Eagle+ Dewatering Screen Reduces Moisture Content In Precision Aggregate’s Concrete Sand. By Mark S. Kuhar Precision Aggregate, located in Mesquite, Nev., provides high-quality construction aggregate products to the Las Vegas and northwestern Arizona marketplaces. The company operates a permanent plant in Mesquite and three portable batch plants, and the products they make are used in the construction of roads, tunnels,…
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Tailings Management
Decanter Centrifuge Vs. Belt Press Vs. Filter Press: Which Is Best For Tailings Management? By Mark S. Kuhar All aggregate and mining operations with a wet-processing plant will produce a waste stream. This waste stream consists of tailings – the process water and fine solids, clay and other deleterious material removed during the washing process. Traditionally, these tailings are sent…
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A Holistic And Smart Approach Works. Delta Sand & Gravel Co. Can Attest To That. By Ken Albaugh As part of Xylem’s turnkey solution, a slurry pump was installed to pump 3,000 gpm of water and fine material through 1,600 ft. of 12-in. SDR11 HDPE. This pump is robust and reliable, capable of pumping this harsh material with minimum maintenance…
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It was sometime in the late 1970s, but I remember the conversation, even the restaurant, very well. I was in my late 20s, and one of my friends who had migrated to New York after college and found a solid footing in Wall Street investment banking was back in his hometown of New Orleans, where several of our old friends…
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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) released its updated “Top 100 Producers of Construction Sand and Gravel in the United States” list. According to USGS Commodity Specialist Jason Christopher Willett, the top 10 leading U.S. construction sand and gravel producing companies in 2021 were, in descending order of tonnage: CRH Americas Materials Inc.; Vulcan Materials Co.; Martin Marietta Materials Inc.; Lehigh…
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TOP NEWS GraniteGranite has received approval from the Utah Department of Air Quality (UDAQ) to begin the public comment period as part of Granite’s Parleys I-80 South Quarry small mine air permit application. During this rigorous application process, the application undergoes a comprehensive 30-day comment period, allowing the public to provide valuable input. U.S. Supreme Court The U.S. Supreme Court has…
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