Caterpillar Inc. announced a collaboration with Luck Stone, the nation’s largest family-owned and operated producer of crushed stone, sand and gravel, to deploy Caterpillar’s autonomous solution to Luck Stone’s Bull Run Plant in Chantilly, Va. This will be Caterpillar’s first autonomous deployment in the aggregates industry and will expand the company’s autonomous truck fleet to include the 100-ton-class (90-tonne-class) Cat…
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Durex Products to Feature Full Product Lineup at ConExpo-Con/Agg
Durex Products, Inc., Luck, Wis., will display its screen media, liners, wear parts and screen accessories in booth C-32567 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, March 14–18, 2023. The company offers numerous innovative urethane, rubber and wire screen media options, which allow customers to fine-tune production and increase tons per hour, while keeping products in spec and lowering operating costs.…
Read MoreCDE Announces Plans for ConExpo-Con/Agg
CDE, one of the leading suppliers of sand and aggregate washing solutions for the waste recycling and natural processing sectors, announced its plans for ConExpo-Con/Agg 2023, March 14-18 in Las Vegas, where it will debut new equipment, new projects and showcase the waste recycling solutions that are transforming dirt into dollars across North America. The company will exhibit in booth…
Read MoreAmalgamated Mining Group to Supply Sandvik Underground Rental Fleet
Amalgamated Mining Group (AMG) of Edmonton, Canada, will provide rental underground equipment from Sandvik including loaders, trucks, underground drills and bolters to customers in the United States.
Read MoreGCAA Makes Education Connection
Dec. 14, 2022 – The Georgia Construction Aggregate Association (GCAA) reported that Martin Marietta hosted representatives from Vulcan, Hanson, Luck Stone and staff from the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) at its Ballground, Ga., quarry. The focus of these GCAA-led meetings is to build inroads with the TCSG and local technical colleges like Chattahoochee Tech. Aggregate members shared insights…
Read MoreDoosan to Announce Name Change at ConExpo-Con/Agg
Doosan Infracore North America will introduce the company’s new global brand and logo, as well as several new products at ConExpo-Con/Agg 2023, March 14–18, in Las Vegas. The company’s new name and logo will integrate new brand values and its commitment to creating the smart construction solutions of tomorrow. Visitors to the exhibit at ConExpo-Con/Agg will be able to see…
Read MoreNearly 25,000 Transportation Projects Started in Year-One of Infrastructure Law
States leveraged their fiscal year 2022 federal highway formula funds to jumpstart nearly 25,000 new improvement projects in communities across America during the first year of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), a review of U.S. Treasury Department data through Aug. 31 shows. “A key takeaway from the Treasury data is that the bipartisan infrastructure law is working in…
Read MoreMaterially, Propeller Aero Highlight Technology Solutions With Webinar
Materially and Propeller Aero co-hosted a webinar, “Cutting Edge Quarries,” to highlight the value of their solutions to aggregates suppliers. During the session on Dec. 8, a representative from each company gave a presentation on their technology’s use cases and unique benefits for suppliers and then fielded questions from the audience. Ozan Yalniz, the founder and CEO of Materially, gave…
Read MoreWirtgen Touts First Practical Application of Kleemann MOBISCREEN MSS 802i EVO
From gravel from the rock face through railway ballast and on to building rubble: there’s no question that when such a wide variety or materials are loaded on the machines, multi-talents are in demand. A perfect environment for the new Kleemann screen for coarse elements MOBISCREEN MSS 802i EVO. In Germany, the first machine of the new design started work…
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Dec. 12, 2022 – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says that Northern Filter Media has operated just south of Muscatine, Iowa, for more than a hundred years, processing sand and gravel to be used in municipal water treatment plants and for other purposes. In 1985, the company installed a new burner in its dryer. The dryer was subsequently renovated in…
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