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Heidelberg Materials brings slag cement further inland

23 August 2024, Published under Cement News

Heidelberg Materials North America has delivered its first major Speed slag cement order to Indianapolis. The company has completed the conversion of its cement plant in Speed , Indianapolis, to a slag grinding facility, cementitious materials distribution hub and terminal for Type IL powder from its plant in Mitchell , Indianapolis. Shortly after an upgrade to the Mitchell facility’s capacity to 2.4Mta in mid-2023, the producer outlined a new slag granule sourcing and Speed site evoluti...

Heidelberg Materials to receives US$5m in funding from EPA

23 July 2024, Published under Cement News

Heidelberg Materials North America is set to receive US$5m in funding from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the development of a cloud-based tool that produces environmental product declarations (EPDs) for building materials.  An EPD is a standardised declaration of a product’s lifecycle assessment that shows its impact on the environment. EPDs are vital for transparency on the carbon footprint of a product.  The project aims to develop a tool that substantially enhan...

Texas Lehigh Cement and Eagle Materials to launch slag cement facility

10 April 2024, Published under Cement News

Heidelberg Materials North America has announced that its Texas Lehigh Cement Co LP subsidiary, a 50-50 joint venture with Eagle Materials Inc , will start production this summer at a new slag cement facility in Houston, Texas, USA. Construction of the new slag cement facility is nearlng completion and the new unit is expected to have a manufacturing capacity of approximately 0.5Mta. It will supplement the Texas Lehigh cement plant in Buda, Texas. Chris Hobby, president of Heidelb...