Eagle Materials Board: One company better than two

Sources: Eagle Materials Inc., Dallas; CP staff Sterling fiscal 2021 results, portfolio-streamlining measures, successful integration of Cemex USA cement plant and distribution assets valued at $665 million, plus market changes favoring critical corporate mass, underpin the tabling of a plan to split Eagle Materials into two separate, publicly traded companies. A 2019 strategic portfolio review, partly triggered by an activist…

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Lehigh Hanson aligns with supply chain-wise Building Transparency

Sources: Lehigh Hanson Inc., Irving, Texas; CP staff Lehigh Hanson is the newest pilot partner in Building Transparency, a Silicon Valley-backed nonprofit organization that provides open access data and tools supporting broad and swift industry action on embodied carbon. The concrete, cement and aggregates giant aims to support advanced supply chain knowledge “for a better building future.” 

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Low carbon LC3 binder steers Sika’s next admixture chapter

Sources: Sika AG, Baar, Switzerland; CP staff The Swiss parent company of New Jersey-based Sika Corp. will tailor a new family of concrete admixtures and cement additives around the chemistry and behavior of an emerging binder known as LC3, or Limestone Calcined Clay Cement. Through work with Sika AG and peers, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology officials view the material…

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