Mexican Government Again Seizes Private Property

The Mexican government sent in marines to take over part of a private railway line in southern Mexico, according to an AP report. It marked the second time this year that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s administration has seized ports or rail lines from private companies. In March, police and soldiers stormed in to seize a Caribbean coast seaport owned by…

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Summit Materials Acquires Aggregates, Ready-Mix Operations

Summit Materials has announced another round of acquisitions. The company acquired Southwest Ready-Mix, a ready-mix concrete company in southwest Houston; Colorado County Sand & Gravel, an aggregates company in Colorado County, Texas; and Concrete Supply of Topeka/Builders Choice ConcreteColorado County Sand & Gravel, an aggregates and ready-mix concrete company based in Topeka, Kan.

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