cement plant in 2015 and rising US demand for the building material.
US shipments of slag cement were up 12% year on year in 2016 on growing appreciation of its benefits within the concrete sector.
US cement production capacity is sufficient to meet any rise in demand driven by infrastructure revitalisation, according to the Portland Cement Association.