Columbia Steel Casting Reaches Agreement to Sell Assets

Columbia Steel Casting Co. Inc. reached an agreement with the CMS Cepcor Group for the sale of key commercial and technical assets. The agreement will see the CMS Cepcor Group incorporate a new company, Columbia Steel Cast Products LLC, which will trade independently as “Columbia Steel” and retain the key Columbia Steel engineering, sales and commercial team. 

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You Make Your Own Luck

Jan. 25, 2023 – Almost 10 years ago, I visited Luck Stone’s Bull Run Quarry in Chantilly Va., to see a demonstration of an unmanned haul truck. “The company takes pride in its reputation as a collaborative partner that unearths innovative solutions to help our customers be more successful,” the company told me at the time. Well, it is still true today. The…

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SEMCO Launches Construction Materials Carbon Management Web Portal

Market forces rooted in the Buy Clean, Carbon Neutrality, LEED v4 and Net Zero movements have spawned an important new web portal, Construction Materials Carbon Management, www.cmcarbonmanagement.com. The just-launched site follows cement, concrete and steel producer progress in lowering the carbon dioxide emissions factor, or embodied carbon, associated with structural elements for commercial and residential building or heavy/civil work.

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CEMEX Strengthens Aggregates Business With Canadian Acquisition

CEMEX USA announced that it has signed a definitive agreement for the purchase of the assets of Atlantic Minerals Limited in Newfoundland, Canada, consisting of a construction and chemical aggregates quarry and port operations as part of the company’s growth strategy. With this investment, CEMEX secures a new long-term aggregates reserve for its extensive Florida operations and the Eastern Coast…

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