Score one for water conservation. Luck Stone recently upgraded the classification system at its Goose Creek Plant in Leesburg, Va., to a breakthrough dry process system that eliminates the need for water. Called a Gravitational Inertial Classifier (GIC), this system uses only ambient air and gravity to remove fine particles under 75 µm from clean, crushed stone, saving upwards of…
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Aggregate Industry Market Report
In This Quarterly Report, Provided Exclusively to Rock Products, Capstone Headwaters Provides Insight Into Merger and Acquisitions (M&A), Capital Markets Trends, Aggregate Production and Pricing Through Q4 2018. By Darin Good and Brian Krehbiel
Read MoreSuperior Hires Octavio
Superior Industries Inc. hired industry veteran Cary Octavio as its new territory sales manager for conveyor components in the Northeast United States. Octavio comes to Superior after almost 30 years of sales and service in bulk material handling markets. “Cary likes to get his hands dirty and comes to Superior with an incredible amount of technical conveying experience,” said Mike…
Read MoreBridges in Poor Condition; Pace of Repair Slows to Crawl
The length of America’s structurally deficient bridges if placed end-to-end would span nearly 1,100 miles, the distance between Chicago and Houston, a new examination of federal government data shows. And it’s a problem that hits close to home.
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