public company traded as nyse vmc s & p 500 component industry construction materials founded 1909 as birmingham slag company headquarters birmingham alabama united states key people j. thomas hill chief executive officer john r. mcpherson chief financial officer michael r. mills general counsel products crushed stone sand and gravel revenue 3.422 billion 2015 1 number of employees 9 917 2008 website http www.vulcanmaterials.com vulcan materials company is an american company based in birmingham alabama . it is principally engaged in the production distribution and sale of construction materials . vulcan is the largest producer of construction materials primarily gravel crushed stone and sand and employs approximately 7 000 people at over 300 facilities . vulcan serves 19 states the district of columbia and mexico . vulcan s innovative crescent market project led to construction of a large quarry and deep water seaport on the yucat n peninsula of mexico just south of cancun . this quarry supplies tampa new orleans houston and brownsville texas as well as other gulf coast seaports with crushed limestone via large 62 000 ton self discharging ships . history edit on june 7 2005 vulcan completed the sale of its chemicals business known as vulcan chemicals to occidental chemical corporation . the sale of assets included vulcan s chloralkali plants in wichita kansas ; geismar louisiana ; and port edwards wisconsin as well as vulcan chemicals joint venture located in geismar louisiana . in 2005 vulcan acquired 11 aggregates operations and five asphalt plants in arizona georgia indiana and tennessee . on february 19 2007 vulcan announced that it would buy stone and cement producer florida rock industries for 4.7 billion . 2 vulcan completed the acquisition of florida rock on november 16 2007 . in march 2007 vulcan announced that it had been named to fortune magazine s list of most admired companies for the sixth time . the company was ranked first in its industry sector building materials glass . overall vulcan ranked among the top 10 companies in the fortune 1000 for both long term investment and social responsibility . in january 2014 vulcan materials announced they would be selling their florida rock industry plants and equipment to cementos argos of colombia . in march 2014 vulcan was able to fully divest these properties to cementos argos . 3 references edit vulcan announces fourth quarter 2015 results pdf . vulcan materials company . retrieved apr 29 2016 . dolmetsch chris & lococo edmond 19 feb 2007 . vulcan materials to buy florida rock for 4.6 billion update4 . bloomberg . retrieved 12 may 2015 . basch mark 27 january 2014 . vulcan selling former florida rock cement facilities . jacksonville daily record . retrieved 12 may 2015 . external links edit vulcan materials website this alabama related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title vulcan materials company & oldid 724053058 categories mining companies of the united statescompanies established in 1909companies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies based in birmingham alabamaalabama stubsunited states manufacturing company stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 6 june 2016 at 21 13 . 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