Hundreds Of Youth Learn About The Impact Of Mining Through An OAIMA-Supported Festival. By Therese Dunphy For more than a decade, members of the Ohio Aggregates & Industrial Minerals Association (OAIMA) have participated in the Hug the Earth Festival held in conjunction with the Miami County Park District. Held in April, the most recent festival hosted nearly 2,000 students and…
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Wake Stone Makes Its Point
Jan. 19, 2022 – Wake Stone Corp. CEO Samuel T. Bratton penned an opinion piece for the Raleigh, N.C.-based News & Observer that talks about the importance of the company’s Triangle Quarry expansion, which was granted by RDU Airport Authority. His piece comes after the Umstead Coalition’s Natalie Lew – who opposes the quarry expansion – wrote a Jan. 11 op-ed that…
Read MorePeckham Materials’ Pleasant Valley Plant Holds Food Drive, Fall Open House
In mid-October, the Peckham Materials Pleasant Valley Plant held its bi-annual open house and food drive, with both being wildly successful, according to Christopher Hopkins, Peckham Industries community liaison. More than 150 Pleasant Valley residents came to the quarry for an afternoon of fun, food, games, education and charity.
Read MorePeckham Materials’ Pleasant Valley Plant Resumes Annual Open House
Peckham Materials’ (a subsidiary of Peckham Industries Inc.) Pleasant Valley plant hosted its first open house and food drive since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Between 175 and 200 Pleasant Valley residents and community members came out on the sunny July day to enjoy the festivities and learn about the day-to-day operations that take place at the plant.
Read MoreO&G Hosts Students at Quarry
July 27, 2021 – O&G Industries recently hosted high school students from Meriden Public Schools at its Southbury Quarry in Southbury, Conn. The onsite visit and tour, which included students from Maloney High School and Platt High School, is a part of the Meriden Public School’s career outreach program. Fifty students visited the quarry over a two-day span to learn about…
Read MoreFEC Quarry Hosts 5K in Support of Special Olympics
Cemex USA held its second-annual 5k Quarry Quest race at its FEC Quarry in Miami on Dec. 7, in support of Special Olympics Florida – Miami-Dade County, a local chapter of the world’s largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities.
Read MoreMulzer Crushed Stone Supports Global Giveback Effort
Volunteers from Mulzer Crushed Stone Inc., a CRH company, joined with 600 other volunteers to pack more than 147,000 meals for needy children around the world through Feed My Starving Children, a global world relief organization focused on children’s nutrition in third-world countries, the last weekend of September at Santa Claus United Methodist Church.
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