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In the second part of this abridged article taken from the April 2014 issue of World Cement, Andy Winston, CLARCOR Industrial Air, discusses how improving control, operation and training can assist plants in complying with new NESHAP emission standards.
Andy Winston, CLARCOR Industrial Air, USA, outlines various methods plants can take to comply with the new NESHAP emissions standards in the first part of this abridged article taken from the World Cement April 2014 issue.
In the second part of this abridged article from World Cement’s April 2014 issue, Lafarge North America Inc. explains how upgrade work at the Ravena cement plant will enhance efficiency, competitiveness and environmental quality.
Craig Campbell and Joëlle Lipski-Rockwood, Lafarge North America Inc., USA, report on the ambitious modernisation project planned for the Lafarge Ravena plant, in this abridged article from the April 2014 issue of World Cement.
Ed Sullivan, Chief Economist and Vice President, PCA, presents his annual state-of-the-industry update for the US cement industry.
The Cougar® B series vibrators from Martin Engineering are rated for continuous duty even at maximum force settings, improving reliability and service life.
According to a recent report released by Freedonia, worldwide cement sales are predicted to expand by around 5.3% per year until 2017 and a rebound in cement consumption is forecast in North America and Western Europe.
Global Habitat Resources has purchased a 98% stake in MX Pozzolan S.A. de C.V, the owner of a perlite mine concession in Mexico.
Mantra Energy Alternatives and NORAM Engineering and BC Research Inc. have signed a contract to construct a pilot facility for the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (ERC) at Lafarge’s Richmond plant in British Columbia.
In February, Lafarge Brazil inaugurated a new facility in Rio, which will produce some 500 000 t of cement this year and 750 000 t from 2015.
Univar Inc.’s waste chemical business, ChemCare, has shipped its 100 millionth gallon of fuel-quality waste to Systech Environmental Corporation. Used as an alternative fuel for cement kilns, this byproduct has produced the fuel equivalent of 400 000 t of coal and helped to manufacture 1.7 million t of cement.
Total US construction spending stood at US$943.1 billion in January 2014, a 9.3% y/y increase from US$863.1 billion recorded in the same month a year earlier.