Takeuchi-US, a global innovation leader in compact equipment, announced Dykes Equipment dba Appling Motors as a new dealer, serving south Georgia. The full-service dealer specializes in new and used equipment, and will carry Takeuchi excavators, skid steer loaders, track loaders and wheel loaders. Based in Baxley, Ga., Appling Motors has been in business for more than 50 years, originally selling vehicles before transitioning…
Read MoreMonth: November 2019
Better Screening is Free Crushing
Diagnosing and Addressing Screen Media Issues. By Lars Bräunling
Read MoreThe Quarry & Aggregates (Q&A) Forum
Rock Products Presents the 2019 Quarry and Aggregates (Q&A) Forum: Industry Thought Leaders Open Up On Where We Are Going and How We Will Get There. By Mark S. Kuhar and Josephine Patterson
Read MoreEducation at ConExpo-Con/Agg and IFPE 2020
Education is always a vital component of both ConExpo-Con/Agg and IFPE to help attendees not only survive, but thrive in a changing and global industry.
Read MoreThe Fourth Industrial Revolution
by Tony Sinton The first, second and third industrial revolutions were all built around some form of energy. The first fueled by steam, the second by electricity and the third by nuclear power. Enter the fourth industrial revolution, powered by smart, autonomous systems that use data and machine learning as their fuel.
Read MoreHome Builder Confidence Surges
The month of October was a time of contrasting, and therefore conflicting, economic news that can be unsettling at times. The month started with a report from the Institute of Supply Management, indicating its manufacturing index fell to 47.8 in September, the lowest level since June 2009, from 49.1 the prior month. Readings below 50 indicate contraction, while those above…
Read MoreAnd in That State Up North . . .
I am an Ohio State Buckeyes fan, which perhaps unfairly jades my opinion of that state up north, but I think Michigan stone producers will agree that I am spot on when I say: the Michigan Office of the Auditor General is full of crap.
Read MoreFIRST LOOK – NOVEMBER 2019
TOP NEWS Michigan Dispute Michigan’s Office of the Auditor General claims that the Michigan Department of Transportation spent a questionable $100,000 on a study of the state’s gravel resources influenced by the Michigan aggregates industry, a fact disputed by the Michigan Aggregates Association. California Dreaming Trump administration officials threatened to withhold billions of dollars in federal highway funding from California,…
Read MoreSEMCO Publishing, Owner of Rock Products, Acquires Aggregates Manager
Denver-based SEMCO Publishing, owner of Rock Products, Cement Americas, Concrete Products and The Asia Miner magazines, has acquired Aggregates Manager and all its related products from Randall-Reilly, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Read MoreBipartisan ROCKS Act Introduced
Bipartisan legislation was introduced in Congress that supports the construction of much-needed public works projects with the access to raw materials necessary to build and revive the roads, bridges and infrastructure projects in our nation’s communities.
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