Cement Market Briefs – Sept/Oct 2023

Martin Marietta Finds New Tehachapi Buyer – Martin Marietta Materials has entered a definitive agreement to sell its Tehachapi, Calif., cement plant to Unacem Corp., Peru-based parent company of Arizona’s Drake Cement. The transaction follows an abandoned deal between Martin Marietta and CalPortland earlier this year. With a projected closing by year end, the $317 million cash deal will position…

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News from the Concrete and Aggregates Industries

– IN BRIEF –The five leading states in the fourth quarter of 2021 were, in descending order of production, Texas, Missouri, California, Florida and Ohio. Aggregates Production Rises 5% in 2021. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released the report “Crushed Stone and Sand and Gravel in the Fourth Quarter 2021.” An estimated 647 million metric tons (Mt) of total…

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Martin Marietta Heads West with $2.3B Lehigh Hanson Deal

Martin Marietta will significantly boost its West Coast presence in a $2.3 billion cash deal for the bulk of Lehigh Hanson’s West Region operations in Arizona, California, Nevada and Oregon. The acquisition provides the company with a new upstream materials-led growth platform across several of the nation’s largest and fastest growing megaregions.

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