March 15, 2024 – Women in Aggregates (WIA) invites you to an important panel discussion at AGG1, the premier aggregates event in North America. Mark your calendars for Monday, March 25 from 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM CST and be part of the conversation shaping the future of women in this dynamic industry. Attendees can add the panel to their…
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The British Are Coming!
March 7, 2024 – The news was not unexpected, it had been rumored for awhile, but it just got real real: Breedon has entered the U.S. construction materials market. Breedon Group plc, in case you are not aware, is a leading vertically-integrated construction materials group in Great Britain and Ireland. Breedon holds “1 billion tonnes of mineral reserves and resources with long…
Read MoreAASHTO Warns Congress on Potential Highway Funding Lapse
March 4, 2024 – The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials sent a letter to Congressional leaders on Feb. 26 requesting action to prevent a “potential lapse of critical highway funds” provided by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act or IIJA at the end of the current fiscal year. AASHTO said the lapse risk is driven by the unprecedented growth of…
Read MoreHeidelberg Looks Ahead
Feb. 23, 2024 – Heidelberg Materials released its latest financial report. Once again, another executive likes what he sees up ahead. “Despite a persistently difficult market environment, we closed the past financial year with a record result,” said Dominik von Achten, chairman of the managing board of Heidelberg Materials. The company stated in the report: “We are optimistic about the…
Read MoreThe AVP Pulse Index for February
Feb. 20, 2024 – The AVP Pulse Index this month rose 1.2% month-over-month, while increasing 5.6% year-over-year. The index is up 16.5% over the past 36 months. The proprietary AVP Pulse Index – a joint effort between mergers and acquisition advisors Allen-Villere Partners, and Rock Products – illustrates the health of the industry in one single trend line, using relevant data that…
Read MoreVulcan Looks Up The Road
Feb. 16, 2024 – Vulcan Materials Co. just announced results for the quarter and year ended Dec. 31, 2023, reporting total revenues of $1.83 billion in the fourth quarter versus $1.73 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022; and $7.78 billion for full-year 2023 versus $7.32 billion for full-year 2022 – a dazzling performance indeed. Regarding the company’s outlook, Tom Hill, Vulcan Materials’ chairman and…
Read MoreMartin Marietta Looks Ahead
Feb. 14, 2024 – Martin Marietta Materials delivered a sweet Valentines Day gift to the industry, reporting the best year in company history. And aggregates shipments were actually down, 46.6 million metric tons (Mt) versus 47.7 Mt quarter over quarter; and 198.8 Mt versus 207.7 Mt year over year. You can thank double-digit pricing increases for that. Looking at the year…
Read MoreDredging Through Climate Change
Feb. 13. 2024 – The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) recently issued a white paper, “How the Dredging Industry Contributes to Our Communities’ Resilience, Sustainability and Adaptation in Response to Climate Change,” based on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), developed in 2015. This white paper demonstrates the dredging industry’s contributions to worldwide sustainability challenges. The UN SDGs represent 17…
Read MoreShark Week is Coming
Feb. 7, 2024 – Rock Products is a proud sponsor of the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association’s Young Leaders group. This year, once again, we will be sponsoring the Young Leaders Luncheon at AGG1 in Nashville. This year’s speaker will be Robert “Shark” Garland, a combat veteran fighter pilot of the United States Air Force. He was an F-15 Eagle instructor at…
Read MoreMSHA Alert: Truck Dumping Safety
Feb. 5, 2024 – MSHA reported that on Jan. 2, the driver of an over the road tractor-trailer haul truck died when the trailer tipped over onto the cab of the tractor. The driver was dumping part of the load of gravel from the trailer. Between 2018 and 2024, mine operators reported 14 injury accidents where over the road trucks tipped…
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