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Ash Grove Cement Co. begins $350 million expansion Saturday, Oct 20, 2007 Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK - The Ash Grove Cement Company broke ground Friday on a new manufacturing plant that will replace its existing facility in Foreman. The project is expected to cost more than $350 million, according to the company. More than 600 construction workers will be employed during the construction of the new plant. New technology inside the plant will increase production by 700,000 tons per year, for total production of 1.7 million tons annually. Portland cement manufactured at the plant is used in the construction of highways, bridges and commercial complexes, and will be distributed to customers in Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Tennessee. Kansas-based Ash Grove also has Arkansas terminals and offices in Little Rock, North Little Rock and Van Buren. |
