Heidelberg Materials North America completed successfully the acquisition of US Giant Cement Holdings and its subsidiaries from the Fortaleza, Uniland and Trituradora groups (we reported here 3.12.2024). The acquired operations include a cement plant in Harleyville (photo) in South Carolina, four associated distribution terminals; a joint-venture deep-water import terminal in Savannah, Georgia; cement and slag distribution terminals in Newington, New Hampshire, and Thomaston, Maine; and a deep-water import terminal in Boston, Massachusetts. The purchase also includes Giant Resource Recovery (GRR), an alternative fuel recycling business in the Eastern USA.