Mid-States Materials Receives Award for Mined Land Conservation

Mid-States Materials LLC, a division of Bettis Companies based in Topeka, Kan., received the 2022 Outstanding Mined Land Reclamation Award (Non-Coal) from the National Association of State Land Reclamationists (NASLR) for conservation efforts at Plummer Creek Quarry in Scranton, Kan. This is the second time Mid-States has won this national award, a testament to their reclamation proclamation of protecting and…

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Summit Makes Senior Leadership Promotion

Summit Materials announced that Karli Anderson, formerly executive vice president, chief ESG officer and head of investor relations, will assume the title of executive vice president, chief people and ESG officer and head of communications, expanding her role to lead the company’s human resources and communications functions. “I am pleased to expand Karli’s leadership role at the company to encompass…

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Holcim Names Kindler Chief Financial Officer

Holcim’s Board of Directors has appointed Steffen Kindler as chief financial officer (CFO) of Holcim and member of the group executive committee, effective May 1, 2023. Kindler will take over from current CFO Géraldine Picaud, who has decided to pursue other opportunities outside the company. Ensuring a smooth transition, Picaud will oversee the completion of Holcim’s 2022 annual results and…

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MSHA Reports 23rd and 24th Fatalities

MSHA reported that on Oct. 7, a mechanic at a construction sand and gravel operation in Providence, R.I., was fatally injured when he was engulfed in material after he entered an air separator to clear a blockage. This is the 24th fatality reported in 2022, and the first classified as “Confined Space.”   MSHA recommends the following best practices to…

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Design of New Superior Portable Plant Extends Life of HSI Crusher Wear Parts

Superior Industries Inc. said its brand-new Portable Sentry HSI Closed Circuit Plant is equipped with the ability to process recycled concrete, reclaimed asphalt and pit run materials into valuable salable products. From a single feed, owners and operators will be able to produce up to four unique products.

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Gray Named President of Knife River Corp.

The board of directors of MDU Resources Group Inc. named Brian R. Gray president of the company’s wholly owned construction materials subsidiary, Knife River Corp., effective Jan. 1, 2023. David C. Barney will remain Knife River’s chief executive officer. On Aug. 4, MDU Resources announced its intent to separate Knife River into an independent, publicly traded company. The separation is…

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Chaney Enterprises Announces New Concrete Plant in Virginia

Aggregates and ready-mix concrete ready-mix concrete producer Chaney Enterprises announced the opening of its Norfolk concrete plant in Virginia. Chaney Enterprises’ new ready-mix concrete plant in southeastern Virginia is tactically placed in proximity to downtown Norfolk, the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, the Naval Operations Base (NOB), Norfolk International Airport, Little Creek Amphibious Base and the southside shipyards. The Norfolk concrete plant,…

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