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CEMEX USA has announced that it is participating in the latest phase of construction of the Grand Parkway, the planned 180-mile circumferential highway in Houston, Texas.
The company is supplying more than 100 000 short tons of high-quality cement and more than 200 000 cubic yards of structural and paving ready-mix concrete for the Grand Parkway’s H, I-1, and I-2 segments.
In order to provide a more dependable and efficient service, CEMEX USA permitted and is operating a portable central mix plant to give crews with joint-venture contractor, GPI, a nearby location to directly access concrete for more than 50 miles of highway.
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CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (“CEMEX”) (NYSE: CX) announced today it is optimizing its supply chain to meet shortages experienced throughout the western U.S. The optimization includes a kiln’s recommissioning at a cement plant in northwest Mexico. This announcement leverages CEMEX’s unique supply chain synergies in North America to alleviate cement shortages and project delays in California, Arizona, and Nevada.
CEMEX is investing approximately U.S. $15 million to recommission a kiln with a production capacity of about 1 million tons of cement annually at the CPN cement plant in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. This investment should create more than 130 jobs in Mexico. Using its extensive distribution network in the region, CEMEX seeks to consistently supply Portland cement through its terminals in California, Arizona, and Nevada.
2. Its introduction begins today in California with Vertua
® Classic, which offers a reduction of 20 to 30 percent compared to industry standard Portland-cement-based concrete. Vertua
® Classic is now available at most CEMEX locations in California, including the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, and the Central Valley. At CEMEX, we take our commitment to sustainability very seriously across our operations and in new products, said CEMEX USA President Jaime Muguiro. We are proud to introduce Vertua
® in the U.S. as part of our portfolio of products that exemplify the future of building materials with low carbon concrete.
Vertua
® Ultra will offer even greater reductions of CO