U.S. Concrete Inc. announced that it has entered into an arrangement agreement with Vancouver, Canada-based Polaris Materials Corp. pursuant to which U.S. Concrete will acquire all the issued and outstanding common shares of Polaris for C$3.40 per share in cash by way of a statutory plan of arrangement.
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Trump Balks on Infrastructure Plan; Senate Dems Push for $500 Billion
Senate Democrats are launching an effort to win bipartisan support for the investment of $500 billion in taxpayer dollars in infrastructure improvements, according to the Washington Post.
Read MoreVulcan Materials’ Gurley Quarry Wins Environmental Award
Vulcan Materials Co.’s Gurley Quarry has been named the winner of the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association’s (NSSGA) Platinum Environmental Excellence Award, the highest environmental recognition presented by the organization.
Read MoreAggregates Producers Rock Capitol Hill
Hundreds of people from aggregates operations across the country took to Capitol Hill to ask representatives and senators to support infrastructure funding. More than 175 meetings were scheduled as part of The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association’s (NSSGA) Legislative & Policy Forum/Fall Board Meeting.
Read MoreNSSGA Members Face Off With Congress
Hundreds of people from aggregates operations all around the country are gathered in Washington, D.C., for The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association’s (NSSGA) Legislative & Policy Forum/Fall Board Meeting. Reps. Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.) and Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio), were two of several lawmakers who met with attendees during the second day of professional development, networking and meetings with members of Congress.
Read MoreBig Names Highlight NSSGA’s Legislative & Policy Forum
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt welcomed the aggregates industry to Washington, D.C., during The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association’s (NSSGA) Legislative & Policy Forum/Fall Board Meeting. Both remarked on the burden of overregulation facing businesses in the country.
Read MoreCASE, Distributors, Team Rubicon Pitch in for Hurricane Recovery
Hurricane Harvey is no match for this group. Veteran-led disaster-response organization Team Rubicon began the heavy equipment operations of “Operation Hard Hustle” on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, with equipment and on-site support personnel provided by CASE Construction Equipment and several distributors. Initial heavy equipment operations included debris removal and home demolition near Rockport and Aransas Pass, Texas, where the eye…
Read MoreMetso Offers Attachment System for Screening Media
Metso is introducing a new attachment system for its Trellex screening media that offers increased productivity and makes media change-outs safer and faster than with traditional systems. Up until now, the removal of worn-out pin and sleeve screening media modules has been a time-consuming and potentially unsafe undertaking. Metso’s innovative new attachment system improves worker safety during change-outs. There is…
Read MoreWestern Rock Products Celebrates 50 Years of Service
Western Rock Products is celebrating 50 years of construction service in southern and southwestern Utah and surrounding areas. In 1967, Western Rock Products got its start by supplying asphalt, paving and construction services in Cedar City, Utah. The company quickly grew and now in 2017, provides rock products, ready-mixed concrete, asphalt, paving and construction services along the I-15 corridor.
Read MoreSuperior Hires Dan Bradford
Superior Industries Inc. named Dan Bradford to its growing team of bulk handling and processing application specialists. Bradford will serve as a washing process engineer alongside John Bennington, Superior’s director of washing and classifying equipment. Bradford comes to Superior after two decades of work at Classification and Flotation Systems (CFS Inc.), which is based in Fenton, Mich. CFS specializes in…
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