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1. AGG1: A Texas-Sized Show: (Features); ... flown 10,400 worksite missions measuring 223,000 stockpiles across 1.4 million acres. York Building Products operates stone quarries, and sand and gravel operations throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland ...; Created on 13 April 2018
2. Two Pieces of Good News – While Your Are Waiting: (Editorial); ... new report finds quarries do not reduce home values. In a new policy paper entitled “Quarry Operations and Property Values: Revisiting Old and Investigating New Empirical Evidence,” Phoenix Center scholars ...; Created on 13 April 2018
3. Does Your Frac Sand Operation Reduce Home Values?: (Frac Sand); ... greatly reduced quarries’ impact, the environmental and economic consequences of quarry operations receive considerable attention, often in the form of adversarial “not in my backyard” (NIMBY) campaigns. ...; Created on 05 April 2018
4. Fourth Quarter 2017 Market Report: (Features); ... Company has acquired Aggregates USA for $900 million. The transaction closed in late December and is expected to grow Vulcan’s market share in the Southeast. The acquisition includes three granite quarries ...; Created on 21 March 2018
5. Ken Mulzer Sr.: (Rock Stars); ... today as Mulzer Crushed Stone, Inc. Mulzer Sr. began his career at a young age doing odd jobs around the quarries and concrete plant. He went on to graduate from Valparaiso University with a degree in ...; Created on 20 March 2018
6. New Report Finds Quarries Do Not Reduce Home Values: (Latest News); ... greatly reduced quarries’ impact, the environmental and economic consequences of quarry operations receive considerable attention, often in the form of adversarial “not in my backyard” (NIMBY) campaigns. ...; Created on 12 March 2018
7. Aggregate Producers Tout Use of Kespry Aerial Intelligence: (Latest News); ... revenue. To date, Kespry aggregates customers have flown 10,400 worksite missions measuring 223,000 stockpiles across 1.4 million acres. York Building Products operates stone quarries, and sand ...; Created on 12 March 2018
8. Cemex’s FEC Quarry Earns Community Relations Award: (Latest News); ... them on the value of quarries. “Cemex strives to be a good neighbor in the communities where we live and operate. We are proud of these honors from the NSSGA and thank our team at FEC Quarry for being ...; Created on 12 March 2018
9. Todd Ohlheiser: (Rock Stars); ... and operations in both U.S. and Canada. “Todd has been a hard-working advocate for Colorado operations and our entire industry for many years. He understands the needs of quarries and concrete producers ...; Created on 23 February 2018
10. Philippi-Hagenbuch Autogate Tailgates Ensure Full Truck Utilization: (Loading & Hauling); ... safety and extended tire life. PHIL tailgates include models suited for both articulated and rigid frame trucks, making them the ideal solution for everything from quarries to coal mines and even ...; Created on 21 February 2018
11. Quarry Services Drills Down: (Features); ... high-production quarrying meant diving deeper into an already-exposed resource rather than set aside production time to remove overburden. Today, when quarries return to pit development, they discover ...; Created on 20 February 2018
12. Charleston Stone Finds New Energy: (Features); ... an especially important industry to electric co-ops. Products extracted from quarries are heavy and shipping costs are high, so quarries tend to be located near the customer. The state of Illinois has ...; Created on 20 February 2018
13. Vulcan Quarries in Tennessee Now Part of Blue Water Identified: (Latest News); Seventeen Tennessee quarries sold by Vulcan Materials to satisfy federal regulators are now part of Blue Water Industries. The $290 million sale, which closed in December 2017, completed Vulcan's acquisitio ...; Created on 20 February 2018
14. Vulcan Materials Comes Up Big in Fourth Quarter 2017: (Latest News); ... rvice offerings in Georgia, South Carolina and Florida with 3 granite quarries and 16 rail distribution yards. The integration is proceeding as planned, although full synergy capture will require at ...; Created on 16 February 2018
15. February 2018 Economic Update: (Economics); ... Loadings from U.S. quarries totaled 23.2 million tons, an increase of 8.4 percent compared to 2016. Shipments from U.S. quarries also inched passed their five-year average. Shipments from Canadian ...; Created on 14 February 2018
16. Van der Graaf Debuts GrizzlyDrive Design Drum Motor: (Pumps & Motors); ... dust in coal mines, fine powdery dust in limestone quarries, abrasive steel particles in iron ore mines, as well as extreme belt tension. Although the drum motor has been used extensively to drive conveyor ...; Created on 14 February 2018
17. AGG1: The Year’s Premier Show: (Features); ... 101: Location: 332A&D New Life for Abandoned Quarries: Location: 310C Safety vs. Gun Rights in the Workplace: Location: 332B&E What Color is Your Flag? A Visual Approach to Changing Your Safety Culture: Location: ...; Created on 14 February 2018
18. MSHA Chief Outlines Priorities to Congress: (Latest News); ... were posed about compliance assistance for small quarries by lawmakers. Zatezalo also affirmed that small operations will remain a priority for the agency in response to questioning by Rep. Karen Handel ...; Created on 08 February 2018
19. Van der Graaf Debuts GrizzlyDrive Design Drum Motor: (Prime-Time Products); ... among which is motor and gear failure. Failure is mainly due to abrasive dust in coal mines, fine powdery dust in limestone quarries, abrasive steel particles in iron ore mines, as well as extreme bel ...; Created on 29 January 2018
20. MLPA Recognizes 2016 Safety Award Recipients: (Safety & Health); ... accident. Boone Quarries’ East Quarry plant has worked 24 years without a lost-time accident. Boone Quarries’ West Quarry plant has worked 21 years without a lost-time accident. Martin Marietta’s ...; Created on 25 January 2018
21. Illinois EPA Out of Bounds Targeting Quarries That Accept CCDD: (Green Resources); The news reports certainly grabbed your attention. Four in five Illinois quarries that backfill with concrete and other demolition waste showed higher-than-acceptable levels of toxins, according to state ...; Created on 25 January 2018
22. Capstone Headwaters Aggregate Industry Market Report: (Features); ... were in the Americas, eight of which were bolt-on acquisitions including one of the largest privately held aggregate producers in the U.S., Mulzer Crushed Stone Inc., an operator of six quarries, five ...; Created on 24 January 2018
23. Fisher Sand & Gravel Proposes Building Safe, Long-Lasting Border Wall: (Latest News); ... quarries to obtain the aggregates needed for the project. The company has secured construction partnerships with Caterpillar, CMC rebar and Arizona Portland Cement Co. Fisher Industries conducts mos ...; Created on 08 January 2018
24. Great Lakes Limestone Shipments Rise in 2017: (Latest News); ... above the trade’s five-year average. Loadings from U.S. quarries totaled 23.2 million tons, an increase of 8.4 percent compared to 2016. Shipments from U.S. quarries also inched passed their 5-year ...; Created on 05 January 2018
25. ENVIRONMENT - DECEMBER 2017: (Green Resources); ... member companies to submit comments as well. Comments will focus on the clear exemptions needed in a new rule, such as pits and quarries, water treatment systems, dry streambeds and isolated waters. ...; Created on 27 December 2017
26. Digital Communities: (Community Relations); ... about themselves and isn’t interested in really communicating? You cut them off. Send email sparingly. Quarries and transportation businesses are most interested in their customers and employees, but ...; Created on 27 December 2017
27. SSAB Debuts New Generation of Hardox Wear Plate: (Maintenance & Wear Parts); ... and unloading of heavy and sharp rocks in quarries and mines. The product offers: 85 to 100 percent longer estimated service life compared to Hardox 400. Guaranteed impact energy of 20 ft.-lb. ...; Created on 27 December 2017
28. BlastMetriX UAV Improves Blast Design and Analysis: (Drilling & Blasting); The new BlastMetriX UAV program from 3GSM GmbH allows quarries and mining operations to take advantage of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology to quickly, safely an accurately capture three-dimensional ...; Created on 27 December 2017
29. Nothing Beats Experience: (Editorial); ... tech pounded beams with a hammer. (This was prior to load cells.) In the pursuit of information, I have visited quarries in 29 states, and have attended countless trade shows, conventions, conferences ...; Created on 19 December 2017
30. MLPA Recognizes 2016 Safety Award Recipients: (Latest News); ... accident. Boone Quarries’ East Quarry plant has worked 24 years without a lost-time accident. Boone Quarries’ West Quarry plant has worked 21 years without a lost-time accident. Martin ...; Created on 13 December 2017
31. Illinois EPA Out of Bounds Targeting Quarries That Accept CCDD: (Latest News); The news reports certainly grabbed your attention. Four in five Illinois quarries that backfill with concrete and other demolition waste showed higher-than-acceptable levels of toxins, according to state ...; Created on 12 December 2017
32. Missouri Limestone Producers Elect New Board: (Latest News); The Missouri Limestone Producers Association (MLPA) announced the election of its 2018 board of directors and officers. Those elected for a second term are: Craig Bussen, Bussen Quarries; Todd Griesemer, ...; Created on 07 December 2017
33. Lakes Limestone Trade Up Almost 19 Percent in November: (Latest News); ... also 6.4 percent ahead of the month’s five-year average. Loadings from U.S. quarries totaled 2.5 million tons, an increase of 21.2 percent compared to a year ago. It should be noted, however, that ...; Created on 07 December 2017
34. Hardox Wearparts Launches New, Enhanced Website: (Manufacturers in Focus); ... footprint,” said Nancy Matos, head of market development for SSAB Services. “With the new website as the foundation, our focus is to give companies that are subject to intense wear such as mines, quarries, ...; Created on 05 December 2017
35. SSAB Debuts New Generation of Hardox Wear Plate: (Prime-Time Products); ... heavy impact. Typical working conditions include loading and unloading of heavy and sharp rocks in quarries and mines. The product offers: • 85 to 100 percent longer estimated service life compared ...; Created on 27 November 2017
36. Cemex's Balcones Quarry Hosts Quarry Academy: (Latest News); ... crushed stone operations in 2015. The USGS ranked two other Cemex quarries among the top 25 in the nation. During the four-hour tour, participants also watched a drilling exhibition by Sandvik Minin ...; Created on 20 November 2017
37. Elliott Joins MSHA Staff: (People on the Move); ... recently working as director of safety and health for Rogers Group Inc., Elliott truly understands safety at quarries and pits. He will work directly with acting MSHA Assistant Secretary Wayne Palmer for ...; Created on 15 November 2017
38. Conveyor Components Rip Detector for Use in Quarries: (Material Handling & Conveying); The Model DB belt rip detector, manufactured by Conveyor Components Co., is a mine-duty and quarry-duty belt rip detector, which operates on a simple cable pull concept. When a belt flap or tear, ...; Created on 08 November 2017
39. Keestrack Debuts New Diesel Electric Jaw Crusher: (Crushing & Breaking); ... mm (C.S.S.) that can be adjusted hydraulically at any time. Keestrack’s B3, without support legs, has no trouble keeping up with the work on building sites and in quarries and, thanks to the robustly constructed ...; Created on 08 November 2017
40. Goodyear Adds Key Size to Its Best All-Season OTR Tire: (Loading & Hauling); The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is committed to helping construction companies, mining operations and quarries elevate their productivity while lowering their operating costs.To help end users achieve these ...; Created on 08 November 2017
41. The Q&A Forum: (Features); ... economy is doing well and things are moving. Some areas that were shut down are opening back up, such as steel mills, mines, quarries. This is great for growth and when these come back on line, they need ...; Created on 08 November 2017
42. Summit Materials Sees Double-Digit Increases in Third Quarter: (Latest News); ... (Northeast Georgia). Georgia Stone Products is an aggregates bolt-on acquisition comprising two quarries in northeast Georgia. This transaction represents an expansion westwards into Georgia from Summit’ ...; Created on 30 October 2017
43. Conveyor Components Rip Detector for Use in Quarries: (Prime-Time Products); The Model DB belt rip detector, manufactured by Conveyor Components Co., is a mine-duty and quarry-duty belt rip detector, which operates on a simple cable pull concept. The Model DB belt rip detector, ...; Created on 30 October 2017
44. NSSGA: Tell EPA That WOTUS Needs Clear Exemptions: (Latest News); ... exemptions needed in a new rule, such as pits and quarries, water treatment systems, dry streambeds and isolated waters. Go to this link to leave a comment. ...; Created on 24 October 2017
45. Safety Lessons Learned: (Law); ... from MSHA. With quarries in every Congressional District, the industry successfully lobbied Congress to remove it from MSHA jurisdiction through a restriction on MSHA expenditures. The resulting industry ...; Created on 24 October 2017
46. Do Unto Others: (Community Relations); ... but to the outside world, this is not a good look. Quarries seem independent of the communities they operate in because they mostly work behind berms and fences, and sell their product to customers who ...; Created on 24 October 2017
47. Lakes Limestone Trade Up More Than 17 Percent: (Latest News); ... average. Loadings from U.S. quarries totaled 2.9 million tons, an increase of nearly 15 percent compared to a year ago. Shipments from Canadian quarries totaled 609,000 tons, an increase of nearly ...; Created on 03 October 2017
48. NSSGA Members Face Off With Congress: (Latest News); ... be built.” Huizenga also highlighted that complying with the many regulations on quarries is a huge issue for the industry. “There are some estimates that $5 billion is spent each year in constructio ...; Created on 27 September 2017
49. Big Names Highlight NSSGA's Legislative & Policy Forum: (Latest News); ... e the time it takes to get a permit reduced to six months. NSSGA President and CEO Michael W. Johnson welcomed the messages from Pruitt and Secretary Zinke. “The people who work in quarries around t ...; Created on 26 September 2017
50. Superior Hires Dan Bradford: (People on the Move); ... College and Michigan State University. He will work from a Superior branch office in Owosso, Mich., but his main office will be the quarries, pits and mines of Superior’s customer base. ...; Created on 22 September 2017

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