Breckenridge Materials parent expands aggregates production

Sources: BMC Enterprises, Inc., St. Louis; CP staff

BMC Enterprises has added to its Missouri aggregates business through the opening of the BMC Stone quarry in High Hill; acquisition of a strategic interest in Base Rock Minerals, LLC, a limestone quarry in Bonne Terre; and, acquisition of Strack Stone Co., a limestone quarry located just north of Cape Girardeau. The latter will operate under the Base Rock Minerals name. 

Read More

Cemex retreats from Pacific Northwest with Lehigh Hanson assist

Sources: HeidelbergCement Group, Germany; Cemex S.A.B. de C.V., Monterrey, Mexico; CP staff

HeidelbergCement anticipates a second quarter closing on a $150 million transaction adding the Pacific Northwest business of Cemex USA—seven quarries plus five ready mixed concrete and two asphalt plants—to Cadman Materials Inc. The latter is part of HeidelbergCement’s North American business, Lehigh Hanson, and a major ready mixed concrete and aggregates supplier in the Seattle market.

Read More