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Released March 27, 2024 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Cement is one of the most used materials in the world, in everything from small-scale construction to large infrastructure projects. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the U.S. produced 91 million tons of portland and masonry cement last year. While this is down slightly from 2022 levels, the numbers are still indicative of a rising trend in domestic production over the past few years. Industrial Info is tracking more than $4.5 billion of active projects at cement plants in the U.S. Many of the projects targeting increased production remain in the planning or engineering stage, while much of the project activity presently underway at U.S. plants involves environmental, social and governance (ESG)-related projects.
The USGS reports that Texas is the largest producer of cement in the U.S., and the Lone Star State seems set on holding this title for a while longer as the U.S. arm of Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua SA de CV (Chihuahua, Mexico) expands its 555,000 ton-per-year plant in Odessa. Construction on the project began late last year, with design-build firm H&M Company Incorporated (Jackson, Tennessee) heading up the work. The project involves adding a third kiln to the plant, providing another 3,000 tons per day of cement production and bringing the facility's annual clinker production to 2 million tons per year. In addition, a new higher-capacity truck-loading system is being added, which will help accommodate the oil and gas sector's growing demand for cement in the region. The new kiln is expected to begin operations in late 2025. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Metals & Minerals Project Database can click here for more details.
Other capacity additions are planned for the coming years. In late 2025 or early 2026, Summit Materials LLC (Denver, Colorado) plans to begin adding a second kiln to its plant in Hannibal, Missouri, to double the facility's annual cement production capacity from 1.21 million tons to 2.42 million tons. Construction is expected to last about two years. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the project report.
Of the more than $850 million in U.S. cement projects presently under construction, many have an environmental component. Cement giant Holcim (Zug, Switzerland) claims that in 2022 alternative fuels such as biomass and other non-recyclable wastes met 28% of the company's thermal energy demand for clinker production. To help grow this figure, Holcim is wrapping up construction of a low-carbon fuel system that will use spent waste such as paper, plastic, rubber and asphalt shingles to lower the carbon footprint of its 600,000-ton-per-day plant in Hagerstown, Maryland. Combustion of fossil fuels in the traditional process accounts for 40% of cement's carbon dioxide emissions, according to Holcim. Subscribers can click here to lean more about the project.
Holcim is taking another tack at its plant in Alpena, Michigan, with the addition of a solar array. When completed later this year, the 25-megawatt array will offset 75% of the operation's power needs. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the project report.
Other projects are aiming for both new capacity and lower emissions. Sublime Systems (Somerville, Massachusetts) has a 100-ton-per-year pilot plant producing net-zero-emissions cement using an electrochemical that converts limestone to lime. The company plans to expand this plant to a 40,000-ton-per-year commercial demonstration scale beginning next year, putting the plant on track to begin commercial production in 2026. But Sublime may not stop there. A few years after bringing the facility to commercial scale, the company has tentative plans to grow the plant to 1 million tons per year, although this project isn't expected to begin until about 2029, putting the new production on track to begin in 2030. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the project reports on the commercial scale-up and subsequent expansion.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Metals & Minerals Database can click here to view reports on all of the projects discussed in this article and click here for the related plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
The USGS reports that Texas is the largest producer of cement in the U.S., and the Lone Star State seems set on holding this title for a while longer as the U.S. arm of Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua SA de CV (Chihuahua, Mexico) expands its 555,000 ton-per-year plant in Odessa. Construction on the project began late last year, with design-build firm H&M Company Incorporated (Jackson, Tennessee) heading up the work. The project involves adding a third kiln to the plant, providing another 3,000 tons per day of cement production and bringing the facility's annual clinker production to 2 million tons per year. In addition, a new higher-capacity truck-loading system is being added, which will help accommodate the oil and gas sector's growing demand for cement in the region. The new kiln is expected to begin operations in late 2025. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Metals & Minerals Project Database can click here for more details.
Other capacity additions are planned for the coming years. In late 2025 or early 2026, Summit Materials LLC (Denver, Colorado) plans to begin adding a second kiln to its plant in Hannibal, Missouri, to double the facility's annual cement production capacity from 1.21 million tons to 2.42 million tons. Construction is expected to last about two years. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the project report.
Of the more than $850 million in U.S. cement projects presently under construction, many have an environmental component. Cement giant Holcim (Zug, Switzerland) claims that in 2022 alternative fuels such as biomass and other non-recyclable wastes met 28% of the company's thermal energy demand for clinker production. To help grow this figure, Holcim is wrapping up construction of a low-carbon fuel system that will use spent waste such as paper, plastic, rubber and asphalt shingles to lower the carbon footprint of its 600,000-ton-per-day plant in Hagerstown, Maryland. Combustion of fossil fuels in the traditional process accounts for 40% of cement's carbon dioxide emissions, according to Holcim. Subscribers can click here to lean more about the project.
Holcim is taking another tack at its plant in Alpena, Michigan, with the addition of a solar array. When completed later this year, the 25-megawatt array will offset 75% of the operation's power needs. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the project report.
Other projects are aiming for both new capacity and lower emissions. Sublime Systems (Somerville, Massachusetts) has a 100-ton-per-year pilot plant producing net-zero-emissions cement using an electrochemical that converts limestone to lime. The company plans to expand this plant to a 40,000-ton-per-year commercial demonstration scale beginning next year, putting the plant on track to begin commercial production in 2026. But Sublime may not stop there. A few years after bringing the facility to commercial scale, the company has tentative plans to grow the plant to 1 million tons per year, although this project isn't expected to begin until about 2029, putting the new production on track to begin in 2030. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the project reports on the commercial scale-up and subsequent expansion.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Metals & Minerals Database can click here to view reports on all of the projects discussed in this article and click here for the related plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
