Two years after Katrina, the New Orleans (LA) plant is completely up and running again.  Katrina, which bore down on the South-Eastern coast of the United States between the end of August and beginning of September 2005, was the most destructive and financially devastating hurricane ever to strike the country since 1900.
After forming in the Bahamas on 23 August 2005, the hurricane moved North and reached the coast of Mississippi and Louisiana on 29 August. As Katrina moved through New Orleans, it flooded and badly damaged our slag grinding plant, our dock and our cement distribution terminal.

Twenty-four months later, the slag grinding plant is operating five days per week, the cement shipping and receiving departments are fully operational, the dock has been rebuilt, and the offices have also been refurbished. In addition, the personnel who operate this facility are for the most part completely back in place. Some of these 46 employees were employed before Katrina and others were hired just recently.