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…

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Arcosa 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…

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Algoma 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…

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New 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…

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