Rock Products recently achieved an important milestone. We have now been serving the aggregates and cement industries for more than 125 years. We trace our beginnings to the launch of Cement and Engineering News, which was formed in 1896, and in 1924 merged with Rock Products, which itself had been founded in 1902. I like to think I was handed…
Read MoreMonth: March 2022
The Five Big States
March 4, 2022 – The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) just released its fourth-quarter and full-year 2021 report, finding that an estimated 647 million metric tons (Mt) of total construction aggregates was produced and shipped for consumption in the fourth quarter of 2021; and the estimated annual output of construction aggregates produced for consumption in 2021 was 2.54 billion metric tons (Gt). The five…
Read MoreFirst Look – March 2022
TOP NEWS Vulcan Reports Excellent 2021 ResultsVulcan Materials Co. announced results for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2021. The company is reporting that total revenues increased 37% to $1.606 billion, driven by the addition of U.S. Concrete (USCR) operations as well as strong growth in the company’s legacy aggregates business. For the full year 2021, the company is reporting that…
Read MoreAggregates Production Rises 5% in 2021
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released the report “Crushed Stone and Sand and Gravel in the Fourth Quarter 2021.“
Read MoreAthabasca Minerals Closes Wisconsin Acquisition
Athabasca Minerals Inc. closed the strategic acquisition of an operational U.S. sand mine and facilities in Wisconsin. The assets include real estate of 1,100 acres, a fully functional and staffed mine and processing plant capable of 2 million tpy of sand, fixed storage, rail transload with unit-train capability (i.e. loading/unloading 100 railcar shipments), mobile equipment and active supply chain contracts.
Read MoreWalker Aggregates’ Severn Quarry Receives OSSGA Award
Walker Aggregates’ Severn Quarry in the Township of Severn, Ontario, Canada, has received the Ontario Stone, Sand & Gravel Association’s (OSSGA) 2021 Community Relations award, presented at OSSGA’s 2022 Conference & AGM at the end of February.
Read MoreCDE to Hold AGG1 Product Showcase
CDE, a supplier of sand and aggregate wet processing solutions for the natural processing and waste recycling sectors, announced its AGG1 product showcase and details of an upcoming talk on the topic of sustainable aggregates production.
Read MoreCalCIMA Updates
March 2, 2022 – According to Charley Rea at CalCIMA, the California State Transportation Agency recently expressed support for the federal National Supply Chain Report, which “highlights the need for strategic investments to upgrade and modernize our infrastructure to enhance capacity.” The state has committed $2.3 billion for freight transportation infrastructure and port upgrades. Also, Caltrans announced that it has adopted a…
Read MoreGCAA Holds Workshop/EXPO
After a one year hiatus in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2022 Georgia Construction Aggregate Association (GCAA) Workshop/EXPO kicked off on Tuesday, Feb. 22 at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta.
Read MoreCEMCO Appoints Jennifer Hise-Trujillo as President
CEMCO Inc., an industry leader in manufacturing portable and stationary VSI crushing systems, appointed Jennifer Hise-Trujillo as its new president.
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