# Eagle Materials to acquire Kosmos Cement plant in Louisville for $665M

Eagle Materials entered a definitive agreement to purchase Kosmos Cement Company's Louisville, Kentucky cement plant and related assets, including seven distribution terminals, for $665 million. The plant has capacity of nearly 1.7 million tons of cement annually.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2019-11-26
- Where: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
- Value: $665.0M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1.7 million tons of cement annually
- Products: cement
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Cemex](https://endata.com/companies/16140.md)
- [Cemex](https://endata.com/companies/16140.md) (partner)
- [Eagle Materials](https://endata.com/companies/22162.md) (acquirer)
- [Buzzi Unicem](https://endata.com/companies/25033.md) (partner)
- [Kosmos Cement Company](https://endata.com/companies/43537.md) (target)

## Sources

- [ir.eaglematerials.com](https://ir.eaglematerials.com/news-releases/news-release-details/eagle-materials-inc-announces-agreement-acquire-kosmos-cement), 2019-11-26: "Eagle Materials Inc. announced today that the Company has entered into a definitive agreement with Kosmos Cement Company to purchase Kosmos’ Louisville, Kentucky cement plant, as well as related assets."
- [areadevelopment.com](https://www.areadevelopment.com/newsitems/11-27-2019/eagle-materials-kosmos-cement-company-louisville-kentucky.shtml), 2019-11-27: "Eagle Materials Inc. expanded its operations and entered into a definitive agreement with Kosmos Cement Company... to purchase Kosmos' cement plant in Louisville, Kentucky."
- [cemnet.com](https://www.cemnet.com/News/story/167846/eagle-cement-acquires-cemex-s-shares-in-kosmos-cement.html), 2019-11-27: "The Kosmos facilities are high-quality, low-cost assets that align with our long-term strategic growth plans and meet our criteria for new investment."
- [quiminet.com](https://www.quiminet.com/noticias/cemex-vendera-activos-a-eagle-materials-inc-4436375.htm), 2019-12-04: "Cemex, empresa cementera mexicana, informó que a través de su filial estadounidense Kosmo Cement Company, ha firmado un acuerdo definitivo para la venta de ciertos activos a Eagle Material Inc., en una transacción que rondará los $ 665 millones de dólares."
- [cemnet.com](https://www.cemnet.com/News/story/168090/eagle-materials-acquisition-of-kosmos-receives-approval.html), 2020-01-14: "The US-based Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has cleared Eagle Materials Inc’s agreement to acquire certain assets from Kosmos Cement Company, Kentucky, a joint venture between Cemex and Buzzi Unicem."

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