Ash Grove Cement Company

Ash Grove Cement Company is a cement manufacturer based in Overland Park, Kansas, USA. It is the sixth largest cement manufacturer in North America, and the largest US-owned cement company.

The company was established in 1882 at Ash Grove, Missouri as the Ash Grove White Lime Association. It commenced cement manufacture in 1908, with a plant at Chanute, Kansas. It now has an annual cement manufacturing capacity of nearly 9 million tons, from 9 plants:
* Chanute, Kansas coord|37|41|53|N|95|27|36|W|region:US_type:landmark
*Durkee, Oregon coord|44|32|31|N|117|25|16|W|region:US_type:landmark
*Foreman, Arkansas coord|33|41|45|N|94|25|17|W|region:US_type:landmark
*Inkom, Idaho coord|42|47|29|N|112|15|03|W|region:US_type:landmark
*Leamington, Utah coord|39|33|49|N|112|11|49|W|region:US_type:landmark
*Louisville, Nebraska coord|41|00|18|N|96|09|14|W|region:US_type:landmark
*Midlothian, Texas coord|32|31|14|N|97|00|20|W|region:US_type:landmark
*Montana City, Montana coord|46|32|38|N|111|55|17|W|region:US_type:landmark
*Seattle, Washington coord|47|34|05|N|122|20|35|W|region:US_type:landmark

The company makes Portland cements, flyash cements, masonry cements, oilwell cements and soil stabilizers. It also operates a lime plant in Oregon, many ready-mix concrete plants in the Midwest, and a limestone quarry at Blubber Bay, Texada Island, British Columbia.

External links

* [http://www.ashgrove.com/index.asp Ash Grove website]