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Fairmount Santrol, Unimin Corp. to merge
Fairmount Santrol will be merging with Unimin Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of SCR-Sibelco NV. Keep Reading
HeidelbergCement completes cement plant sale
HeidelbergCement completed the sale of its Martinsburg, West Virginia, cement plant and eight related terminals to an affiliate of Cementos Argos. Keep Reading
Cemex sells concrete pipe manufacturing business
Cemex signed a definitive agreement to divest its U.S. reinforced concrete pipe manufacturing business to Quikrete Holdings for about $500 million. Keep Reading
Cemex sells overseas operations
Cemex signed an agreement to sell its operations in Australia, Hungary and Croatia, as well as its assets in Bosnia, Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia. The company sold its operations in Australia and Hungary to the Rohrdorfer Group for about $178… Keep Reading
Summit signs agreement to acquire Lafarge cement plant, terminals
Summit Materials signed a definitive agreement with Lafarge North America to acquire Lafarge NA’s 1.2 million short-ton capacity cement plant in Davenport, Iowa, as well as seven cement distribution terminals for $450 million, reports Yahoo Finance. According to Yahoo, the… Keep Reading
Michigan company to buy land for mining operation
The director of Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced he agreed to sell $4.5 million of land to Graymont Inc. for the development of a limestone mining operation in the eastern Upper Peninsula, reports The Herald. Graymont wants to… Keep Reading
Sand-and-gravel company purchases land from Holcim
Greenport sand-and-gravel company A. Colarusso & Son purchased most of the lands of the cement company Holcim U.S. for $8.75 million, says an article in the Register-Star. Colarusso & Son bought more than 1,300 acres of land in Greenport and… Keep Reading
Vulcan makes series of moves to boost liquidity
Vulcan Materials Co. recently completed a set of transactions that generated $149 million, including the sales of reclaimed and excess land in California, one small quarry in Virginia and a percentage of future production at four South Carolina quarries. The… Keep Reading
JJB Silverhawk buys two San Diego area quarries
JJB Silverhawk LP has purchased two Southern California quarries from McGrath Jamacha Road LLC and McGrath Willow LLC for undisclosed amounts. The quarries, located northeast of San Diego in the cities of El Cajon and Lakeside, had been family-owned since… Keep Reading
