US: Local press has reported that a cloud of slag dust from Mountain Ready Mix’s Yreka, California, plant ‘enveloped’ areas of Yreka on 5 August 2025. County authorities issued a shelter-in-place order. The California Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the situation, according to the authorities.
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.
Canada: Norcast ML Concrete Products has partnered with Meadow Lake Tribal Council Resource Development to purchase the Meadow Lake ready-mix concrete batching plant in Saskatchewan from Germany-based Heidelberg Materials. Operations will continue as usual, while the new ownership works to expand its supply of ready-mix concrete across northwestern Saskatchewan.
Norcast ML Concrete Products president Andrew Ardell said "We are committed to growing this business, with a focus on local employment, service excellence and community impact."
US: Ideal Ready Mix has announced the completion of construction of a new warehouse at its Ottumwa plant in Iowa. The facility will serve the plant’s growing concrete supply and construction services operations in South East Iowa. Fox 5 News has reported that construction firm The Rasmussen Group carried out the project.
