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Scancem veteran takes top post at Granite Construction

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Published: Monday, 18 June 2018 08:31
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Sources: Granite Construction, Watsonville, Calif.; CP staff

Heavy/civil contractor and regional construction materials producer Granite Construction has named Claes Bjork as chairman and director, succeeding the retiring William Powell. Bjork served as chief executive officer of construction giant Skanska AB, Sweden, from 1997-2002, and had held various executive positions within the company beforehand, including chairman of the Scancem Cement subsidiary.

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Charah raises $88 million in initial public offering

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Published: Friday, 15 June 2018 12:54
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Sources: Charah Solutions Inc., Louisville, Ky.; Renaissance Capital, Greenwich, Conn.; CP staff

Fly ash marketer and coal combustion byproducts management specialist Charah has begun trading on New York Stock Exchange under the symbol, CHRA. In a June 14 initial public offering, the company and key stockholders raised $88 million through the sale of 5,294,117 and 2,058,824 shares, respectively. The pool represents an approximately 23 percent stake in a business that reported 2017 sales of $430 million from two segments: Environmental Solutions, anchored by fly ash and bottom ash management and marketing contracts at coal-fired power stations; and, Maintenance and Technical Services, geared to fossil fuel- and nuclear-powered facility operators. 

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GCC, Martin Marietta, Summit deals clear CRH path to Ash Grove closing

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Published: Friday, 15 June 2018 09:52
Written by Concrete News

Sources: U.S. Federal Trade Commission; CP staff

CRH Americas will consummate a $3.5 billion acquisition of Ash Grove Cement Co. by month’s end following a June 14 settlement resolving Federal Trade Commission charges that the deal violates antitrust law. Terms call for the Oldcastle Inc. parent company to sell a Three Forks, Mont., cement plant and quarry to GCC Americas; three Omaha, Neb., area sand & gravel sites to Martin Marietta Materials; plus, three quarries and two asphalt plants near Kansas City to Summit Materials. The settlement also contains two three-year provisions: It grants GCC an option to use two Three Forks-fed CRH terminals in Alberta; and, holds that CRH, at GCC’s option, will purchase cement from the mill for distribution in Canada.

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Cemex digital platform approaches 10,000-user milestone

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Published: Tuesday, 12 June 2018 16:00
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Sources: Cemex S.A.B. de C.V., Monterrey, Mexico; CP staff

A digital platform programmed to simplify transactions with Cemex cement, aggregate and concrete operations has been adopted by upward of 25 percent of customers in the U.S., Mexico, Colombia, Germany and the United Kingdom. 

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Royal White Cement subsidiary secures key permit for 500K-tpy Texas mill

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Published: Tuesday, 12 June 2018 13:19
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Sources: Royal White CementInc., Houston; CP staff

US Cement, LLC has received a draft air permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for a white-cement plant near the town of Brady—the first American greenfield operation of its kind since the Great Recession. Groundbreaking on the facility, which will have a capacity of 500,000 tons and sits on a limestone deposit of 80 million tons, is slated for the first half of 2019. 

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