The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on June 13, at a Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community site in Maricopa, Ariz., a dragline was found submerged in 25 ft. of water where a miner had been using it to remove material from a pond.
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Publicly Traded Companies
The Aggregates Industry’s Publicly Traded Companies Reported First-Quarter Results.
Read MoreAggregates Production
The U.S. Geological Survey Reports Recent Increases in Aggregates Production.
Read MoreA Change in the Future of Urban America
I have written in the recent past about what the COVID-19 pandemic has left permanently etched in our lives and culture, and as the scourge drags on through these summer months, it is starting to extend its cultural tentacles, reaching other areas of our lives and undoubtedly changing them forever. Two of the greatest truisms that have come out of…
Read MoreThe Aggregates Almanac Is Back
Welcome to the 2020 edition of the “Aggregates Almanac: The Ultimate Information Resource for Quarry Operators.” Published now for the fourth year in a row, feedback from our readers indicates that this publication is widely used and valued; and retained as a go-to information source.
Read MoreFIRST LOOK – JULY 2020
TOP NEWS House Committee Approves INVEST in America Act After more than 24 hours of debate that included the consideration of 177 amendments, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America (INVEST in America) Act. Oldcastle Division Develops WHO-compliant Hand Sanitizer Techniseal, a division of Oldcastle…
Read MoreSuperior introduces TeleStacker Conveyor Models with Onboard Power
Superior Industries Inc. introduced a standard new set of TeleStacker Conveyor models with onboard power. These self-contained, radial, telescoping conveyors are equipped with a 96kW Cat 4.4 Tier 4 Final engine. The most popular applications for the new models will be remote quarrying and mining sites, where access to permanent electrical power transmission is not practical. Today, self-contained TeleStacker Conveyors…
Read MoreMoving Forward Act
July 2, 2020 – With the passage in the House of Representatives of the Moving Forward Act – a $1.5 trillion plan to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure – House Democrats have done something other than just talk about the need to repair our roads and bridges. The plan includes $319 billion for highways and of course only cursory mention of a pay-for or an…
Read MoreHouse Approves $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Bill; Highways Would Get $319 Billion
The House of Representatives approved the Moving Forward Act, a $1.5 trillion plan to rebuild the nation’s crumbling infrastructure, pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into projects to fix roads and bridges, upgrade transit systems, expand interstate railways and dredge harbors, ports and channels.
Read MoreFrank Squires
Superior Industries Inc. announced that its washing product specialist, Frank Squires, is retiring after a 60-plus year career humbly serving the aggregates industry. Squires was a mentor to dozens of producers and manufacturers during his long, storied career including many colleagues in Superior’s wet processing segment. “Early on, he put me in the right situations and pointed me in the…
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