private industry construction materials founded clarkdale arizona united states 1959 headquarters scottsdale arizona key people roger r. smith chief executive officer and president 1 products portland cement gypsum and fly ash website salt river materials group the plant at clarkdale in 2013 the phoenix cement company headquartered in phoenix operates a cement plant in clarkdale in the u.s. state of arizona . built in 1959 by the american cement company to make cement for construction of the glen canyon dam on the colorado river the clarkdale plant produces portland cement fly ash and gypsum for a regional market . 2 the first load of cement for the dam left clarkdale by truck in october 1959 and shipments continued for nearly five years . north of flagstaff the trucks in the early years traveled on an unpaved road to page where the dam was being built . a truck loaded with cement left the clarkdale plant every 15 minutes until the dam was finished in july 1964 . 3 plans called for the plant to close after the dam was completed but other projects materialized . instead of decommissioning the plant the owners expanded it by one third in 1961 and it has since become the main source of cement for northern arizona and phoenix . in 2002 the company added a new kiln system and a 418 foot 127 m tall pre heater tower and since then has upgraded the plant in other ways . company officials estimate that the raw materials in the area can supply the plant for another 150 years . 3 although its name has remained constant the company has had several owners . it was a division of amcord from 1971 to 1979 and of gifford hill from 1979 through 1987 . since then the salt river pima maricopa indian community has owned the company and the plant . 2 in 2003 the company s sales activities were combined with those of salt river sand and rock under the name salt river materials group srmg . 4 references edit company overview . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved march 20 2013 . a b salt river materials group history . salt river materials group . retrieved march 19 2013 . a b phoenix cement 50 & growing . verde independent . western news & info . april 14 2009 . retrieved march 19 2013 . salt river materials group . salt river materials group . retrieved march 20 2013 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title phoenix cement company & oldid 647151729 categories companies established in 1959companies based in phoenix arizonayavapai county arizonacement companies of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 20 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view