The Kentucky Crushed Stone Association (KCSA) announced its 2020 Safety Contest, Milestone and Good Neighbor Award winners. The association recognizes its members each year for safety milestones, plant improvements, being good neighbors and community involvement.
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Chaney Raises $88,000 for Charity
Aug. 12, 2020 – Chaney Enterprises gets it done. Despite the challenge of hosting events during the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Babe and Dick Chaney Memorial Golf Tournament went off without a hitch. The sold-out tournament took place on Monday, July 13 at Renditions Golf Course in Davidsonville, Md. After a great day of golf, sponsors and Chaney employees enjoyed outdoor refreshments as…
Read MoreReady Mix USA; CEMEX Foundation Help with COVID-19 Tests
Ready Mix USA, a CEMEX USA company, announced a grant award by its philanthropic arm, the CEMEX Foundation, to help support efforts by Birmingham, Ala.-based non-profit Christ Health Center to fund efforts to test uninsured members of the surrounding community for COVID-19.
Read MoreCarmeuse Donates Tablets to Help Communities Communicate
Carmeuse operations have stepped up in local communities where they operate, helping seniors and those in hospitals communicate during the COVID-19 crisis.
Read MoreOSSGA Presents Rehabilitation, Community Relations Awards
Lafarge Canada’s Orillia Pit in the township of Oro-Medonte, Ontario, Canada, has received the Ontario Stone, Sand and Gravel Association’s (OSSGA) 2019 Progressive Rehabilitation Award, presented at OSSGA’s 2020 Conference and AGM in February.
Read MoreLafargeHolcim Touts Quarries Honored by NSSGA
The Lafarge Presque Isle Quarry in Presque Isle, Mich., was honored with a Gold Award in Community Relations Excellence from the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA).
Read MoreNSSGA Announces Community Relations Excellence Awards
The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) announced the recipients of the Community Relations Excellence Awards. The awards program recognizes aggregates producers’ achievements in enhancing the public’s perception of the aggregates industry and the individual producer’s operation through their community involvement.
Read MoreEducated Investment
Sept. 10, 2019 – Lehigh Hanson Inc. announced that its Hanson Aggregates subsidiary in Columbia, S.C., will donate up to $500,000 to Columbia International University (CIU) in support of the university’s revitalization efforts along Monticello Road, the corridor to the CIU campus. The company, which has operations near Monticello Road, presented an initial donation of $100,000 to the university Aug. 20, according to…
Read MoreArgent Materials Helps Fund California Clean-Up Project
The mayors of Oakland and San Francisco formally kicked off the “Battle for the Bay” Cleanup Challenge taking place Sept. 21. Oakland’s Argent Materials joined the effort as a lead sponsor with a $50,000 donation – tying the largest to date – and commitment to field dozens of volunteers and host a community cleanup in its East Oakland neighborhood, in partnership…
Read MoreA Century of Meditations on Public Relations
Following Are 100 Observations That Quarry Operations Can Consider and Utilize. By Thomas J. Roach
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