NRMCA member Lafarge North America has agreed to sell its Missouri and Oklahoma operations to Eagle Materials Inc. The transaction involves  two cement plants in Sugar Creek Eagle Materials, based in Dallas, said the deal involved two cement plants, six distribution terminals, two aggregates quarries, eight ready mix plants and a fly ash business. Source: September 27 article by The Kansas City Star. Read more.

In Minnesota, NRMCA member Cemstone Concrete Materials will be building a ready mix plant and retail showroom in the Mankato area. The plant will employ about 15 people. Source: The Free Press (Mankato, MN) for September 26. Read more.