Ash Grove Cement Company is a

cement A cement is a binder, a chemical substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together. Cement is seldom used on its own, but rather to bind sand and gravel ( aggregate) together. Cement mi ...

manufacturer based in

Overland Park, Kansas Overland Park ( ) is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas. Located in Johnson County, Kansas, it is one of four principal cities in the Kansas City metropolitan area and the most populous suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. As ...

. It is the sixth largest cement manufacturer in North America, and was the largest US-owned cement company until it was acquired in 2018 by

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, a global building materials business headquartered in Ireland. The company was established in 1882 at

Ash Grove, Missouri Ash Grove is a city in Greene County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,512 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Ash Grove was laid out in 1853. The city was named from ...

, as the Ash Grove White Lime Association. It commenced cement manufacture in 1908, with a plant at

Chanute, Kansas Chanute () is a city in Neosho County, Kansas, United States. Founded on January 1, 1873, it was named after railroad engineer and aviation pioneer Octave Chanute. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 8,722. Chanute is home ...

. It now has an annual cement manufacturing capacity of nearly 9 million tons, from 9 plants: *

* Durkee, Oregon *

Foreman, Arkansas Foreman is a small city in Little River County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,011 at the 2010 census. Geography Foreman is located at (33.721213, -94.396888). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total ...

* Inkom, Idaho *

Leamington, Utah Leamington is a town in Millard County, Utah. The population was 217 at the time of the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2), all land. History I ...

Louisville, Nebraska Louisville is a city in Cass County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,106 at the 2010 census. History The first permanent settlement at Louisville was made in 1857. Louisville was platted in about 1870 when the Burlington & Missour ...

Midlothian, Texas Midlothian is a city in northwest Ellis County, Texas, United States. The city is southwest of Dallas. It is the hub for the cement industry in North Texas, as it is the home to three separate cement production facilities, as well as a steel mill ...

* Montana City, Montana *

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, Washington *

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* Sumterville, Florida * Mississauga, Ontario *

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The company makes

Portland cement Portland cement is the most common type of cement in general use around the world as a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar, stucco, and non-specialty grout. It was developed from other types of hydraulic lime in England in the early 19th ...

s, fly ash cements, masonry cements, oilwell cements and soil stabilizers. It also operates a

lime Lime commonly refers to: * Lime (fruit), a green citrus fruit * Lime (material), inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide * Lime (color), a color between yellow and green Lime may also refer to: Botany ...

plant in Oregon, many

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plants in the Midwest, and a limestone quarry at Blubber Bay,

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British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

Recent news

On October 20, 2017, Ash Grove announced that its stockholders had approved a plan for the company to be acquired by

, a global building materials business headquartered in

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. On June 15, 2018,

announced that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission had issued its consent order for this transaction, thus completing the acquisition.

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External links

* {{official, http://www.ashgrove.com
125th Anniversary Celebration at Louisville, Nebraska plant
Cement companies of the United States Companies based in Overland Park, Kansas 1882 establishments in Missouri 1908 establishments in Kansas