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…
Hoffmann Green signed a preliminary licensing agreement with an undisclosed US partner to build several Hoffmann units in Florida, USA. After a series of successful tests, the two companies have reached an agreement setting out the main points of a…
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…
About a year ago Grupo Cementos Chihuahua (GCC) announced the expansion of the Odessa cement plant in Odessa TX, USA. The plant has been acquired in 2016 from CEMEX and is producing mainly oil-well cement. A new line with about…
In the USA, in the first half of 2023, the dispatch of Portland and blended cement declined by -2.6% from 43.642 Mt in 1.H 2022 to 42.525 Mt in 1.H 2023. Only in May 2023 the dispatch was larger than…
In the first half of 2023, the US imports of grey cement increased by +9.4% to 12.752 Mt. The TOP5 countries contributed to almost 80% of the imports. Türkiye has 31.2% market share.