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accession: "0001193125-24-090224"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EXP"
cik: "0000918646"
company_name: "EAGLE MATERIALS INC"
filed_at: "2024-04-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T01:14:30.298704+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eagle Materials JV Texas Lehigh to start up 500K-ton slag cement facility in Houston summer 2024

## Summary
- New slag cement facility with annual capacity of ~500,000 tons expected to start up in summer 2024.
- Facility owned by Texas Lehigh Cement Company, a 50/50 JV between Eagle and Heidelberg Materials North America.
- Construction substantially complete; facility will supplement Texas Lehigh's existing cement plant in Buda, Texas.
- Expansion aims to meet rising demand for cementitious materials in Texas as fly ash availability declines.
- CEO cites the project as a step toward sustainability and reducing carbon intensity of product portfolio.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-090224
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EXP
- cik: 0000918646
- company_name: EAGLE MATERIALS INC
- filed_at: 2024-04-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/918646/000119312524090224/0001193125-24-090224-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/918646/000119312524090224/d820939d8k.htm

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