US: Martin Marietta Materials has entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of its Midlothian cement plant to Quikrete Holdings. Under the deal, Martin Marietta Materials will also hand over ownership of associated cement terminals and ready-mix concrete batching plants in North Texas. The company will receive in turn Quikrete Holdings’ 20Mt/yr-capacity Kansas, Missouri, Vancouver and Virginia aggregates operations, plus US$450m.