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New limestone <br />aggregates plant <br />in the city of <br />Chihuahua <br />The Mexico Division concluded the project that will allow replacing the fuel used in the <br />cement plants in Mexico and the project of the new limestone aggregates production plant in <br />the city of Chihuahua. We also increased the concrete-block production capacity with two new <br />plants in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua, which allows the company to maintain its leadership <br />position in the concrete-block market. Overall, investments made by the Mexico Division totaled <br />US$45.6 million. <br />The United States Division invested US$9.9 million in various projects. One of the most <br />significant consisted in the upgrading of the cement production equipment and expanding <br />storage capacity at the Rapid City, South Dakota plant. To improve the infrastructure of the <br />GCC Dacotah supply chain, we acquired land to build a cement distribution terminal in <br />Denver, Colorado. <br />In accordance with GCC's philosophy of continuous improvement and optimization of <br />processes to reduce production costs, we concluded the project to replace the type of fuel used <br />in the cement production process at the Samalayuca plant. This will allow us to raise our operat- <br />ing margins, and to reduce the exposure to price fluctuations on natural gas and fuel oil. We <br />expect to conclude the project at the Chihuahua plant during the first half of 2002.