Rail Traffic for Aggregate Products Down in November

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic volumes for November 2023. U.S. railroads originated 1,128,573 carloads in November 2023, down 0.0%, or 102 carloads, from November 2022. U.S. railroads also originated 1,279,906 containers and trailers in November 2023, up 5.0%, or 60,486 units, from the same month last year. Combined U.S. carload and intermodal originations in November…

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Jarco Aggregates Purchases Assets of Corpus Christi Sand & Gravel

Jarco Aggregates of San Antonio has purchased the assets of Corpus Christi Sand & Gravel in Odem, Texas. Jarco Aggregates will operate and expand the existing dredging and material processing operation, introducing over 2 million tpy of top-quality construction and proppant sand into the South Texas Market. The site will offer TXDOT-spec sand, cement sand, frac sand, 57 stone, topsoil,…

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Victory for Vicdom

CDE Screening And Cyclone Technology Benefit Canadian Plant. By Mark S. Kuhar Vicdom Sand & Gravel has been supplying a wide variety of aggregate products to customers in Southern Ontario, Canada, since 1976 from its sand and gravel pits and limestone quarry in the Kawartha Lakes, Brock Township and Uxbridge areas.  With more than 1,000 acres of land licensed for…

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ConExpo-Con/Agg: McLanahan Corp. Portable Washing Solutions

McLanahan Corp. has for many years offered customers field-proven, easy-to operate equipment mounted on portable chassis to handle washing and classifying applications to meet customer requirements. McLanahan for the first brought this solution ConExpo-Con/Agg for its customers and dealers to see up close. While this is not a new piece of equipment for McLanahan, it is a highly demanded configuration…

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