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Lone Star Cement of New York, the largest producer of cement in the U.S. at the time, acquired the company on December 1 of that year. [ 19 ] [ 23 ] [ 22 ] The purchase price was $3,920,000 ($41 million in 2023).
The new identity of the company was launched on July 8, 2021. [27] This name change applies only to the group company name with all market brands remaining in existence. In September 2021, Holcim reached an agreement to sell its Brazilian cement business to Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional at an enterprise value of US$1.025 billion. [28]
On 11 July 2008, the Albany Times Union reported that Lafarge's Ravena, New York plant "was the greatest source of mercury emissions in New York from 2004 to 2006" [42] According to the story, plans had been made to upgrade the plant to reduce the mercury emissions. A second story published the following day, stated that the factory had emitted ...
On December 22, 1953, Marquette Cement announced it would purchase the Southern States Portland Cement Company and the Superior Cement division of the New York Coal Company. [ 6 ] On January 11, 1961, Marquette Cement shareholders approved plans to acquire North American Cement Corporation of New York for an exchange of stock. [ 7 ]
A series of mergers and buyouts made Holcim one of the two largest cement manufacturers worldwide by 2014, roughly tied with rival Lafarge. In April 2014, the two companies agreed to a US$60 billion "merger of equals". The company was the market leader in cement production in Australia, Azerbaijan, India, Slovakia, Switzerland, and Latin America.
PPC Ltd, a supplier of cement, lime (material) and related products in southern Africa. It has 11 cement factories and a lime manufacturing facility in six African countries including South Africa, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Zimbabwe. The company is headquartered in Sandton (Johannesburg). [1]
In the early 20th century, Atlas Portland Cement Company produced eight million barrels for the construction of the Panama Canal (1903-1914); its product was the majority of cement used on that project. [1] For the construction of the Singer Building in New York City, 22,600 barrels of cement were used.
The original idea for MarketSite and the data visualizations and graphics came from Enock Interactive (now Percepted) in New York City. The project was 10 years in the making prior to the Times Square launch. [15] The initial installation of the MarketSite was in Nasdaq's former location at Whitehall Street in Lower Manhattan. [16]