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Read MoreMonth: February 2023
Charlie Luck Talks 100th Anniversary
Feb. 27, 2023 – One of the highlights of the March issue of Rock Products is our feature on the 100th Anniversary of Luck Stone. I had the opportunity to engage Charlie Luck – the company’s third-generation owner – in a one-on-one interview to discuss the milestone anniversary and to discover what it takes for a company to not just survive, but thrive, for…
Read MoreArcosa Cites Progress Achieved in 2022
Arcosa Inc. announced results for the fourth quarter and full year ended Dec. 31, 2022. In the fourth quarter, revenues totaled $500.3 million versus $521.8 million in 2021. Construction Products segment revenues increased 5% to $221.9 million primarily due to strong organic pricing across its businesses that offset overall volume declines as well as the addition of RAMCO, the Southern…
Read MoreAlgoma Central Corp. Sizes Up 2023
Canadian marine shipping company Algoma Central Corp. reported that customer demand appears to be strong in the Domestic Dry-Bulk segment in 2023 and it is preparing for its fleet to be fully utilized for the year. In its Product Tanker segment, the company expects customer demand to be steady through 2023, although energy markets remain volatile due to on-going hostilities…
Read MoreNew Home Sales Up in January
Declining mortgage rates and home prices in January, coupled with home builders use of sales incentives, helped boost new home sales last month. Sales of newly built, single-family homes in January increased 7.2% to a 670,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate from an upwardly revised reading in December, according to newly released data by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban…
Read MoreIt Takes More Than Luck
Charlie Luck Talks To Rock Products About Luck Companies’ 100 Years Of Powering Possibilities. By Mark S. Kuhar 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 through its Luck Stone, Luck…
Read MoreFrac Sand News
U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. announced net income of $31.6 million, or $0.40 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2022. Those results compared with net income of $32.1 million, or $0.41 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2022. Overall tons sold of 4.606 million for the fourth quarter of 2022 were essentially flat compared with…
Read MoreBKT USA to Feature Off-Road Tires at ConExpo-Con/Agg
For more than 30 years, BKT has successfully focused on specialty segments such as agriculture, construction, mining, industrial, earthmoving, port, ATV, and lawn and garden.
Read MoreKomatsu, Cummins Partner to Create Remote Equipment-Monitoring Solution
Unplanned downtime from equipment and engine maintenance at mines can be very costly. To create more value for customers, Komatsu and Cummins have partnered to deliver a new, integrated remote equipment-monitoring solution designed to reduce unplanned stoppages, accelerate maintenance execution, and extend component life and maintenance intervals. By sharing equipment health and performance data over common infrastructure, and collaborating on…
Read MoreHeidelberg Materials Touts Quarterly, Yearly Results
Heidelberg Materials, in its latest quarterly report, noted that group revenue in 2022 grew by 3% to an all-time high of €21.1 billion. North American revenue was up 17.6% for the quarter and 7.8% for 2022, although aggregates sales volume was off 5.7% for the quarter and 5.0% for the year; and cement and clinker sales volumes were off 8.2 %…
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