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St Marys Cement Charlevoix plant to test MTR Carbon Capture technology

20 March 2025

US: MTR Carbon Capture says that St Marys Cement’s Charlevoix plant in Michigan will be the first cement plant in the world to deploy its Polaris polymeric membrane-based technology. The pilot project aims to capture 3t/day of CO2 during a six month testing period. It intends to demonstrate that a 95% CO2 capture rate is achievable.

US-based Membrane Technology and Research (MTR) specialises in the development and production of membrane-based separation systems for the petrochemical, natural gas and refining industries. The company was set up in 1982 and has its headquarters in Newark, California.

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St Marys Cement orders Airslide analyser from SpectraFlow Analytics

05 February 2025

Canada: St Marys Cement, Votorantim Cimentos’ North American subsidiary, has ordered SpectraFlow Analytics’ Airslide analyser for its Bowmanville cement plant in Ontario. The analyser will replace the plant’s existing XRF Atline system installed at the back end of the plant’s 450t/hr raw materials mill. It will provide continuous one-minute sampling results, without the need to prepare samples separately. This in turn will facilitate real-time adjustments to the line’s additive weight feeders.

SpectraFlow Analytics says that its equipment will now be installed at plants across 30 countries globally.

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Ali Firat appointed as Director, Operations at St Marys Cement’s Bowmanville cement plant

29 January 2025

Canada: St Marys Cement has appointed Ali Firat as the Director, Operations at its Bowmanville cement plant in Ontario.

Firat previously worked as the Plant Manager at Traçim Çiment’s at Vize, Kirklareli in Türkiye. Before this he was a Production Manager for OYAK Cement. Earlier in his career he spent about 15 years working for Traçim Çiment and Ladik Cement in a variety of production roles. He is a graduate of the Middle East Technical University in Ankara and holds a master of business administration (MBA) from Bahcesehir University in Istanbul.

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Zanini Renk receives repeat order from St. Marys Cement for upgrades to Michigan plant

29 November 2024

US: Zanini Renk has received a repeat order from St. Marys Cement for four additional gearboxes at its Charlevoix, Michigan plant. In 2016, St. Marys Cement's Charlevoix plant began a US$130m upgrade to expand the plant's infrastructure. The project scope included adding a new finish mill, an additional kiln and a new coal grinding system. The 2016 upgrade at St. Marys Cement expanded the Charlevoix plant’s cement capacity from 1.4Mt/yr to 2Mt/yr.

The initial order for a Zanini Renk gearbox was for installation in its vertical roller mill. Zanini Renk completed the gearbox installation in 2022. The first new gearbox has been in operation since January 2023 and the other two new gearboxes will be delivered at the end of November 2024. Installation is expected to be completed by March 2025 and by April 2025.

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St Marys Cement to receive new funding for emissions reduction

16 July 2024

Canada: Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Steven Guilbeault, announced the reinvestment of up to US$1.6m from industrial pollution pricing proceeds into a new emissions reduction project at St Marys Cement in St Marys, Ontario. This initiative will involve the installation of a new kiln utilising low-carbon fuels, including discarded plastics, to reduce the use of carbon-intensive fuels used in the manufacturing process by up to 30%. The project aims for a reduction of over 39,900t of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, according to Foreign Affairs news.

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WEG to supply transformers for St Marys Cement plant

16 July 2024

Canada: WEG will supply the substation of Votorantim Cimentos North America’s St Marys Cement plant in Bowmanville, Ontario with its transformers. The order includes four transformers with capacities of 20MVA and 25MVA and voltage levels of 43.8/4.16kV. Sales and engineering teams from Brazil collaborated with VJ Pamensky Canada, the exclusive distributor of WEG in Canada, on the project.

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St Marys Cement pays US$229m to redeem senior notes

12 June 2024

Canada: Votorantim Cimentos subsidiary St Marys Cement has entered redemption of all its outstanding 2027 senior notes, at a value of US$229m. The company notified the holders of the notes accordingly.

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St Marys Cement wins triple at Slag Cement in Sustainable Concrete Awards 2023

26 April 2024

US: St Marys Cement won three national awards at the Slag Cement in Sustainable Concrete Awards 2023. The producer won the awards for supplying its slag cement for the construction of Wixom Assembly Park in Wixom, Michigan; of 333 North Water in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and of Excellerate Manufacturing in Appleton, Wisconsin.

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Portland Cement Association announces winners of 2023 Safety Innovation and Chairman's Safety Performance Awards

28 September 2023

US: The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has announced the winners of its 2023 Safety Innovation and Chairman's Safety Performance Awards.

The Safety Innovation Award Program recognises companies that have developed innovative practices, projects and programs that improve safety at cement plants in the US. Entries are judged in five areas: innovation, ease of use and ease of construction, effectiveness and risk prevention. The recipients were:

  • Distribution: Continental Cement, Continental Port Allen Terminal, Chesterfield, Missouri
  • Quarry: CalPortland Company, CalPortland Oro Grande Plant, Oro Grande, California
  • Pyroprocessing: GCC of America, GCC Tijeras Plant, Tijeras, New Mexio
  • General Facility: Mitsubishi Cement Corporation, Mitsubishi Cushenbury Plant, Lucerne Valley, California

The Chairman’s Safety Performance Awards are given to member cement plants that did not have a reportable injury or illness during the year. Fifteen plants achieved this in 2023, which represented more than 10% of all active cement facilities in the US and its territories. The recipients were:

  • Argos USA, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Argos USA, Newberry, Florida
  • Argos Puerto Rico Corp, Dorado, Puerto Rico
  • Ash Grove Cement Company (CRH), Durkee, Oregon
  • Ash Grove Cement Company (CRH), Midlothian, Texas
  • Buzzi Unicem USA, Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • Buzzi Unicem USA, Maryneal, Texas
  • CalPortland Company, Rillito, Arizona
  • GCC of America, Odessa, Texas
  • Heidelberg Materials, Bellingham, Washington
  • Martin Marietta Materials, New Braunfels, Texas
  • Martin Marietta Materials, Midlothian, Texas
  • Martin Marietta Materials, Tehachapi, California
  • National Cement Company of California, Kern, California
  • St Marys Cement (Votorantim), Detroit, Michigan
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Quebec government orders St Mary’s Cement’s Port-Daniel-Gascons cement plant to reduce dust emissions

20 September 2022

Canada: The Quebec Ministry of the Environment has ordered St Mary’s Cement’s integrated plant at Port-Daniel-Gascons to reduce its dust and other emissions to government-mandated levels. The notification follows an incident that occurred over the summer of 2020 and has reoccurred since on occasion. The order requires, amongst other measures, that the subsidiary of Brazil-based Votorantim allow an independent expert recognised by the department to carry out an assessment of air filtration equipment at the plant and propose ways to improve the situation.

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