Eagle Materials has entered into a definitive agreement with Holcim (US) Inc. to acquire its Skyway facility in South Chicago. This has the capacity to produce 600 000 tpy of granulated ground blastfurnace slag. The facility is being divested by Holcim as part of the competition requirements sur-?rounding the LafargeHolcim merger. The transaction, which is expected to close in Eagle Materials? second fiscal quarter, is subject to the closing of the merger.