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Graymont Western’s
Indian Creek Plant
Graymont is a family-owned company whose management
team and employees are dedicated to meeting or exceeding
customer needs. The company focuses on the production of high calcium
lime; dolomitic lime; value added lime-based products, such
as specialty hydrates and precipitated calcium carbonates; and the
aggregate and pulverized stone business.
In North America, Graymont is the third largest producer of lime.
In the United States, subsidiary companies operate in Montana,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington, Oregon, Utah and Nevada, while
serving markets in a much wider geographic area. In Canada,
Graymont subsidiaries have operations from New Brunswick to
British Columbia. In addition to Graymont’s lime interests, Graymont
Materials (located in upstate New York and the province of Quebec)
provides construction stone, sand and gravel, asphalt products and
ready mix concrete.
Having been in the lime business for over 50 years, Graymont
operates facilities on sites that have been in operation for up to 200
years. The company is among the leaders in the industry in adding
new, efficient plants and equipment and operates some of the most
modern facilities on the continent. Since 1989, Graymont has added
new, state-of-the-art processing, increasing capacity by close to two
million tons, and will continue to add new capacity to meet market
demand.
Central to the company’s corporate philosophy is a long-term
approach to business, built upon a solid commitment to sustainable
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growth through the active participation in responsible environmental,
workplace, and operating practices. At the same time, it is proud
of its past accomplishments which demonstrate Graymont’s commitment
to responsible conduct of the business.
In Montana, the Indian Creek plant is located near Townsend, just
north of the Limestone Hills. Here, lime is produced in two
coal/coke-fired preheater kilns. The plant is equipped with lime-sizing
and storage facilities, allowing Graymont to produce and store a
full range of bulk quicklime products, as well as a hydrator capable
of producing 300 tons of hydrated lime per day. This plant supplies
customers in Montana, as well as several other western states.
The quarry is located on the south side of Indian Creek. High purity
limestone from the quarry is trucked to the crushing plant, where
it is sized and conveyed to a large storage pile adjacent to the preheater
kilns. Bulk truck loading facilities are provided at the plant
site, and rail loading is available from a 1,500 ton terminal located
on the Montana Rail Link line in Townsend.
Graymont continues to be of significant economic importance to
the county, as it is the largest taxpayer in the county. In addition to
providing many well paying jobs, Graymont purchases many goods
and services locally, within the community.
Many important lime markets are serviced by Graymont:
Agriculture Asphalt
Building Construction – Lime Application
– Mortar – Plastering – Restoration – Whitewash