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US: Mitsubishi Cement Corporation has reportedly abandoned its planned construction of a cement terminal at the Port of San Diego in California. The Union-Tribune newspaper has reported that the cement producer failed to produce a plan involving electric vehicle use for cement deliveries to the facility. Board of Port Commissioners rejected the company’s previous terminal proposal in 2020 because of its involvement of diesel-powered cement trucks.
PCA names leaders in safety and sustainability
10 May 2017US: The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has announced the winners of its Chairman’s Safety Performance, Safety Innovation and Energy and Environment Awards. The awards recognise outstanding safety performance in the manufacturing of Portland cement, creative safety-enhancing projects in the cement industry and outstanding environmental and community relations respectively.
“The facilities recognised today are to be congratulated for their safety achievements,” said Allen Hamblen, PCA chairman and president and chief executive officer of CalPortland, in relation to the Safety Performance Awards.
Winners of the 2017 PCA Chairman’s Safety Performance Awards:
Category: Less than 226,000 hours
Buzzi Unicem USA – Chattanooga, Tennessee
LafargeHolcim US – Morgan, Utah
Lehigh Hanson, Inc. – Tehachapi, California
Category: 226,001 - 289,000 hours
Ash Grove Cement – Foreman, Arkansas
GCC Permian – Odessa, Texas
Lehigh Hanson, Inc. – Leeds, Alabama
Category: 289,001 - 563,000 hours
Cemex USA – Brooksville, Florida
Cemex USA – New Braunfels, Texas
Martin Marietta Materials – New Braunfels, Texas
Winners of the 2017 Safety Innovation Awards:
Milling/Grinding
Ash Grove Cement, Montana City, Montana
Pyroprocessing
Cemex USA, Balcones, Texas
Distribution
CalPortland Cement Terminal, Portland, Oregon
LafargeHolcim US, Corporate Program, Chicago
Winners of the 2017 Energy and Environment Awards:
Energy Efficiency
Cemex USA Construction Materials, Pacific, LLC, Victorville, California
Environmental Performance
Cemex USA Construction Materials, Pacific, LLC, Victorville, California
Land Stewardship
Continental Cement Company/Green America Recycling, Hannibal, Missouri
Outreach Winner
Mitsubishi Cement Corporation, Lucerne Valley, California
US: According to Marine Link, as part of strategic efforts to increase cargo business at the Port of San Diego, California, the port has entered a conditional agreement with Mitsubishi Cement Corporation (MCC) for potential future operations at Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal.
The conditional agreement, which was approved by the board of port commissioners on 11 June 2015, will allow the port to conduct a project review under the California Environmental Quality Act in anticipation of MCC's potential operations at the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal on San Diego Bay.
The port entered into the agreement to facilitate MCC's potential development, lease and operation of a marine transfer and storage facility for the import, distribution, exportation, handling and storage of bulk cement, cement-related bulk products and concrete aggregate. The conditional agreement envisions contributions by MCC toward modernising the marine terminal and the company's participation in development costs for long-term improvements.
"Our maritime business capacity is a core strength of the Port of San Diego and that's why we are committed to maximising our cargo facilities," said port chairman Dan Malcolm. "We look forward to working with MCC. By harnessing the power of partnerships to invest in this terminal, we reinforce our status as San Diego's maritime cargo gateway to the world."
MCC manufactures all of the major types of Portland and specialty cements used in California and Nevada. The company was formed in March 1988 with the acquisition of the Cushenbury cement plant in Lucerne Valley, California and other ancillary assets.