When the FAST Act was signed into law in 2015 by President Obama, it averaged $45 billion per year in spending on roads and bridges. Contrast that to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act just passed by the Senate. The bill, which now goes to the House, averages just over $70 billion per year, according to National Stone, Sand &…
Read MoreDay: August 26, 2021
FIRST LOOK – September 2021
TOP NEWS Senate Passes $1 Trillion Infrastructure BillThe Senate passed a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal, a significant win for the aggregates and construction industries. Vulcan Material: Revenues on the Rise Vulcan Materials Co. announced results for the quarter ended June 30, reporting total second-quarter revenues of $1,361.0 million versus $1,322.6 million in the second quarter of 2020. Year-to-date revenues…
Read MoreBring on the Marshmallows
Aug. 26, 2021 – Over the years, we have seen former quarry operations become many things. But an urban campground is a new one. For years, the Dumbarton Quarry in Fremont, Calif., was a giant hole in the ground, a 320-ft.-deep gravel pit that produced rock used for half a century to build up San Francisco and Oakland’s airports, freeways, bridges…
Read MoreAthabasca Minerals Revenues Leap Forward
Athabasca Minerals Inc. reported financial statements for the second quarter ending June 30. In the second quarter of 2021, Athabasca reported consolidated revenue of $3.2 million ($0.2 million in the second quarter of 2020) with divisional contributions from AMI Aggregates, AMI RockChain, AMI Silica and TerraShift Engineering.
Read MoreCDE, Resource Materials to Hold Open House in Texas
Texas-based Resource Materials, a supplier of sand and aggregates to the local construction industry, is set to open the doors to its quarry in Jarrell, Texas, this September to showcase its new 450-tph advanced CDE wash plant.
Read MoreVulcan Finalizes U.S. Concrete Acquisition
Vulcan Materials Co. announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of U.S. Concrete.
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