Martin Marietta Materials Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Colorado and Central Texas ready mixed concrete operations to Smyrna Ready Mix Concrete LLC.
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Holcim Achieves Record Net Sales Growth
Holcim Ltd. announced net sales of CHF $26.834 million for 2021, up 11.3% on a like-for-like basis and 16.0% higher in Swiss francs, compared to the prior year. The record growth in net sales was driven by volume growth in all regions and business segments and strong pricing.
Read MoreNorthern Sand & Gravel Veteran Named NRMCA Driver of the Year
Edward Folkersma, a 34-year veteran of Northern Sand & Gravel in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., is the 2022 National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) Ready Mixed Concrete Delivery Professional Driver of the Year. A national panel of industry judges selected him from a large pool of nominees representing producer members from across the United States.
Read MoreChaney to Open New Ready Mix Plant in Virginia
Aggregates, ready-mix, custom blends and construction supplies provider Chaney Enterprises will open a new concrete plant in Leesburg, Va., in the first quarter of 2022.
Read MoreChaney Expands Virginia Holdings With Acquisition
Aggregates, ready-mix, custom blends and construction-supplies provider Chaney Enterprises will acquire three Branscome ready-mix concrete plant’s locations in the lower Chesapeake and Virginia Eastern Shore region: Chesapeake (Dominion Blvd. in Chesapeake, Va.), Oak Hall (Tasley, Va.) and Nassawadox (Exmore, Va.)
Read MoreBurnco Hires Zais as CEO
Burnco has hired Tom Zais as CEO for the Burnco Group of companies. He will be responsible for overseeing all U.S. and Canadian operations. In the United States, Burnco supplies ready-mixed concrete and aggregate products for residential, municipal and commercial projects in the Denver metro and northern Colorado markets, with aggregates plants in Golden, Longmont, Greeley and Fort Lupton, Colo.
Read MoreReady-Mixed Takes a Jump
June 14, 2021 – The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association reports that ready mixed concrete produced in March 2021 is estimated at 33.0 million cu. yd., 16% higher than that in March 2020. The estimated production in the United States through March is 78.7 million cu. yd., approximately 2% higher than that during the same period in 2020. Ready mixed concrete production is estimated from cement shipments…
Read MoreCEMEX USA to Supply Material for Houston Loop
CEMEX USA announced that it is supplying more than 100,000 tons of high-quality cement and more than 200,000 cu. yd. of ready mix concrete for the latest phase of construction for the Grand Parkway, the planned 180-mile circumferential highway in Houston.
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Feb. 18, 2021 – According to the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, estimated ready mixed concrete production in November 2020 is 31.6 million cu. yd., 8.9% higher than that in November 2019. The estimated production in the United States for 2020 through November is 350 million cu. yd., approximately 1% higher than that during the same period in 2019. Ready mixed concrete production is estimated from cement shipments…
Read MoreArgos USA, Liability Heir, Cooperates in Feds’ Concrete Price-Fixing Investigation
Argos USA, Alpharetta, Ga., has entered a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) resolving a DOJ Antitrust Division charge of conspiring to fix prices, rig bids and allocate sales for ready mixed concrete in Savannah, Ga., and neighboring markets under U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia jurisdiction, according to the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division.
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