Martin Marietta Materials, the nation’s number-two aggregates producer, has divested certain West Coast cement operations. The company has entered a definitive agreement to sell its Tehachapi, Calif., cement plant to Unacem Corp., which is the Peru-based parent company of Arizona’s Drake Cement. With a projected closing by year end, the $317 million cash deal will position Unacem with 1.7 million…
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Ressler Receives 2021 Barry K. Wendt Memorial Scholarship
Kyle Ressler, a rising senior at the University of Kentucky (UK), has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Barry K. Wendt Memorial Scholarship. Awarded by a panel of National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) member judges, the scholarship is given annually to a student pursuing a mining-related degree and plans to make a career in the aggregates…
Read MoreHanson Aggregates Plant Achieves Energy Star Status
Lehigh Hanson Inc.’s Hanson Aggregates plant in Downingtown, Pa., has achieved the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Energy Star Challenge for Industry.
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