What has been announced in July this year has been completed last week. Summit Materials successfully combined their business with Argos USA for a transition of US$ 3.2 billion. In the USA, Argos has an installed cement grinding capacity of…
In the period from January to October 2023, the accumulated hydraulic cement imports (Portland and blended grey cement) of the USA declined by -1.8% to 15.678 Mt. In October the YoY decline even has been -8.4% to 1.843 Mt, after…
In the USA in the period from January to October 2023, the dispatch of Blended and Portland cement declined by -2.9% YoY to 75.086 Mt. In October the declined slightly decreased to -2.4% YoY or 8.229 Mt and 8.432 Mt…
The imports of Portland and blended cements by the USA declined in the first 3 quarters 2023 by -0.7% to 13.867 Mt, after 13.966 Mt in the same period last year. However, there is a decline from quarter to quarter…
In the USA, in the first 3 quarters of 2023 in total 66.863 Mt of Portland and blended cements have been dispatched. This is a -2.9% YoY decline compared to 68.873 Mt in the same period last year. The largest…
It has been communicated already since several months. GCC, in which Cemex has a 40% minority stake, will build a new 3000 tpd kiln line in Odessa, TX, in the USA by year end 2025. Thyssenkrupp Polysius is the supplier…
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. will sell its South Texas cement business and certain of its related concrete operations to CRH Americas Materials, Inc., a subsidiary of CRH plc, for $2.1 billion in cash. The US facilities to be divested include…
Start-up company Brimstone has developed a new method to produce cement from carbon-free silicate rock, instead of calcining limestone. The company, which is located in Oakland, California, achieved an ASTA C150 quality certification and is now scaling up the production…
Holcim announced to invest US$ 100m in its flagship cement plant in St. Genevieve in Missouri, USA. The plant operates one the largest single-kiln lines in the world. The investment will expand the plant’s current state-of-the-art production and logistics capabilities…
Ash Grove Cement, a CRH Company, has announced plans to build a new cement mill at its cement plant in Durkee, Oregon. The project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2024. The new cement mill will transform…