
ASTM International Cement Committee honours employee
ASTM International Cement Committee has honoured employee David Norris with an Award of Merit.
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ASTM International Cement Committee has honoured employee David Norris with an Award of Merit.

Cemex Latam Holdings announced that its consolidated net sales reached US$441 million during 2Q14, an increase of 2% compared to the same period last year.

Details of the Trujillo cement plant’s new production line were confirmed during a recent government inspection. The project will cost around US$240 million and take two years to complete.

Through the application of the latest computational tools, PM-Technologies, in association with Cinar Ltd, has helped several calciner kilns to operate at higher production rates.

Freedonia’s new ‘World Cement & Concrete Additives Market’ report predicts that worldwide demand for cement and concrete additives will exceed US$25 billion by 2017.

Vulcan Materials Limited’s Board of Directors has named J. Thomas Hill President and CEO.

According to Peruvian cement association ASOCEM, its member companies dispatched 847 982 t of cement on the national market in June 2014.

Martin Marietta has completed its purchase of Texas Industries, Inc. The combined company has a market capitalisation of approximately US$8.8 billion.

Orcem Americas Inc is planning a 2200 tpd facility on the Vallejo Marine Terminal to produce its GGBS mix, which can replace a proportion of traditional cement in concrete.

ASTM International celebrates 100 years of the C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates and member Colin Lobo receives the Award of Merit for his outstanding service to the committee.

Cemex Construction Materials Florida wishes to add 730 acres to its mining operations.

Domestic cement consumption dropped by 1.8% y/y in Argentina in June 2014; 1.25 million bags of cement were sold in Puerto Rico in May; the route of the US$40 billion Grand Canal of Nicaragua has been announced.