Redhead Equipment has been appointed as EvoQuip’s Canadian distributor for the province of Saskatchewan. It has eight locations across the region.
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Eagle Materials Concrete and Aggregates Revenue Spikes 30%
Eagle Materials Inc. reported financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2023 ended Dec. 31, 2022. The company is reporting record revenue of $511 million, up 10%.; and record net earnings of $117 million, up 14%. Revenue in the Heavy Materials sector, which includes Cement, Concrete and Aggregates, as well as Joint Venture and intersegment Cement revenue, was up 3%…
Read MoreTurner Mining Group Awarded $120 Million Mining Contract in Texas
Turner Mining Group broke ground on a four-year, turnkey mining contract for an industrial sand producer in West Texas. This mining services agreement expands Turner’s client portfolio into diverse markets as the global demand for frac sand continues to rise. Employing more than 80 miners to perform the services, Turner will manage and oversee all mining activities in a multi-site effort…
Read MoreHitachi Construction Machinery Parts Warehouse Damaged By Tornado
On Thursday, Jan. 12 at 4:30 p.m. EST, a tornado swept through Jackson, Ga., causing widespread damage. A world-class, 336,017-sq.-ft. parts distribution center operated by Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas Inc. was severely damaged.
Read MoreDurex Products Launches New Website
Durex Products Inc., based in Luck, Wis., announced the launch of its new website at www.durexproducts.com. Designed with a fresh, modern look; improved, more intuitive navigation; and enhanced functionality, the new site launched on Jan. 25. Durex took significant time in creating its new website to think through not only how the company itself does business, but also what information…
Read MoreColumbia Steel Casting Reaches Agreement to Sell Assets
Columbia Steel Casting Co. Inc. reached an agreement with the CMS Cepcor Group for the sale of key commercial and technical assets. The agreement will see the CMS Cepcor Group incorporate a new company, Columbia Steel Cast Products LLC, which will trade independently as “Columbia Steel” and retain the key Columbia Steel engineering, sales and commercial team.
Read MoreYou Make Your Own Luck
Jan. 25, 2023 – Almost 10 years ago, I visited Luck Stone’s Bull Run Quarry in Chantilly Va., to see a demonstration of an unmanned haul truck. “The company takes pride in its reputation as a collaborative partner that unearths innovative solutions to help our customers be more successful,” the company told me at the time. Well, it is still true today. The…
Read MoreLuck Companies Celebrates 100 Years of Powering Possibilities
In 1923, Charles Luck Jr. opened a crushed stone operation, Sunnyside Granite Co., in Richmond, Va. One-hundred years later, Luck Companies is the nation’s largest and fastest-growing family-owned and operated producer of crushed stone aggregates and environmental performance products.
Read MoreSEMCO Launches Construction Materials Carbon Management Web Portal
Market forces rooted in the Buy Clean, Carbon Neutrality, LEED v4 and Net Zero movements have spawned an important new web portal, Construction Materials Carbon Management, www.cmcarbonmanagement.com. The just-launched site follows cement, concrete and steel producer progress in lowering the carbon dioxide emissions factor, or embodied carbon, associated with structural elements for commercial and residential building or heavy/civil work.
Read MoreCEMEX Strengthens Aggregates Business With Canadian Acquisition
CEMEX USA announced that it has signed a definitive agreement for the purchase of the assets of Atlantic Minerals Limited in Newfoundland, Canada, consisting of a construction and chemical aggregates quarry and port operations as part of the company’s growth strategy. With this investment, CEMEX secures a new long-term aggregates reserve for its extensive Florida operations and the Eastern Coast…
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