Caterpillar announced new products, equipment enhancements and Tier 4 updates at a media event in Peoria, Ill., attended by Rock Products Editor Mark S. Kuhar, who was the only chief editor of an aggregates industry publication to attend the event. The company showed off the new Cat 335F L CR excavator, which delivers a 16 percent improvement in fuel efficiency compared…
Read MoreDay: November 4, 2014
MSHA Reports Impact Inspections
Nov. 4, 2014 – They’re baaaaaack. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that federal inspectors issued 192 citations, five orders and one safeguard during special impact inspections conducted at nine coal and four metal and nonmetal mines in September.Non-metallic minerals producers inspected were Cemex Construction Materials of Florida LLC, Brooksville South Cement Plant (7 citations); Lafarge…
Read MoreBMC Enterprises Acquires APAC-Missouri Assets
St. Louis based Breckenridge Material Co., the region’s largest producer of ready-mix concrete announced that its parent company, BMC Enterprises Inc. has completed the acquisition of four APAC-Missouri aggregate assets.
Read MoreVulcan Materials Reports Strong Growth
Vulcan Materials Co. announced results for the third quarter ending Sept. 30, 2014. The company is reporting that total revenues increased $60 million, or 7 percent and gross profit increased $50 million, or 31 percent, while aggregates freight-adjusted revenues increased $66 million, or 14 percent. Average sales price increased 2 percent. Asphalt, concrete and cement segments gross profit improved $12…
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