This year, Skate4Concrete, powered by the non-profit Project Cornerstone, delivered its first-ever Construction Summer Camp. In three days, 22 students (ages 15-18) visited three locations throughout San Diego County, Calif., and explored the science of, pathway to, and job opportunities within the concrete and construction materials industry. The students’ first day was spent at the Associated General Contractors (AGC) Apprenticeship…
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Publicly traded construction-materials companies operating in the United States reported mixed results for the second quarter.
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Ash Grove, a CRH Company, closed on purchasing a cement plant and four terminals from Martin Marietta’s South Texas business.
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Martin Marietta Materials entered into a definitive agreement to sell its South Texas cement business and certain related concrete operations to CRH Americas Materials, a subsidiary of CRH plc, for $2.1 billion in cash.
Read MoreMartin Marietta Finds New Tehachapi Buyer – Martin Marietta Materials has entered a definitive agreement to sell its Tehachapi, Calif., cement plant to Unacem Corp., Peru-based parent company of Arizona’s Drake Cement. The transaction follows an abandoned deal between Martin Marietta and CalPortland earlier this year. With a projected closing by year end, the $317 million cash deal will position…
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Eagle Materials completed the acquisition of Martin Marietta’s cement import and distribution business in northern California, which includes a cement terminal in Stockton.
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A proposed $350 million deal between CalPortland and Martin Marietta Materials is off as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) called it “presumptively illegal.”
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Martin Marietta Materials has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Tehachapi, Calif. cement plant and related distribution terminals to CalPortland for $350 million in cash.
Read More– IN BRIEF –The five leading states in the fourth quarter of 2021 were, in descending order of production, Texas, Missouri, California, Florida and Ohio. Aggregates Production Rises 5% in 2021. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released the report “Crushed Stone and Sand and Gravel in the Fourth Quarter 2021.” An estimated 647 million metric tons (Mt) of total…
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Martin Marietta Materials has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Redding, Calif., cement plant and related cement distribution terminals to CalPortland for $250 million in cash. The deal also includes 14 ready mixed concrete plants in California.
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