By Guilliaume Roeckel Keeping an eye on the wellbeing of your equipment and machines can greatly improve your sustainability efforts. For example, having preventative maintenance schedules in place can lead to up to 20% savings in raw material usage, as well as a 30% decrease in greenhouse gas emissions. So, if you’re actively trying to become more eco-conscious in your…
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Martin Marietta Aggregates Shipments Decrease, Profits Up
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. released results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30. The Building Materials business generated record revenues of $1.9 billion, a 10.5% increase. Gross profit increased 38.4% to a record of $649.5 million.. Third-quarter aggregates shipments decreased 7.3%, as softer demand in certain Midwest and Southwest markets was partially offset by continued strength in key Southeast markets.…
Read MoreFirst MSHA Silica Hearing Held
Aug. 9, 2023 – Louisville Public Media featured a good recap of the first Mine Safety and Health Administration hearing to gather comments on the recently proposed silica standards. The regulation would affect every mine, cement plant, and rock quarry in the country regardless of the material produced there. It would add protections for non-coal workers like requiring companies to…
Read MoreCalPortland Closes Redding Deal
July 1, 2022 – CalPortland announced that the purchase of the Redding cement plant and other assets from Martin Marietta Materials was successfully completed on June 30. In addition to the Redding cement plant in Northern California, the assets include related cement distribution terminals and 14 ready mixed concrete plants located in California. “We are pleased to welcome the new employees…
Read MoreMartin Marietta Update
May 3, 2022 – Martin Marietta Materials consolidated revenues crossed the billion-dollar mark in the first quarter of this year, according to its just-released report. Now that is a great start to the year, increased costs notwithstanding. The company also reiterated these “portfolio optimization” efforts that were recently reported. On March 1, the company announced a definitive agreement to sell its Redding…
Read MoreReports from Arizona and California
The Town of Prescott Valley, Ariz., has expressed opposition to a proposed sand and gravel operation in two parcels immediately adjacent to Fain Park and StoneRidge Drive. Both parcels, owned by the Fain Family Limited Partnership, are in unincorporated Yavapai County. The town will not reissue a prior right-of-way permit that would have allowed transporting materials mined from the parcels…
Read MoreSummit Materials Completes Cement Plant, Distribution Deal
Construction materials producer Summit Materials Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of a 1.2 million short ton capacity cement plant in Davenport, Iowa, along with seven cement distribution terminals from Lafarge North America Inc., for a purchase price of $450 million in cash, plus an exchange of Summit’s Bettendorf, Iowa cement distribution terminal.
Read MoreSeeking Cement
April 28, 2015 – I am blogging live this week from the 57th Annual IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference in Toronto, Ontario.
Read MoreDecember Impact Inspections Target Cement Plant
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced that federal inspectors issued 135 citations, 24 orders and one safeguard during special impact inspections conducted at 11 coal mines and two metal and nonmetal mines in December.
Read MoreMartin Marietta + Texas Industries?
January 25, 2014 – The word on the street is, Martin Marietta Materials is in advanced talks to buy the industry’s 14th largest crushed-stone producer,Texas Industries (TXI). An all-stock deal could be announced as early as this coming week, according to my sources.
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