Continental completes portland-limestone cement migration

Sources: Summit Materials Inc., Denver; CP staff Summit Materials’ Missouri subsidiary, Continental Cement Co. LLC, has consummated a full conversion from clinker-only to portland-limestone cement output at its Hannibal plant— four months after a similar transition at a sister mill up the Mississippi River in Davenport, Iowa. The PLC is typically finished at a 90/10 clinker and ground limestone blend. …

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PRODUCERS – April 2022

Pursuant to a leadership succession plan, Denver-based aggregates, cement and ready mixed operator Summit Materials Inc. has named Tom Beck as executive vice president. He transitions to the post after 25 years with the producer’s Continental Cement Co. business in Missouri, the last nine years as president. His successor is 20-year industry veteran David Loomes, who has most recently served…

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