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08/07/2025

: Fortera, Graymont Enter Strategic Partnership; Martin Marietta Divests Midlothian Cement Plant; Heidelberg Materials Reports Slight Revenue Bump; Carbon Upcycling Wins Keeling Curve Prize; and More.

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08/06/2025

Calgary-based Carbon Upcycling Technologies was one of 10 companies from around the globe to win the 2025 Keeling Curve Prize, part of the Global Warming Mitigation Project. Winners were awarded $50,000 to help scale their pioneering climate solutions.

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Carbon Upcycling Wins Keeling Curve Prize 4 hours ago4 hours ago Cement Optimized News Calgary-based Carbon Upcycling was one of 10 companies from around the globe to win the 2025 Keeling Curve Prize, part of the Global Warming Mitigation Project. Winners were awarded $50,000 to help scale their pio...

08/06/2025

Fortera and Graymont signed a strategic partnership agreement to produce Fortera’s ReAct low-carbon cement, leveraging Graymont’s existing lime production operations and innovations in sustainable building materials.

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08/04/2025

Martin Marietta has entered into a definitive agreement with Quikrete for the exchange of certain assets, including its Midlothian cement plant and related cement terminals.

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07/31/2025

Heidelberg Materials reported that it has delivered “very good results” in the second quarter of 2025, in a persistently challenging market environment. The company increased its revenue slightly by €177 million or 3% to €5,683 million compared with the same quarter of the previous year.

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07/31/2025

: Eco Material to be Purchased by CRH; Opens PNW Plant; Cement Shipments Drop in April; Carbon Upcycling, Ash Grove Break Ground on CCU Facility; Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern to Create Transcontinental Railroad; Eagle Materials Cement Revenue Up 21%; and More.

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07/31/2025

Titan America announced second-quarter 2025 revenue of $429.2 million, compared to $433.1 million in the second quarter of 2024. Revenues were affected primarily by adverse weather conditions in the quarter, especially in the Mid-Atlantic segment, and continued softness in residential markets.

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07/30/2025

Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern announced an agreement to merge and create America’s first transcontinental railroad. The deal will connect more than 50,000 route miles across 43 states from the East Coast to the West Coast, linking approximately 100 ports and nearly every corner of North America.

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Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern to Create Transcontinental Railroad 3 hours ago Cement Optimized News Union Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. announced an agreement to merge and create America’s first transcontinental railroad. The deal will connect more than 50,000 route miles across 43 st...

07/30/2025

Carbon Upcycling Technologies and Ash Grove Cement, a CRH Company, broke ground on Carbon 1 Mississauga – a Canadian first-of-its-kind commercial carbon capture and utilization facility at Ash Grove’s cement plant in Mississauga, Ontario.

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Carbon Upcycling, Ash Grove Break Ground on CCU Facility 28 mins ago28 mins ago Cement Optimized News Carbon Upcycling Technologies and Ash Grove, a CRH Company, broke ground on Carbon 1 Mississauga – a Canadian first-of-its-kind commercial carbon capture and utilization facility at Ash Grove’s ...

07/29/2025

Utah-based Eco Material Technologies signed an agreement with CRH to be acquired for $2.1 billion. Following the closing of the transaction, the business will operate as Eco Material Technologies, a CRH Company.

Eco Material has also announced the opening of a new plant in the PNW.

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07/28/2025

Total shipments of portland and blended , including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in April 2025 were an estimated 9.05 million metric tons (Mt) compared with 9.18 Mt in April 2024.

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07/25/2025

Construction-materials economist Ed Sullivan is taking aim at retail construction, noting that it does not get much attention, but it is critical to a recovery in private, nonresidential cement and concrete consumption.

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