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Vulcan Materials Co

1200 Urban Center Dr
Birmingham, Alabama 35242-2545
USA
tel: +1 2052983000
http://www.vulcanmaterials.com/

Description

Vulcan Materials Company, with headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama, is the largest producer of construction aggregates in the United States and a leader in the world market. Construction aggregates include crushed stone, sand, gravel, and slag, which are used in the construction of highways, commercial buildings, and houses. The company operates quarries serving 22 states as well as Washington D.C., Mexico, Aruba, Chile, and the Cayman Islands. Revenue from crushed stone excavated in Vulcan quarries accounts for the vast majority of the company's total sales, though its two chemical business units are also leaders within their industry for industrial and commercial use of caustics and chlorine-based solvents. Vulcan produces a variety of chemicals, including chlorine, caustic soda (sodium hydroxide), caustic potash (potassium hydroxide), and chlorinated solvents. The primary market for chlorine is in the treatment of water and sewage, manufacturing pulp and paper, and as a major ingredient in many other manufacturing processes. Caustic soda is used mainly in the production of aluminum, soap and detergent products, and wood pulp. Caustic potash is utilized in the production of other potassium chemicals as well as in fine soaps and lotions. Lastly, chlorinated solvents are employed for cleaning metals and textiles and as an intermediate chemical in the manufacture of other materials.

Products

• Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturing 
• Construction Sand and Gravel Mining 
• Crushed and broken granite 
• Crushed and Broken Granite Mining and Quarrying 
• Crushed and broken limestone 
• Crushed and Broken Limestone Mining and Quarrying 
• Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing 
• Ready-mixed concrete