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The Fourth Annual Slag Cement school by the Slag Cement Assoc is being held in Houston, Tx April 21-22.  Plant tour will be at the new Texas Lehigh slag cement plant. For more information go to the SCA website www.slagcement.org/school

U.S. slag cement shipments reached a record of 4.4 million short tons for 2023. Because of the performance characteristics, the demand for slag cement will continue to grow. With new plants and imports, we expect slag cement sales could reach close to 5 million short tons in 2024.

The second annual slag cement school by the Slag Cement Assoc is being held in South Chicago April 29-30.  Plant tour will be at the Holcim slag cement plant. For more information go to the SCA website www.slagcement.org/school

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) has an annual awards program for outstanding concrete construction projects. This year Skyway Slag Cement was part of the team that received the second place award for High Rise Structures. Second Place – High-Rise Structures The Reed at Southbank, Chicago, IL, USA. The Reed at Southbank is the first high-rise […]

Skyway Slag Cement was recently mentioned in the October issue of Concrete Products Magazine Titled “Pole Power”.  This article discusses a new plant Valmont Utilities recently built in Bristol, IN that produces concrete spun prestressed power transmission and distribution poles.  This new plant is the springboard for carbon reduction using IL cement and slag cement […]

Skyway Cement donated the slag cement to Youngstown State University for their concrete canoe competition. The slag cement was used to innovate a slag cement-hydrated lime concrete mix with no Portland Cement which the competition judges raved about the sustainable mix. They finished second at the national competition and received first overall for the product.