Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua

Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) announced the expansion of its Dacotah cement plant in Rapid City, South Dakota, adding 440,000 tpa capacity. The $105 million project, started in 2016, is now operational, increasing total capacity to 1.167 Mta.

CRH acquired most of the ready-mix plants and transportation assets belonging to GCC in Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas for US$118.5 million.

GCC acquired the Trident cement plant in Three Forks, Montana, from CRH for US$107.5 million. The plant has a capacity of 315,000 metric tons.

GCC expects to commission the expansion of its cement plant in Rapid City, South Dakota in the second half of 2018, increasing total production capacity to 5.8Mta.

KKR and XPV Water Partners announced the signing of a definitive agreement to sell Axius Water, a water quality solutions company, to CRH, a building materials company.

Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) completed the acquisition of certain US assets from Cemex for $306 million, including a cement plant in Odessa, Texas, two distribution terminals, and concrete, aggregates, asphalt and building materials businesses in Texas and New Mexico.