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As part of its ongoing modernization effort, Ash Grove Cement Company, the largest US owned cement producer, is expanding the capacity of its Foreman, Arkansas facility by replacing the three existing wet kilns with a new start-of-the-art line. American Cement Company - Sumterville, Florida American Cement company, LLC, a joint venture between Oldcastle Materials and Trap Rock Industries, broke ground September 20, 2006 on a new Greenfield cement manufacturing facility in Sumterville, Florida. the plant is designed to produce 3,000 short tons per day clinker (approximately 1.1 million tons cement). The plant is scheduled to begin production in 2008. Florida Rock - Newberry, Florida To meet growing market demand, Florida Rock Industries, Inc. began developing specifications in 2005 for a second production line at its cement manufacturing facility in Newberry, Fla. Completed in 1999, the plant was operating at capacity and a new line based on the original Polysius Corp. processing technology would double production to 4,800 short tons per day (stpd). Buzzi Unicem USA - Festus, Missouri Faced with a compressed design schedule and equipment specifications testing industry limits, successfully expanding Buzzi's Selma facility required skilled engineering and expert logistics coordination. Holcim Colombia - Nobsa, Boyaca, Colombia Holcim (Colombia) S.A., is proceeding with the installation of a new slag and pozzolana grinding facility at their existing plant in Nobsa, Colombia. The project was approved in March, 2008 with start-up scheduled for December 2009.
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