Martin Marietta to Sell Certain West Coast Cement Operations

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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Heidelberg Materials Dedicates New Mitchell, Ind., Cement Plant

Heidelberg Materials Chairman Dominik von Achten, and Heidelberg Materials North America CEO Chris Ward, formally ushered in a new era for the company’s century-old cement plant in Mitchell, Ind., unveiling advanced material handling, calciner, kiln and finishing equipment equal to 2.4 million metric tpy.  During a mid-June gathering – attended by SEMCO’s Cement Products, Concrete Products and Rock Products magazines – they showed customers,…

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Permitting – July 2014

Ash Grove Seeks Permit ModificationAsh Grove Cement Co. could increase production while cutting pollution under a preliminary decision by the state to modify its air quality permit, according to the Independent Record. The Montana Department of Environmental Quality is accepting public comment on its preliminary decision to grant Ash Grove a change to its existing permit. The modified permit includes…

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Sullivan Predicts Growth at World of Concrete

January 22, 2014 – On the first day of the World of Concrete 2014 Show in Las Vegas, The Portland Cement Association’s Chief Economist Ed Sullivan forecast 8 percent growth in cement production this year, according to Don Marsh, editor of sister publication Concrete Products, who is reporting live from the show.

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