While some manufacturers face a shortage of skilled welders and long delays in filling open positions, Superior Industries in Morris, Minn., has deepened its pool of qualified workers with an uncommon – yet direct – approach to solving the problem. “You can’t just go and pull someone off the street and throw a gun in their hand and say weld…
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PB Materials Acquires Aggregates, Ready-Mix Assets in Texas
PB Materials Holdings Inc. (PBM), a regional producer of aggregates and ready-mix concrete in the Permian Basin, has completed the simultaneous acquisitions of substantially all of the assets of WUUD Aggregate LLC, ARM Trucking Limited Co. and Kermit Concrete Co.
Read MoreNSSGA Awards Barry K. Wendt Memorial Scholarship
The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association’s (NSSGA) Manufacturers & Services (M&S) Division selected Gregory Meyer, a senior at Virginia Tech, as the recipient of the 2017 Barry K. Wendt Memorial Scholarship.
Read MoreAggregates Production Dips in Second Quarter
An estimated 606 million metric tons (Mt) of total construction aggregates was produced and shipped for consumption in the United States in the second quarter of 2017, a slight decrease compared with that of the second quarter of 2016, according to Jason Willett, crushed-stone commodity specialist for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The estimated production for consumption in the first…
Read MoreHouston Hammered by Hurricane Harvey; Rebuilding to Take Years
Hurricane Harvey has hit the Houston area hard. At least 13 people are dead, with many more injured, as parts of the Houston area were inundated with more than 40 in. of rain, according to forecasters. Totals could reach 50 in. as rainfall continues.
Read MoreWhere Do You Want To Be In Five Years?
Rock Products management columnist Steve Schumacher asks, “Where do you want to be in five years?” Here is why he thinks that is an important question.
Read MorePublicly Traded Companies Report
The aggregates industry’s publicly traded companies reported second quarter results.
Read MoreSafety Training
By Joseph P. McGuire and Bill Snead A majority of companies in the aggregates industry have a genuine concern about the safety of their employees. In their efforts to ensure employee accidents and injuries are kept to a minimum, safety professionals continually look for that one program, new initiative or “silver bullet” to eliminate unwanted events on company sites or…
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced it is extending the effective date of the agency’s final rule on Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines until Oct. 2, 2017. This extension will allow additional time for MSHA to provide training and compliance assistance for its stakeholders. MSHA is developing a variety of…
Read MoreAggregates Production
USGS Reports The Estimated U.S. Output Of Construction Aggregates.
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