US: Supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) developer Terra has appointed Pete Lyons as its CEO. Lyons holds 30 years of experience in the cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete and construction sectors. He worked as President and CEO of Irving Building Materials from 2021 to 2025. He previously worked for Cemex USA from 2002 to 2015, eventually becoming Vice President & General Manager, US East Region Aggregates. Other companies he has worked for include refinery co-products specialist Oxbow Corporation. Lyons is a Marketing & Marketing Management graduate of Miami University in Oxford, US, and holds a master’s in business administration (MBA) from the Stephen M Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, US.
Colorado-based Terra is marketing its Opus SCM product as a secondary cementitious material that replaces fly ash. The company is currently building its first commercial-scale plant at Cleburne in Texas.
