Sources: Eagle Materials Inc., Dallas; CP staff Eagle Materials will modernize and expand its Mountain Cement Co. plant in Laramie, Wyo. and add a northern Colorado terminal, underscoring a commitment to being the cementitious materials supplier of choice in a region encompassing the Denver and Salt Lake City markets. Work scheduled for completion in the second half of 2026 will…
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ACI schedules charter meeting for Committee 243, Seawater Concrete
Source: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich. The American Concrete Institute has formed a committee whose mission is to develop and report information on concrete made with brackish, saline, and brine water and sea aggregates. The inaugural ACI Committee 243, Seawater Concrete meeting will be November 3 at the ACI Concrete Convention in Philadelphia. The committee formation “is another critical…
Read MoreProgrammers eye blockchain-enabled concrete carbon credit tracking
Sources: CarbonMeta Technologies Inc., Woodinville, Wash.; CP staff CarbonMeta Technologies has filed a provisional patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a verifiable process that documents and tracks sequestered carbon dioxide in concrete as carbon credits. The application outlines an innovative system that combines advanced carbon sequestration techniques and blockchain technology methods, ensuring data transparency…
Read MoreWhite Cap adds Southeast concrete reinforcing steel volume
Sources: White Cap, Atlanta; CP staff White Cap continues to build a footprint in concrete reinforcing steel supply and fabrication, acquiring WWJ Rebar. The Aiken, S.C. shop serves industrial, commercial and residential projects across Georgia and South Carolina, and joins a brand and branch portfolio especially suiting concrete and general contractors. “We are excited to grow our rebar fabrication operations…
Read MoreConcrete elements exhibit energy storage, power output capacity
The Electric Power Research Institute has demonstrated the thermal energy storage performance of column-like, horizontally stacked concrete members, dubbed BolderBlocs by their Arvado, Colo.-based developer Storworks Energy, at the Alabama Power Ernest C. Gaston Electric Generating plant. Investigators devised a 10-megawatt hour electric energy storage solution, charged with Gaston Unit 5 supercritical steam output. Under their test assembly design, high-pressure…
Read MoreEPA quantifies $600B+ in clean water infrastructure needs through 2045
Sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; CP staff A new Environmental Protection Agency report to federal lawmakers projects future capital outlays to maintain or modernize publicly owned wastewater treatment works, stormwater infrastructure, nonpoint source control, and decentralized wastewater treatment systems like septic tanks. Such investments are deemed essential to supporting the Clean Water Act’s goal of fishable, swimmable waters from coast…
Read MoreSummit founder, Oldcastle Materials architect Hill joins Knife River board
Sources: Knife River Corp., Bismarck, N.D.; CP staff Knife River shareholders have elected Thomas W. Hill, retired Summit Materials Inc. chief executive officer and longtime head of (pre-CRH Americas) Oldcastle Materials, as director for a three-year term. He serves on the Compensation plus Nominating and Governance committees, and fills the seat of Tom Everist, who was director since Knife River’s…
Read MoreBéton Provincial consolidates Eastern Canada position with CRH assets
Sources: Béton Provincial Ltée, Quebec City, Quebec; CP staff Béton Provincial, the largest Canadian-owned company in cement and concrete, has closed on a major asset transaction with CRH Canada Group Inc., netting: the Ash Grove Cement mill in Joliette, Quebec, plus one Solvay, N.Y., two Greater Montreal and three Labrador or Newfoundland terminals; nine Demix Béton ready mixed plants, seven…
Read MoreCemex, CRH, Holcim, Heidelberg lead Alliance’s CO2 emissions reduction gauge
Sources: World Benchmarking Alliance, Amsterdam; CP staff Cement producer prevalence in the World Benchmarking Alliance/Heavy Industries Benchmark upper ranks underscores global or multinational operators’ rapid progress in carbon dioxide emissions reduction. Four of the top five—indeed, seven of the top 10—Heavy Industries names need little introduction in cement and concrete circles: Cemex S.A.B. de C.V., CRH Plc, Holcim Ltd. rank…
Read MoreTitan parent follows Argos, CRH, Holcim path to Wall Street listing
Sources: Titan Cement International S.A., Brussels; CP staff Euronext Brussels-traded Titan Cement International has informed investors of an initial public offering of shares in Virginia-based Titan America, which reported $1.6 billion in 2023 cement, supplementary cementitious material, aggregate and ready mixed concrete sales across coastal Mid-Atlantic and Southeast operations. With a projected early-2025 completion on a Wall Street exchange, the…
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