Sources: Furno Materials, Mountain View, Calif.; CP staff A $20 million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) grant will support a venture of Illinois-based Ozinga, top U.S. independent ready mixed concrete operator, and Furno Materials, a Silicon Valley startup eyeing ASTM C150-grade cement production with 20 ton/day capacity modules. The Furno process uses…
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Heidelberg Materials finishes Indiana slag cement mill, CM hub
Sources: Heidelberg Materials North America, Irving, Texas; CP staff Heidelberg Materials has completed conversion of its Speed, Ind. cement plant to a slag grinding facility, specialty cementitious materials distribution hub, and terminal for Type IL powder from its Mitchell, Ind. plant. Shortly after the mid-2023 dedication of the 2.4 million metric ton/year capacity Mitchell upgrade, the producer outlined new slag…
Read MoreAgency flags $1.6B in Cement and Concrete carbon project opportunities
Sources: U.S. Department of Energy; CP staff The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) has named four portland cement producers and two alternative binder start-ups as candidates for $1.6 billion in funds steered to projects lowering the carbon footprint of finished concrete. Heidelberg Materials and National Cement Company of California lead the way with their respective…
Read MoreManufacturers – February 2024
Heidelberg Materials North America cement plants in Edmonton, Alberta, and Delta, British Columbia, have earned Natural Resources Canada’s Energy Star for Industry Certification, which signifies that the facility performs in the top quartile of similar operations in Canada and the United States for energy efficiency. That metric is one of many aspects that Heidelberg Materials targets to protect the climate,…
Read MoreDrake Cement parent sets sights on Martin Marietta California plant
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. has entered a definitive agreement to sell its Tehachapi, Calif. cement plant to Unacem Corp., Peru-based parent company of Arizona’s Drake Cement. With a projected closing by year end, the $317 million cash deal will position Unacem with 1.7 million tons of U.S. clinker capacity, about 15 percent of the volume in a cement plant fleet…
Read MoreMartin Marietta, Drake Cement parent pen California plant deal
Sources: Martin Marietta Materials Inc., Raleigh, N.C.; Unacem Corp. S.A.A., Lima Martin Marietta Materials has entered a definitive agreement to sell its Tehachapi, Calif. cement plant to Unacem Corp., Peru-based parent company of Arizona’s Drake Cement. With a projected closing by year end, the $317 million cash deal will position Unacem with 1.7 million tons of U.S. clinker capacity, about…
Read MoreRoyal White Cement raises Southwest market throughput capability
Royal White Cement plans a Houston Ship Channel terminal, equipped for annual transfer of 100,000 tons of cementitious materials to truck tankers or rail cars. Located near the mouth of the channel, the facility will lie on a 23.8-acre site of Industrial Realty Group (IRG), which is repurposing three structures formerly used for fertilizer. Along with deep water vessel access…
Read MoreTitan affiliate applies artificial intelligence to cement plant downtime prevention
A recently chartered entity, operating independently but affiliated with Titan America, has entered artificial intelligence solutions for cement plant operations. CemAI concentrates on predictive maintenance, building a platform that combines a proprietary licensed software with a continuous monitoring and incident resolution service for mills around the world. The firm works through multiple remote monitoring centers with fully staffed maintenance experts…
Read MoreHolcim steers Lattimore, sister Texas brands under corporate banner
Holcim US is uniting its Texas brands—Lattimore Materials, Tarrant Concrete, Colorado River Concrete—under the Holcim banner, alongside the producer’s Midlothian cement plant south of the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex. The regional rebrand will advance “big ideas and innovations to build progress for people in the Lone Star State,” yet maintain the existing teams and products responsible for unmatched customer satisfaction, management…
Read MoreLehigh Cement crews reach Indiana plant construction milestone
Sources: Lehigh Hanson Inc., Irving, Texas; CP staff Lehigh Hanson has marked placement of the final segment of the steel stack abutting a new preheater tower at the Lehigh Cement Mitchell Plant in Indiana. Management, construction team members and local dignitaries assembled July 22 for a ceremonial topping out, complete with American flag unfurling. “We are another step closer to…
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