Cement Newsline Archive
Bulk Bag Fillers
This firm's bulk bag fillers combine flexibility and economy with numerous customizing options. Custom features include bag inflation, electronic scales, adjustable height loop support arms, integral dust collection, and bag compaction...
Cement Totals--March 2008
Total shipments of portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico were about 7.38 million mt in March 2008, according to the U.S. Geological Survey...
2008 construction starts down 11%
Thanks to an ever-declining residential market, new construction starts are estimated at $558.5 billion, down 11 percent over 2007 midyear results, according to McGraw-Hill Construction's Construction Outlook Midyear Update. ...
Lafarge, Performance Plants join to develop 'energy crops'
Last week, Lafarge NA and Performance Plants Inc. (PPI), a Kingston-based biotechnology company, announced a multi-year agreement to grow and develop clean energy biomass grasses and woods for use as fuel at the Lafarge plant in Bath, Ontario. ...
LEED 2009 upgrades focus on carbon performance of buildings, regional credits
Through June 22, the USGBC has opened the first public comment period on LEED 2009, the next evolution of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building certification system...
GOP senators help quell climate change bill, potential cement taxes
Republican senators blocked passage on June 6 of a bill that would limit carbon dioxide emissions across the U.S. business and consumer economy, and likely spawn new taxes on myriad fossil fuel uses, including portland cement production...
