Lafarge Canada buys James Dick Construction plants
The acquisition comprises eight ready-mix manufacturing plants in Eastern Canada.
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The acquisition comprises eight ready-mix manufacturing plants in Eastern Canada.
Aggregates company Martin Marietta Materials Inc. is reportedly set to acquire the Dallas-based cement manufacturer.
Unprecedented penalties proposed against six cement manufacturers in Brazil after an antitrust watchdog accused them of price fixing.
Argos has acquired cement, concrete, port and blocks operations in Florida from Vulcan Materials, at a value of around US$720 million.
PCA Chief Economist Ed Sullivan is forecasting 8% growth in cement production this year, driven by residential, nonresidential and public construction.
Carib Cement has received a US$1.69 million cheque from the Jamaican government to cover the 100 000 t of clinker to be supplied to Venezuela under the PetroCaribe Agreement.
Construction activity contributes to economic growth in Peru; cement consumption increased by 7.15% y/y in 2013.
ASTM International and the US National Ready Mixed Concrete Association have adopted a new version of the Product Category Rules for concrete.
Juan Guillermo Morales, Claudia Rodriguez, Carolina Giraldo and Ruby Estela Cardona, Research and Development Department, Cementos Argos S.A., discuss XRD and XRF’s role in the development and improvement of new cementitious products.
Cementos Argos S.A.’s Research and Development Department explain how XRF and XRD analysis can aid the analysis of cement pathologies and the effects of certain compounds.
SNIC releases preliminary figures for the Brazilian cement sector in 2013.
The latest USGS Mineral Industry Survey reveals an increase in cement shipments and clinker production levels.