An upstate New York court accepted a mine manager’s guilty plea today to manslaughter in the second degree, a Class C felony. Anthony Valente, a mine manager at a Grafton limestone quarry, admitted to causing Darren Miller’s death in October 2022 by recklessly disregarding and overriding safety features of a crane Valente was operating, which resulted in a piece of…
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Permitting Update: New York
The latest plan to quintuple the size of the Padua Ridge gravel mine is inadequate to protect its neighbor, the Watkins Glen State Park, from a host of potentially severe environmental risks, the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation declared last week. The developer’s 784-page draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) fails to fully address multiple threats, including stormwater…
Read MoreWomen in Aggregates Hosts Panel, Mixer at AGG1
On the first day of AGG1, Women in Aggregates (WIA) – formed by SEMCO Publishing, the parent company of Rock Products magazine – sponsored a successful AGG1 Academy session and networking mixer at the Music City Center in Nashville. The interactive “Finding the Next Generation of Women in the Aggregates Industry” panel featured Resa Furey, marketing & business development manager, Global Mining…
Read MoreDepartment of Labor to Honor Workers Whose Jobs Claimed Their Lives
When the nation first observed Workers Memorial Day on April 28, 1970, an estimated 38 U.S. workers suffered fatal on-the-job injuries each day and many more endured debilitating respiratory diseases and other life-altering illnesses related to workplace exposures. Today, work-related injuries in the U.S. claim about 15 people’s lives a day. In 2022, a reported 5,486 workers suffered fatal injuries,…
Read MoreMSHA Silica Rule Draws Ire of Industry
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) issued a final rule to “better protect the nation’s miners from health hazards associated with exposure to respirable crystalline silica, also known as silica dust or quartz dust.” The final rule lowers the permissible exposure limit of respirable crystalline silica to 50 micrograms per cu. meter of air for…
Read MoreMississippi Lime Launches New Global Brand Platform
Mississippi Lime Co. has launched a new global brand platform and will begin operating under the name MLC. The transformation of the company’s identity reflects MLC’s progress as an international lime solutions partner with an unwavering commitment to safety, sustainability and service. “MLC has been a trusted partner in lime for over a century. Our customers rely on us…
Read MoreMSHA Issues Final Silica Rule
The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has issued a final rule to better protect the nation’s miners from health hazards associated with exposure to respirable crystalline silica, also known as silica dust or quartz dust.
Read MoreSRM Materials Acquires Texas Quarry from Summit Materials
SRM Materials has acquired XIT Sand & Gravel in Channing, Texas, from Summit Materials. SRM Materials President Ryan Hollingshead stated, “We’re looking forward to welcoming this great group of team members aboard and partnering with them to produce and supply quality aggregate to the Texas panhandle.” Located approximately 60 miles northwest of Amarillo, this acquisition marks SRM Materials’ third aggregate…
Read MorePermitting Update: North Carolina
Wake Stone Corp. plans to create a rock quarry on 105 acres it has leased from Raleigh-Durham International Airport. Now opponents of the quarry say they’ve discovered a 48-year-old surveying error that reduces the airport’s property by as much as 14 acres. They say that land was purchased by the National Park Service in 1937 and turned over to the…
Read MoreMartin Marietta Completes Blue Water Industries Transaction
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of 20 active aggregates operations in Alabama, South Carolina, South Florida, Tennessee and Virginia from affiliates of Blue Water Industries LLC (BWI Southeast) for $2.05 billion in cash. This portfolio-optimizing transaction improves the company’s product mix, margin profile and durability through economic cycles by adding another pure aggregates business to…
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