Roanoke breaks ground on Chesapeake Terminal expansion

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US: Roanoke Cement, part of Titan America, has held a ground-breaking ceremony for an expansion at its Chesapeake Terminal near Norfolk in Virginia. Council members, other state and local officials and Roanoke Cement team members gathered to launch the project, to build a new US$40m storage dome. In response to increasing demand for low carbon cement, the storage dome at the terminal will provide an additional 70,000t of capacity, tripling the site’s existing storage volume. The Chesapeake Terminal will see expanded truck and rail capacity as well, and the improved terminal will enable the import and distribution of other raw materials needed to produce concrete.

"This important capital improvement is another investment in anticipation of increased construction material demand for infrastructure development and other projects," said Kevin Baird, president of Titan America's Mid-Atlantic Business Unit, which includes Roanoke Cement. "Expanded storage and marine terminal upgrades permit us to make low carbon cement available for construction needs all over the region."

The company expects the expanded facility to be completed by the end of 2023, in time for the region’s 2024 construction season.

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