Cambridge University researchers have conducted the first scrap-metal trial melt in the Materials Processing Institute (MPI) Cement 2 Zero project, aiming to prove the potential of cement clinker production using graded, recycled concrete material as flux in electric arc furnace (EAF) steel milling. The project entails a collaboration of MPI and Cambridge; construction materials producers CELSA Steel UK, Day Aggregates…
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Holcim US to increase flagship cement plant capacity by 600,000 mtpy
An investment upward of $100 million will raise clinker and limestone grinding capacity while improving logistics for the Holcim US Ste. Genevieve (Mo.) Cement Plant, located south of St. Louis along the Mississippi. In addition to the largest single-kiln line in the world, the facility is equipped with sophisticated emissions controls, fully automated quality control laboratories, plus barge and rail…
Read MoreSecond Vulcan Materials deal nets SRM Concrete 93 Texas operations
Tennessee-based SRM Concrete LLC has become the Lone Star State’s largest ready mixed producer after closing on 82 plants and 11 volumetric mixer loading sites from Vulcan Materials Co., which inherited the bulk of the properties in its 2021 U.S. Concrete Inc. takeover. Last month’s transaction is the parties’ second of the year, which opened with SRM relieving Vulcan of…
Read MoreMartin Marietta assets perfect CRH Americas’ Texas integration model
CRH Americas Materials will add more than 2 million tons of cement production capacity and 1.5 million yd. of ready mixed concrete volume annually under a Texas asset agreement with Martin Marietta Materials Inc. The producers anticipate a Q1/Q2 2024 closing on the $2.1 billion deal, which spans Martin Marietta’s Hunter cement plant in New Braunfels, Gulf Coast terminals, and…
Read MoreAfinitas’ Duncan succeeds County Materials-bound CEO Schmidgall
Afinitas CEO Brad Schmidgall will shift from concrete plant equipment and accessories to ready mixed and manufactured concrete production in January, taking the helm of County Materials Corp. As CEO of the Marathon, Wis.-based producer, he will oversee a portfolio spanning concrete pipe and precast operations that Afinitas has equipped under his tenure. “Serving as the CEO of Afinitas and…
Read MoreABC, Texas chapter seek federal court relief from Davis-Bacon rule rewrite
An Associated Builders and Contractors and the ABC Southeast Texas lawsuit asks the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division to vacate the Department of Labor’s Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations (DBA) rule, implemented in October and applicable to federal or federally assisted construction projects. Plaintiffs challenge the new rule’s prevailing wage definition, wage…
Read MoreGSA backs low embodied carbon material spec commitment
The General Services Administration has released a list of more than 150 federal building construction or upgrade projects across 39 states and District of Columbia where low embodied carbon (LEC) material specifications will be supported by $2 billion in Inflation Reduction Act funding. Contract language will favor LEC material use, net estimated deliveries totaling: The funding advances the Buy Clean…
Read MoreAttendees, exhibitors, management set for the 50th World of Concrete
Sources: Informa Markets, Irving, Texas; CP staff A 50th anniversary theme will pervade the 2024 World of Concrete, January 22-25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The event has grown from a modest 1975 production at the Houston Astrodome to the largest annual exhibition serving global concrete construction and masonry stakeholders, Las Vegas its long-term base. The half-centennial edition will…
Read MoreMack Trucks, Revolution Mixers uphold their CIM Auction tradition
Sources: Concrete Industry Management National Steering Committee; CP staff A 2024 Mack Granite Axle Forward model, equipped with MP-7 engine and mDRIVE HD automated manual transmission and bearing a Revolution 11-yd. R83 Bridgemaster Mixer, will be among 2024 Concrete Industry Management Auction centerpieces. The January 23 event, scheduled per custom on day two of World of Concrete exhibits, will see…
Read MorePeterbilt Motors, Con-Tech dispatch big-ticket CIM Auction deliverable
Sources: Concrete Industry Management National Steering Committee Peterbilt Motors Co. and Con-Tech Manufacturing are donating a 2024 Model 567-mounted Extreme Duty Mixer for the 2024 Concrete Industry Management Auction, scheduled per custom on World of Concrete day two. Starting with smaller ticket items and culminating in top equipment like the mixer truck, bidding is scheduled to kick off January 24…
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