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GIANT CEMENT HOLDING, INC. (GCHI), headquartered in Summerville, South Carolina, produces cement, concrete and aggregate for residential, commercial, and infrastructure projects. It is also one of the largest users of waste-derived fuels in the United States. Its subsidiaries include Giant Cement Company, Inc., Keystone Cement Company, Giant Resource Recovery, Inc. (GRR!), and Dragon Products Company, LLC. These companies manufacture and sell Portland Cement and masonry products throughout the eastern United States. GCHI is the fourth largest producer of cement on the east coast. Giant Cement Company, established in Egypt, Pennsylvania in 1883, commenced production at its Harleyville, South Carolina plant in 1948 and moved its corporate Headquarters to South Carolina in 1970. In 1984, Keystone Cement Company of Bath, Pennsylvania, became part of the Giant Group. In 2006, the parent company of Dragon Products Company, LLC, and Coastal Cement Corporation was merged into GCHI.Giant Resource Recovery, established in 1987, primarily recycles industrial waste products as a fuel source for the cement kilns. Cement kiln recycling provides an environmentally safe method of disposing of unwanted wastes, realizes significant energy conservation, preserves natural resources, and reduces the amount of coal needed to manufacture cement. Cementos Portland Valderrivas, S.A., based in Madrid, Spain, purchased GCHI and all of its subsidiaries in 1999. Cementos Portland Valderrivas is the largest cement company in Spain and operates cement plants worldwide.

Nearly as old as the aggregate it mines, Granite Rock (founded on Valentine's Day, 1900) operates four quarries, a design center, and other facilities in Northern California. The company, often referred to as Graniterock, provides materials for construction and landscaping: rock, sand, gravel, stone, concrete, asphalt, road oils and asphalt coatings, and masonry and wall-system products. The company has a fleet of railroad cars to transport rock, sand, gravel, and concrete; it also operates a fleet of delivery trucks. Its Pavex Construction unit builds roads and airports, as well as commercial and residential projects. CEO Bruce Woolpert (the grandson of founder A. R. Wilson) and his family own Granite Rock.

Grasim is in touch with its soft side and its tough side. Once primarily a textile manufacturer, Grasim Industries Limited is also engaged in the production of cement and chemicals. Grasim makes 18 million meters of textiles a year in its Haryana and Madhya Pradesh plants in India; its synthetic suiting (sold under the Grasim and Graviera brand names) is sold in a network of more than 250 showrooms and wholesalers. Grasim Industries Limited also produces viscose staple fiber (VSF). Grasim is a major producer of cement; it ventured into cement production in the 1980s and now operates about two dozen plants throughout India. A subsidiary of Aditya Birla, Grasim was established in 1948.

Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) sees the road to riches paved with plain old cement, not gold. The group's subsidiaries produce, market, and distribute cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates, and other construction materials in the US, Mexico, and Bolivia. With about 10 facilities in operation, GCC has an annual production capacity of approximately 5 million tons of cement. Additional products include cement blocks and prefabricated concrete products. Holding company Control Administrativo Mexicano owns about three-quarters of GCC.

Hammerstone (formerly Birch Mountain Resources) is trying to climb to the top of the heap in the industrial minerals business. The company was exploring and developing precious metal properties, but is now concentrating on industrial mineral properties (primarily lime and concrete aggregate) in the Athabasca region of northern Alberta. Formed in 1994, the company has two major divisions: industrial minerals and mineral exploration and technology. In 2008, after defaulting on a loan with its primary banker, Birch Mountain Resources went into receivership. An affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management acquired the assets of the company, including a limestone quarry in Alberta, in 2009.

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