Intermont Group Operates A Distribution Terminal Under Long-Term Contract With Giant Cement. By Don Marsh Virginia-based Intermont Group Ltd. provides the third-party terminal operator model for home state and Carolinas cement producers. The company’s newest distribution point is Spartanburg County, which along with neighboring Greenville and Anderson counties, plus their three namesake cities, anchor the South Carolina Upstate market. The…
Read MoreNestled In Limestone-Rich Indiana, A New Flagship Plant Leaves No Doubt That Heidelberg Materials North America Is All In On Negating Carbon Dioxide Emissions. By Don Marsh On a scale of new clinker capacity – and environmental metrics tuned to carbon-minded market and regulator sentiments – no North American and few cement plants globally will match Heidelberg Materials’ rebuilt Mitchell,…
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National Cement Dedicates First U.S. Plant Engineered To Run On 100% Alternative Fuels. By Don Marsh National Cement Company of Alabama Inc. has completed a generation-level plant upgrade at its Ragland location, the $300 million investment certain to drive respective capacity and carbon dioxide emissions/ton metrics on sharply higher and lower trajectories versus prior plant performance. Ragland Kiln 2 has…
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