Giant Modernization Project

As part of the modernization project, over $2 million was invested in GRR-Harleyville to enhance the processing and feed system for liquid and solid BTU-bearing wastes. These wastes are blended by GRR and burned as fuel by Giant Cement. A new, state-of-the-art chemistry laboratory was installed to test and monitor the fuels.

For more than 25 years, Giant Resource Recovery has served customers with environmentally safe and beneficial use of their unwanted industrial wastes as fuel in the cement kilns at Giant Cement, Harleyville, SC, and Keystone Cement, Bath, PA; and in the lightweight aggregate kilns in Arvonia, VA. GRR-Attalla in Attalla, AL; GRR-Sumter in Sumter, SC; and GRR Aerosols in Arvonia, VA, offer a broad range of additional waste processing and recycling services. Throughout Giant's 2-year expansion project, all of the GRR facilities provided continuous, uninterrupted service to their customers.

The processing and burning of alternative fuels by Giant and GRR conserves our nation's precious non-renewable energy sources by annually replacing 160,000 tons of coal. The Giant-affiliated kilns recycle 22% of all alternative fuels utilized in cement and aggregate kilns nationwide. As the processor and supplier of these fuels, GRR has long been recognized as a proven leader in the industry.

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Giant Cement Company has completed a 2-year, $130,000,000 modernization project at its Harleyville, South Carolina, facility. The new, state-of-the-art plant was officially commissioned on June 13, 2005. Following many years of planning and 900,000 construction man-hours, the facility is proud to be one of the most modern, technologically advanced cement plants in the United States.

Giant's mission is to produce top quality cement in an environmentally friendly, responsible, and safe manner. The goal of the modernization project was to increase cement and clinker production by 25% and to reduce overall plant emissions, thus improving the quality of both Giant's products and of the environment. Four wet-process kilns have been replaced by a dry preheater-precalciner kiln with a production capacity of 3,500 tons per day. Giant also installed a 2,300-hp Vertical Raw Mill and a 6,000-hp Finish Mill.

Further, in order to build a foundation for the successful future of Giant and its employees, the company committed $1.5 million to an extensive training program. This program prepared employees for the job opportunities available in the operation of the new facility. Giant's employees are now some of the best trained in the industry.