Capital Aggregates Takes A Strategic Approach To School Partnerships With Its Operations. By Therese Dunphy A Missouri-based company is putting a new spin on its educational outreach program and getting positive feedback from its school partners. The program, Kids Rock, is run by Capital Aggregates, which includes Capital Materials, Capital Quarries and Capital Sand. The company approaches the program in…
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Marco Conveyors Tailored for the Demands of Quarries
Marco designs and manufactures a range of conveyors tailored for the unique demands of the quarrying and aggregates industry. With a focus on reliability, durability and efficiency, Marco achieves these essential characteristics through years of invaluable experience coupled with an innovative tubular truss design. This superior design and experience ensures that Marco equipment stands up to the rugged and demanding…
Read MoreWelcome to 2024
Happy New Year, and welcome to 2024. I hope this is a banner year for all of us and we see much success up ahead in the aggregates industry. Public highway, pavement and street construction is expected to grow by double digits for the second consecutive year, increasing 16% to $126 billion in 2024 from $108.6 billion in 2023, according…
Read MoreOntario Auditor General Criticizes Province’s Aggregate Enforcement
Ontario, Canada’s Acting Auditor General Nick Stavropoulos released a report titled “Management of Aggregate Resources” that calls out the province’s track record in enforcing the aggregates industry. “Limited inspection and enforcement, and the lack of experienced inspectors, means the province is not doing enough to maintain a balance between the need for aggregates for Ontario’s growing population, and the need to…
Read MoreCRH, Caterpillar, Sign Electrification Strategic Agreement
Caterpillar Inc. has signed an electrification strategic agreement with CRH to advance the deployment of Caterpillar’s zero-exhaust emissions solutions. CRH is the number one aggregates producer in North America and the first company in that industry to sign such an agreement with Caterpillar. The agreement is focused on accelerating the deployment of Caterpillar’s 70 to 100-ton-class battery electric off-highway trucks…
Read MoreCreating Happy Holidays
The Michigan Aggregates Association And Its Members Team Up For Toys For Tots Drive. By Therese Dunphy As the holidays approach, members of the Michigan Aggregates Association (MAA) are once again gearing up for their partnership with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves and the Toys for Tots campaign. In its fifth year as MAA’s holiday charity, the toy drive delivers…
Read MoreThe Quarry & Aggregates (Q&A) Forum
Rock Products Presents The 2023 Quarry And Aggregates (Q&A) Forum: Industry Thought Leaders Open Up About The Aggregates Industry, Market Conditions, Artificial Intelligence And More. By Mark S. Kuhar and Josephine Patterson Each year, Rock Products reaches out to industry thought leaders to get their take on the aggregates industry. In this feature, manufacturers and service providers comment on the…
Read MoreThe Year in Review
As the Grateful Dead sang, “What a long, strange trip it’s been.” 2023 has been a year of surprises, excitement, progress and unexpected developments. Going into the first part of the year, I would have bet my last two-dollar bill we would see increased aggregates production in 2023. While the final numbers are not in, it is pretty apparent final…
Read MoreRegistration Now Open for NSSGA’s 2024 Annual Convention; AGG1
The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association’s (NSSGA) 2024 Annual Convention and the AGG1 Aggregates Academy & Expo registration is now open. The March 23-26, 2024, meeting will return to the Nashville Omni with AGG1 and the World of Asphalt Show and Conference being held across the street at the Music City Center on March 25-27. “Running congruently, NSSGA’s 2024…
Read MorePerfecting the Sales Process in Aggregates
Rock Products Interviews Julia Georgi of Price Bee About Process Improvement, Workforce Issues and Pricing Technology. By Mark S. Kuhar Sales process improvement and digitization are fast becoming necessary in our industry, how did you come to specialize in this area and what particular roles have you had that qualify you as an expert in this area?For the past 15…
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