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Released February 20, 2025 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Cement makers are expanding their foothold in the U.S., bringing more than $8 billion in planned or underway projects to the table. Most of these projects involve expanding production at existing plants, while others involve power usage and emissions reduction.
One of the U.S.' biggest cement projects is underway in Texas, where the U.S. arm of Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua SA de CV (Chihuahua, Mexico), driven by strong demand from the oil and gas sector, is expanding production at its plant in Odessa. Construction on the project began in late 2023, with design-build firm H&M Company Incorporated (Jackson, Tennessee) heading up the work. The project involves adding a third kiln to the plant, which will provide another 3,000 tons per day of cement production and bring the facility's annual clinker production to 2 million tons per year. A new truck-loading system also is being added to accommodate the higher capacity. The new kiln is expected to begin operations later this year. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Metals & Minerals Project Database can click here for more details.
A new finish mill is being added at what is claimed to be largest cement mill in the U.S., cement juggernaut Holcim's (Zug, Switzerland) Ste. Genevieve mill in Missouri. With an approximately $100 million investment, Holcim began the work late last year, stating in a press release: "The expansion will increase production capacity by more than 600,000 metric tons of cement while reducing net CO2 emissions, increasing circularity and accelerating decarbonization across the built environment." In addition, the rail loadout facilities also will be improved. The Ste. Genevieve mill was built in 2009 and is equipped with the largest single-kiln line in the world, according to Holcim. The plant has a current production capacity of 4 million tons per year. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the project report.
Reducing carbon emissions is very much in the plans for cement producers, who represent one of the most carbon-intensive sectors in the industrial world. Most of these emissions-reduction projects remain in the planning or engineering stage, but most have been judged by Industrial Info researchers as having a medium probability (70-80%) of being constructed as planned.
One of the most ambitious of these carbon-reduction projects comes from National Cement Company Incorporated (Birmingham, Alabama) (NCC) at its plant in Lebec, California.
The original plant was built in 1966 and acquired by NCC in the late 1980s. Since that time, the plant has been modernized with technologies to eliminate landfill waste, reduce emissions and lower energy consumption. But NCC is going even further with a planned zero-carbon project at the Lebec plant. A new facility will replace clinker with low-carbon calcined clay to produce limestone calcined clay cement (LC3). As part of the project, an alternative energy system will be constructed that will use fuel such as pistachio shells, sawdust, shredded tires and wood wastes to reduce both fuel costs and emissions. Finally, in the largest piece of the project, a carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) component will be added to capture the carbon produced from these lower-emissions processes and achieve cement production with net-zero emissions.
The project would be built in stages, with the fuel system being the first to begin construction, perhaps in 2026, and taking an estimated year and half to build. This would be followed by the LC3 plant itself, which potentially could be ready in 2030, following which NCC would begin implementing the CSS technology. The completed system potentially could be in place by 2034 following the CSS completion. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the related project reports.
Also in California, CalPortland Company (Glendora, California) plans to replace some of the coal used at its 2.2 million-ton-per-year cement plant in Oro Grande with an engineered municipal solid waste (EMSW) conversion facility to provide fuel to replace approximately 450 tons per day of coal and lower emissions. Construction began about a year ago and is expected to wrap up in the coming months. Subscribers can click here to learn more.
Monarch Cement Company (Humboldt, Kansas) is taking aim at the emissions of its 1.3 million-ton-per-year Portland cement plant in Humboldt by having project partner Evergy Incorporated (NASDAQ:EVRG) (Kansas City, Missouri) construct a 20-megawatt solar array on 105 acres of adjacent land. The solar panels will provide an alternative source of energy, displacing some carbon emissions and putting Monarch closer to reaching its goal of being carbon neutral by 2050. The array is nearing completion. Subscribers can click here for more details of the project.
Included in Industrial Info's coverage of the cement sector are more than 190 planned maintenance projects and programs at plants throughout the U.S., with the highest number of these occurring in Texas, the U.S.' largest cement producer. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the related project reports.
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).
One of the U.S.' biggest cement projects is underway in Texas, where the U.S. arm of Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua SA de CV (Chihuahua, Mexico), driven by strong demand from the oil and gas sector, is expanding production at its plant in Odessa. Construction on the project began in late 2023, with design-build firm H&M Company Incorporated (Jackson, Tennessee) heading up the work. The project involves adding a third kiln to the plant, which will provide another 3,000 tons per day of cement production and bring the facility's annual clinker production to 2 million tons per year. A new truck-loading system also is being added to accommodate the higher capacity. The new kiln is expected to begin operations later this year. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Metals & Minerals Project Database can click here for more details.
A new finish mill is being added at what is claimed to be largest cement mill in the U.S., cement juggernaut Holcim's (Zug, Switzerland) Ste. Genevieve mill in Missouri. With an approximately $100 million investment, Holcim began the work late last year, stating in a press release: "The expansion will increase production capacity by more than 600,000 metric tons of cement while reducing net CO2 emissions, increasing circularity and accelerating decarbonization across the built environment." In addition, the rail loadout facilities also will be improved. The Ste. Genevieve mill was built in 2009 and is equipped with the largest single-kiln line in the world, according to Holcim. The plant has a current production capacity of 4 million tons per year. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the project report.
Reducing carbon emissions is very much in the plans for cement producers, who represent one of the most carbon-intensive sectors in the industrial world. Most of these emissions-reduction projects remain in the planning or engineering stage, but most have been judged by Industrial Info researchers as having a medium probability (70-80%) of being constructed as planned.
One of the most ambitious of these carbon-reduction projects comes from National Cement Company Incorporated (Birmingham, Alabama) (NCC) at its plant in Lebec, California.
The original plant was built in 1966 and acquired by NCC in the late 1980s. Since that time, the plant has been modernized with technologies to eliminate landfill waste, reduce emissions and lower energy consumption. But NCC is going even further with a planned zero-carbon project at the Lebec plant. A new facility will replace clinker with low-carbon calcined clay to produce limestone calcined clay cement (LC3). As part of the project, an alternative energy system will be constructed that will use fuel such as pistachio shells, sawdust, shredded tires and wood wastes to reduce both fuel costs and emissions. Finally, in the largest piece of the project, a carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) component will be added to capture the carbon produced from these lower-emissions processes and achieve cement production with net-zero emissions.
The project would be built in stages, with the fuel system being the first to begin construction, perhaps in 2026, and taking an estimated year and half to build. This would be followed by the LC3 plant itself, which potentially could be ready in 2030, following which NCC would begin implementing the CSS technology. The completed system potentially could be in place by 2034 following the CSS completion. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the related project reports.
Also in California, CalPortland Company (Glendora, California) plans to replace some of the coal used at its 2.2 million-ton-per-year cement plant in Oro Grande with an engineered municipal solid waste (EMSW) conversion facility to provide fuel to replace approximately 450 tons per day of coal and lower emissions. Construction began about a year ago and is expected to wrap up in the coming months. Subscribers can click here to learn more.
Monarch Cement Company (Humboldt, Kansas) is taking aim at the emissions of its 1.3 million-ton-per-year Portland cement plant in Humboldt by having project partner Evergy Incorporated (NASDAQ:EVRG) (Kansas City, Missouri) construct a 20-megawatt solar array on 105 acres of adjacent land. The solar panels will provide an alternative source of energy, displacing some carbon emissions and putting Monarch closer to reaching its goal of being carbon neutral by 2050. The array is nearing completion. Subscribers can click here for more details of the project.
Included in Industrial Info's coverage of the cement sector are more than 190 planned maintenance projects and programs at plants throughout the U.S., with the highest number of these occurring in Texas, the U.S.' largest cement producer. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the related project reports.
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).
