Cemex hosts college students for quarry restoration field trip
Cemex USA hosted students from the University of California, Santa Cruz, to view its Olympia Quarry restoration project. Photo courtesy of Cemex
Cemex USA invited college students from the University of California, Santa Cruz, to a field trip at its retired Olympia Quarry near Santa Cruz, California.
During the trip, Cemex emphasized to about 25 students the importance of restoring the environment. The students had the opportunity to learn about the quarry’s mining operations and were able to observe the reclamation efforts underway at the facility.
Reclamation at the Olympia Quarry began in 2005 after the facility closed. According to the company, crews from Cemex and Jodi McGraw Consulting are currently restoring native vegetation and endangered species habitats at the site. In addition, crews are removing invasive plant species.
“The reclamation is part of a plan to help some of the endangered species in the area,” says Debbie Haldeman, regional natural resources manager in northern California and Nevada for Cemex. “This will help revive the ecosystem and teaching college students about what’s being done will help them give back to the community in the future.”
Cemex is a global building materials company that provides products and services to customers in more than 50 countries throughout the world. Its U.S. network network includes 11 cement plants, 44 distribution terminals, 57 aggregate quarries and more than 270 ready-mix concrete plants.
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