SAPPHIRE AMERICAS
Delivering Zero Landfill Solutions to Coal-Fired Power Plants
Sapphire Americas is one of the premier industrial waste management solutions providers in the North America, a subsidiary of Ash Grove Cement, a member of CRH family of companies, the largest building materials company in the world.
Through the combined technical and operational expertise of Ash Grove Cement, and the extensive distribution network, national salesforce, and network of cement plants Sapphire offers zero landfill solutions for maximizing the beneficial use of Coal Combustion Products (CCPs), while maximizing economic and environmental benefits to the generator.
CCPs Managed & Profitably Marketed: fly ash, bottom ash, synthetic gypsum, ponded ash, landfilled ash, slag, and more. Sapphire team partners with our Ash Grove local commercial teams to market fly ash as a binder in the building material applications; and being one of the largest cement producers in North America, we are also the beneficially reuse of CCPs at our cement plants as Alternative Raw Materials, which allows industrial waste generators to achieve sustainable reuse of their waste while preserving natural resources used in cement manufacturing process.
Ash Grove Sales and Technical Support Team
Ash Grove’s sales team comprises more than 60 sales professionals and 15 technical service engineers, selling various cementitious products into diverse markets, including: ready mix concrete, oil & gas, soil stabilization, environmental stabilization, flowable fill, mine stabilization, asphalt, cement raw feed, and more.
Along with our field sales and technical service engineers, our state-of-the-art laboratories are staffed with multidisciplinary teams of engineers, chemists, and material scientists. Based on their analysis of your waste streams, we can advise you on the suitability of your byproducts for various end uses and, if needed, apply correctives to maximize beneficial use. As veterans and leaders in profitably marketing CCPs, we understand the importance of fully understanding the suitable markets for these unique products, as well as the non-negotiable importance of adhering to all local, state and federal environmental regulations.
As a vertically integrated cement and ready-mix concrete producer and marketer, Ash Grove and CRH family of companies are uniquely positioned to ensure long-term beneficial utilization of, and maximum financial return for, your Coal Combustion Products and Residuals.
