The Americas

CEMEX USA has closed on the purchase of a turnkey, fully-operational aggregates quarry in Chico, Texas, from Blue Star Materials II, LLC.

Three of the company’s manufacturing facilities in the US have earned 2018 ENERGY STAR certifications from the US Environmental Protection Agency.

Oldcastle Infrastructure has acquired Concrete Specialties, Inc., a manufacturer of precast concrete products that is headquartered in the Chicago metro area.

The Indian cement producer has joined the industry association as a Corporate Member.

Holcim Mexico has inaugurated a new premixed concrete plant in the city of Saltillo, Coahuila, that will have a 120 m3/h capacity, doubling the production capacity of the previous plant.

Polaris Materials, a subsidiary of US Concrete, has obtained the necessary permits to increase the amount of aggregates it imports at its terminal in Long Beach, California.

US Concrete’s acquisition of Leon River will add over 400 acres of land and a processing plant to the company’s operations.

CEMEX has announced the opening of its first admixture blending facility in the US.

Carlos Casado has been appointed Director of Cement Operations at Holcim Argentina, taking charge of the company’s four plants in the country.

Buzzi Unicem is to acquire a 50% stake in BCPAR, which owns two cement plants in Brazil, in the company’s first foray into Latin America’s largest economy.

Vortex has announced its acquisition of leading metal manufacturing company, Kasa Fab.

Intercem Engineering is to supply a full-line 6000 tpd integrated cement plant to SOFICO in Haiti.

Once an AUMUND apprentice, Bodo Radmacher will now lead the Spare Parts Department.

CEMEX has been recognised at the CLADEA Awards in Colombia for its social and economic development efforts.

Summit Materials has appointed Siemens veteran, Anne M. Cooney, and Air Liquide USA CEO, Susan A. Ellerbusch, to its board of directors.