Permitting Update: Ontario, Canada

A Puslinch, Ontario, Canada, aggregate company will be extending hours of operations at one of its pits due to problems with meeting their annual extraction quotas. While they previously rejected an application from Dufferin Aggregates, Puslinch council has conditionally approved the company’s request for an earlier start as long as their concerns about trucks tracking mud and stones into the…

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Eagle Materials Achieves Record Revenue in Second Quarter

Eagle Materials Inc. reported financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2024 ended Sept. 30, including record revenue of $622.2 million, up 3% and record net earnings of $150.6 million, up 8% Revenue in the Heavy Materials sector, which includes Cement, Concrete and Aggregates, Joint Venture and intersegment Cement revenue, was $426.9 million, a 10% increase. Heavy Materials operating…

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Newsom Vetoes Bill to Limit Aggregate Resources

Oct. 6, 2023 – According to the California Construction Aggregates and Industrial Minerals Association (CalCIMA), Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed AB 1631 (Shiavo), a bill that sought to inhibit the ability to permit a specific facility in a state-designated aggregate resource area, as approved under the state’s Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA). It has 57 million tons of aggregate in a resource-short…

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TAC Insight Releases New Version of Fast-Weigh Bulk Material Accounting Platform

TAC Insight, a leading provider of cloud solutions for aggregates, recycling, waste and logistics, is launching the next generation of its Fast-Weigh scale ticketing software this week. Leveraging seven years of customer feedback and lessons learned during the development of the industry’s first cloud-aware scale ticketing client, the Fast-Weigh Development Team has reimagined the application to offer numerous advancements, including…

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Rokbak RA40s Rocking the Rockies

In Western Canada, Jura Creek Enterprises has purchased three Rokbak RA40 articulated haulers to move huge amounts of aggregates, stone and rock close to North America’s largest and most famous mountain range. The Canadian province of Alberta is said to be ‘the place where the bold and the adventurous come to play.’ It is therefore fitting that a trio of…

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Taking The Pulse

Sept. 20, 2023 – The Pulse is back! The latest edition of The Pulse, the quarterly economic report from Allen-Villere Partners and Rock Products, is now online.The Pulse is the construction-materials industry’s premier economic report, focusing on the most current data points; aggregates and ready mix concrete demand; and insightful market analysis. The lead author of the report is Rock Products’ columnist Pierre Villere, who’s…

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NSSGA Lauds Reciprocal Switching Rule

Sept. 7, 2023 – National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association President and CEO Michael Johnson issued the following statement after the Surface Transportation Board released its reciprocal switching rule. “The nation’s aggregates and industrial sand industries applauds the Surface Transportation Board (STB) for issuing a proposed Reciprocal Switching Rule,” Johnson said. “This commonsense rule will promote efficiency, competition and drive…

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