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Rhode Island and Providence officials joined McInnis Cement exec-
utives for an early-August groundbreaking at the deep-water Port
of Providence, where the producer is building a 30,000-plus ton
capacity terminal linked to its Port-Daniel-Gascons mill under
construction in eastern Quebec. The $22 million storage and
loading facility is positioned to supply much of the New England
construction market, especially in Rhode Island, Connecticut and
Massachusetts.
"Thanks to partnerships with state and city officials, our
high-quality product will be able to efficiently and dependably
reach customers throughout an area that currently, and routinely
in the past, has had challenges with reliable supply," says McIn-
nis Senior Vice President, Marketing, Sales and Distribution Jim
Braselton. Sited along a Gulf of St. Lawrence inlet, he adds, the
Port-Daniel-Gascons operation becomes the first North American
greenfield mill New England concrete producers have seen in more
than 50 years.
"The plant, strategically located in an area rich with limestone,
is capable of producing 2.2 million metric tons of cement every
year, which will meet the need for greater production in the U.S.,"
Braselton affirms. "[It] will place McInnis at the industry's fore-
front by redefining the way cement is made, and taking a greener
approach to the process to reduce the environmental impact for
each ton of produced."
McInnis Cement sites first U.S.
terminal at Port of Providence
The terminal encompass-
es an existing ProvPort
warehouse, which McInn-
is Cement aims to trans-
form into a world-class
receiving and storing fa-
cility. The company will
also build a modern rail
and truck station to load
up to 100 tankers and 10
railcars daily.