Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair

Federal officials, then-Governor of Indiana Eric Holcomb, union leaders, company representatives, and dozens of guests assembled at Heidelberg Materials in Mitchell, Indiana, last year to celebrate a milestone for North America’s second-largest cement plant.

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded the company up to $500 million through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) for a groundbreaking modernization project aimed at building industrial might, strengthening supply chains, and revolutionizing a critical industry.

With that support in hand, company representatives

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