Summit Materials – Cement Products

Agency Powers National Cement, Roanoke, Summit Calcined Clay Production Plans

1 month ago1 month ago Cement Products News

Three of six Cement and Concrete projects named as funding candidates in a $6 billion Energy Department Office of Clean Energy Demonstration (OCED) program entail production of calcined clay or limestone calcined clay (LC3) as an alternative to conventional portland cement clinker. Producers behind the Industrial Demonstrations Program-themed projects are positioned to negotiate with OCED officials awards where cost-sharing terms are up…

Summit Names Moore as COO

3 months ago3 months ago Cement Products News

Summit Materials appointed Marshall Moore as EVP, chief operations officer, effective Jan. 4. In the newly created role, Moore will enhance Summit’s operational excellence capabilities with responsibility for manufacturing and supply chain excellence, information technology and lean processes.

Summit Completes Argos Takeover

3 months ago3 months ago Cement Products News

Summit Materials successfully completed its $3.2 billion merger with Argos North America, the U.S. operations of Cementos Argos, after its shareholders overwhelmingly voted to approve certain proposals related to the transaction.

Summit Materials Mystery Bidder Revealed

6 months ago6 months ago Cement Products News

According to Bloomberg, Heidelberg Materials is the mystery bidder that Summit Materials referenced in a recent proxy filing. The company said it had rejected two takeover proposals from an unnamed suitor with the latest made on Oct. 18 for $38 per share.

Summit to Acquire Argos’ U.S. Operations

8 months ago8 months ago Francesca Mills

Cementos Argos has entered into a definitive agreement with Summit Materials under which Argos North America will combine with Summit in a cash and stock transaction valued at $3.2 billion. The merger will create the fourth-largest cement platform in the United States and accelerates Summit’s “Elevate Summit” strategy, enhancing the company’s materials-led approach and positioning it for even greater success…

Continental Cement to Get FLSmidth Alternative Fuel Tech

11 months ago11 months ago Francesca Mills

Continental Cement, a wholly owned subsidiary of Summit Materials, awarded FLSmidth a contract for the first commercial installation of the FUELFLEX Pyrolyzer at its Davenport cement plant in Buffalo, Iowa. FLSmidth’s FUELFLEX Pyrolyzer enables cement plants to replace fossil fuels with waste-derived fuels in the calciner. The technology offers a lower CAPEX solution than competing technologies, noted FLSmidth, with the…

Continental Cement to Open Largest Cement Storage Dome in North America

1 year ago1 year ago Cement Products News

Continental Cement Company, a Summit Materials subsidiary, will host a ribbon-cutting event for its new cement storage dome in Davenport, Iowa, on March 20.

Summit Continues Decarbonization Push with Hannibal Transition

2 years ago1 year ago Cement Products News

Summit Materials recently converted 100% of the production at its Hannibal, Mo., plant, which is operated by Continental Cement Co., to portland-limestone cement (PLC).

Continental Cement’s Davenport Plant Moves to PLC

2 years ago2 years ago Cement Products News

Continental Cement Co., a subsidiary of Summit Materials, converted 100% of its annual production at its Davenport, Iowa, plant to portland-limestone cement. In 2021, the plant produced 1.1 million tons of cement. “Continental Cement has been working with our customers and specifiers to commercialize portland-limestone cement in all of our markets, and we are delighted that PLC adoption has progressed…