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Giant Cement plans Savannah Terminal with Georgia Kaolin Terminals, Inc

11 October 2022, Published under Cement News

Giant Cement Company has signed an agreement with Georgia Kaolin Terminals, Inc, in Savannah, GA, USA, to build a 60,000t cement import terminal on the Savannah River for the growing southeastern US market.  “Cement demand in the southeast continues to show strong growth in all sectors,” says Tim Kuebler, president & CEO of Giant’s Elementia USA. “Population growth has spurred new infrastructure projects, expanding need for housing and commercial projects.”   The investment provides...

Lehigh acquisition of Keystone Cement breaks down

07 June 2021, Published under Cement News

The Federal Trade Commission has announced that Lehigh Cement Co (HeidelbergCement Group) and Keystone Cement Co (Giant Cement group) have decided to abandon their proposed merger. The news comes about two weeks after the FTC said it was challenging Lehigh Cement’s planned acquisition of Keystone Cement. "This is great news for cement customers in eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey," Acting Bureau of Competition Director, Maribeth Petrizzi, said in a statement. "The FTC voted 4-0...

HeidelbergCement

28 October 2019, Published under Cement News

HeidelbergCement’s North American subsidiary, Lehigh Hanson Inc, has entered into an agreement with Giant Cement to acquire its Keystone cement plant in Bath, Pennsylvania. The 1.1Mta plant supplies the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York markets with bulk and bagged products. “With its modernised kiln, healthy customer base and large limestone reserves, the Keystone cement plant is an excellent strategic fit for HeidelbergCement in North America and an important step in strengthening our ...

Lehigh Hanson set to acquire Giant Cement's Keystone plant

27 September 2019, Published under Cement News

HeidelbergCement has announced that its north American subsidiary, Lehigh Hanson Inc, has entered into an agreement to acquire Giant Cement’s (Elementia SAB de CV) Keystone facility in Bath, Pennsylvania. The agreed purchase price for the unit is US$151m cash free and debt free, equivalent to US$137/t of capacity. The plant operates 1.1Mta of cement capacity following a kiln line modernisation in 2009. It supplies the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York markets with bulk and bagged Portl...

Timothy Kuebler becomes country manager of Giant

03 January 2018, Published under Cement News

Timothy Kuebler has joined Elementia as the country manager of Giant, reporting to the cement division. Mr Kuebler has more than 30 years of experience in the cement industry. His previous position was as senior vice president for Titan (cement and aggregates). Additionally, Mr Kuebler has worked for Lehigh Cement Company as vice president of sales and marketing in the USA and Canada and he has collaborated with Builders Concrete and Titan Florida Materials companies where he served as vi...

Elementia restructures debt with new seven-year loan

05 December 2017, Published under Cement News

Elementia, SAB de CV has announced that it obtained a loan from Citi Banamex for MXN925m (US$49.6m) over a seven-year term, with payments beginning in the first half of 2020, given its two-year grace period. The financial restructuring is part of its strategy to strengthen its balance sheet and maintain its profitable growth. The loan successfully concludes the company's commitment, as announced in 2016, of exchanging short-term for long-term debt during 2017. The proceeds will be used to...

USA: Elementia acquires 55% stake in Giant Cement

02 December 2016, Published under Cement News

Elementia, SAB de CV has announced that its Board of Directors has given its final approval for the completion of the acquisition of a 55 per cent stake and full control of Giant Cement Holding Inc, USA. Elementia will acquire the controlling stake from Cementos Portland Valderrivas SA for US$220m. Elementia used proceeds obtain from he capital increase through a Rights Offering to complete the US$220m deal, resulting in an implied equity value of US$400m. The company then granted Giant C...

Portland Valderrivas board approves Giant 55% sale to Elementia

31 October 2016, Published under Cement News

The board of Spain’s Cementos Portland Valderrivas has formally approved the sale of a 55 per cent stake in its US unit Giant Cement Holding to Mexico’s Elementia, owned by Carlos Slim, who owns a 35.6 per cent holding in the Mexican company via his Grupo Carso. The deal includes a US$220 capital increase in Giant with subscription rights granted to Elementia, who will extend a loan of US$305m to the US unit. Giant’s parent company, FCC, has also given the go-ahead. Slim’s holding com...

USA: Elementia intends to buy 55% of Giant Cement

14 October 2016, Published under Cement News

Elementia of Mexico, 49 per cent owned by billionaire Carlos Slim, said it had signed a letter of intent to purchase 55 per cent of Giant Cement Holdings Inc, a wholly-owned unit of Cementos Portland Valderrivas of Spain. Currently, Giant has an accumulated debt of approximately EUR437m in a securitised bond issue, says dirigentesdigital. At the same time, Cementos Portland has signed a loan of EUR553m to repay part of its debt, amounting to EUR1114m according to the Spanish source. Ceme...

USA: New CEO at Giant Cement

21 August 2012, Published under Cement News

Jose A Llontop has been named as the new president and CEO of Summerville-based Giant Cement Holding Inc (GCHI), a subsidiary of Madrid-based Cementos Portland Valderrivas. Mr Llontop will oversee the company’s American operations at plants in Alabama, Maine, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. He previously held senior level positions at Cemex. “I am looking forward to returning GCHI to profitability through excellent customer service and product innovation, an efficient cost structure leve...