MAGNESITA REFRACTORIES SOLVES ITS TRAMP METAL PROBLEM. By Mark S. Kuhar A sprawling 160-acre quarry in York, Pa., is home to one of the world’s largest reserves of dolomite used in refractory and dolomitic products for lime, steel and cement. Magnesita Refractories has operated this mine since 1950 and processes more than 60,000 metric tons per month of this important…
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Frac Fights Back
WITH OIL PRICES ON THE RISE, IS THE MARKET FOR FRAC SAND ABOUT TO HEAT UP AGAIN? By Mark S. Kuhar It’s all about oil prices. The dramatic drop in the price of a barrel of oil over the past year has had the frac sand industry scrambling to make ends meet. With drilling at a standstill, only wells currently…
Read MoreModular Equipment Design
WHAT ARE THE MAIN BENEFITS OF THE MOVE TO MODULAR FOR MATERIALS PRODUCERS? By Mark S. Kuhar In recent years, quarry operators have seen the topic of modular equipment become even more popular. But what are the main benefits of the move to modular for materials producers? Is it really going to deliver on the requirements of the industry? Material…
Read MoreA New Standard in Material Cleaning
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY BRINGS SUSTAINABILITY AND EFFICIENCY, WHILE PRODUCING MORE PROFITS. By Michael Honea Haver & Boecker’s Hydro-Clean has only two main wear parts: spray nozzles and valve seals. Its efficient design allows easy accessibility to the wear parts simply by opening the washing drum’s lid for simple, operator-level maintenance. Water restrictions. Droughts. Increasing energy costs. More and more frequently, state…
Read MoreFlying High With a VSI
BODEAN’S MARK WEST QUARRY EXPANDS INTO MANUFACTURED SAND. By Carl Emigh BoDean purchased its first REMco crusher for the Mark West Quarry in 1995: a Dual Drive SandMax 9000 VSI with two 250-hp, 1800-rpm electric motors, and a 37-in. 5-port rotor. It replaced a 44-in. Fine Head cone crusher. The original objective was to balance plant production while making the…
Read MoreRock Products’ Aggregate Industry Market Report
In This Updated Analysis Prepared For Rock Products, Headwaters MB Looks At Fourth-Quarter 2015 Market Trends Such As Mergers, Stone Production And Pricing. By Brian Krehbiel
Read MoreFrom Reduction to Production
AN OVERVIEW OF THE DESIGN, MANUFACTURE AND INSTALLATION OF SIZE-REDUCTION CRUSHING SYSTEMS. By Eric Marcotte Designing and deploying size-reduction systems takes experience. Many people can collect and install some of the pieces they feel are needed to create a working system, but experience with the interrelationships between components is harder to find. And to ensure safety and performance, crushing, screening,…
Read MoreBenchmark 2016: An Exclusive Survey
Rock Products’ Annual Survey On the Opinions, Concerns and Buying Intentions of Producers Reveals What is On The Industry’s Collective Mind. By Mark S. Kuhar
Read MoreIMI Aggregates’ McCordsville Quarry
A 60-YEAR VISION APPROACHES ITS FINAL, SUCCESSFUL CHAPTER. By Irving Materials Inc. This 1956 aerial image shows the McCordsville Quarry one year after its opening surrounded by farms, open land and the undeveloped Geist Reservoir. Every good business plan starts with a vision. And that was certainly what Irving Materials Inc. (IMI) had when it opened its aggregate mining operations in…
Read MoreNo Longer a Reach
MATERIAL HANDLER’S SPEED, REACH PROVES ITS WORTH FOR LOADING BARGES AT TILCON NEW YORK’S QUARRIES. By Rick Zettler Entering a contract to supply riprap to projects along Long Island, Tilcon needed a machine with the capacity to load up to 11-ton stone at a 44-ft. reach. Driving around Tilcon’s Clinton Point quarry in New York, you will find the typical…
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