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The SEFA Group, LLC, a leader in recycling coal combustion products, announced today that it has been awarded a multi-year fly ash marketing agreement for Cumberland Fossil Plant, a TVA facility in Central Tennessee. SEFA has been serving the Tennessee ready-mixed concrete market since 1986 and currently serves customers in Eastern Tennessee.

The SEFA Group, LLC announces a new milestone in processing over five million tons of harvested coal ash for beneficial, encapsulated use since 2015. Coal ash is excavated from legacy ash ponds, beneficiated and converted into high-quality, specification-grade fly ash for recycling into concrete highway and construction projects.

The SEFA Group, a technology leader in converting coal ash for recycled use in concrete, was recently named Environmental, Health and Safety Supplier of the Year by Duke Energy. The award recognized SEFA’s 184,000 hours of ash handling, processing, and transportation of harvested coal ash for Duke Energy with zero OSHA recordable injuries. The award was presented at Duke Energy’s Sixth Supplier Exchange Forum on Wednesday, September 13.

Heidelberg Materials announced today that it has completed the purchase of The SEFA Group Inc., the largest recycler of fly ash sold for use in concrete products in the United States. This acquisition further strengthens the company’s cementitious footprint in the key Southeastern U.S. market and provides a solid platform for growth on the path to carbon neutrality.

Heidelberg Materials announced today that is has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire The SEFA Group Inc., the largest recycler of harvested fly ash sold for use in concrete products in the United States. Based in Lexington, South Carolina, the operations of The SEFA Group include five business units, five utility partners, 20 locations and more than 500 employees. The SEFA Group currently supplies quality fly ash to more than 800 concrete plants in 13 states.

The SEFA Group is pleased to announce major milestones in the thermal beneficiation of coal ash, converting the material for encapsulated uses as additives which improve concrete and other industrial products. The company has sold over 10 million tons of thermally beneficiated coal ash since 1999, and has substantially increased volumes sold in the last 12 months, surpassing 1 million beneficiated tons over that period.

On America Recycles Day, also known as National Recycling Day, The SEFA Group announces its 2022 impact in recycling over 1.2 million tons of coal ash this year to date. Recycling coal ash removes it from the environment permanently and eliminates future risk of leaching into groundwater.

The SEFA Group is pleased to announce a new milestone in the recycling of over 3.5 million tons of harvested coal ash. The successful recycling of coal ash from ponds to beneficial recycled use in concrete and other industrial applications involves partnerships among utilities, technologies, and concrete producers. At multiple facilities, ash is processed using STAR^® Technology, SEFA's proprietary process. The coal ash is converted into high-quality, specification-grade fly ash through the STAR process, and SEFA then sells this material to concrete producers for recycling into highway and construction projects.