CRH Cement, Mississauga Cement Plant

[wlbblw]

Ok, thanks. Their terminal here in Buffalo started out as Lehigh Portland Cement, then became Independent Cement, then St. Lawrence Cement, then Holcim, & now CRH. They used to get boats, but they haven't in about 15 years or more now.

[Guest]

It was was originally St. Lawrence Cement. Then the company was renamed Holcim.

[TWilush]

That's correct, cement carriers do not typically visit the plant. Ownership was originally St. Lawrence Cement, then Holcim now CRH.

[Guest]

Who owned the Missisauga plant before CRH?[/quote
Holcim

[wlbblw]

Ok, so its' shipped out by bulk carrier, but in larger loads that are handled by terminals like Duluth that have special equipment to take product from a straight decker I'm guessing? (Not specialized cement boats).

Who owned the Missisauga plant before CRH?

[TWilush]

The plant receives:
-Stone-Robert S. Pierson dedicated run
-Slag-Algoma
-Coal-Algoma

The plant ships:
-Powdered cement/clinker to Duluth and occasionally the East Coast. (Algoma bulkers handle the Duluth loads, Desgagnes/McKeil the East Coast runs)

[wlbblw]

Does this plant ship product in or out by boat? If so, what boats do they load/unload there?