Total cargo shipments via the St. Lawrence Seaway from March 29 to Sept. 30 reached 25.7 million metric tons, up 4.1 percent over the same time period in 2017.
Read MoreTag: aggregates
Looking Ahead With Caution
Oct. 16, 2018 – At the Intercem Americas conference in Miami, Colin Sutherland, president of SC Market Analytics, talked about infrastructure market dynamics that will impact both the cement and aggregates industries. Chief among these are a rising fed funds rate, full employment, super-stimulative fiscal policy, rising minimum wage, rising oil prices and tariff driven materials price increases. The industries may…
Read MoreAggregates Operations Honored With Sentinels of Safety Award
The National Mining Association (NMA), the U.S. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM), honored outstanding achievements in mine safety, environmental stewardship and technology. The awards ceremonies took place on Sept. 27, in Washington, D.C.
Read MoreAggregates Executives Nye, Hill, Lake Among ARTBA Officers
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) announced the election of its 2018-2019 officers during an Oct. 1 annual business meeting at the association’s national convention in New York City.
Read MoreMDU Resources Group Acquires Sweetman Construction Co.
MDU Resources Group Inc. has acquired Sweetman Construction Co., a premier provider of aggregates, asphalt and ready-mix concrete in the Sioux Falls, S.D., market.
Read MoreNSSGA Legislative and Policy Forum Features EPA’s Wheeler
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler welcomed the aggregates industry to Washington, D.C., on Sept. 25 during NSSGA’s Legislative and Policy Forum. Wheeler provided updates on regulatory reform and other EPA priorities, including improving the permitting process, cost-benefit analysis and transparency in regulatory science.
Read MoreAggregates Production Up 7 Percent in Second Quarter
An estimated 393 million metric tons (Mt) of crushed stone was produced and shipped for consumption in the United States in the second quarter of 2018, an increase of 7 percent compared with that of the second quarter of 2017, according to Jason Willett, crushed stone commodity specialist.
Read MoreHurricane Florence Hammers N.C. Roads, Quarries
North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) engineers have started to assess Hurricane Florence-affected roads so necessary repairs can be made in the hard-hit areas in eastern North Carolina, according to reports from NewsChannel 12.
Read MoreCemex’s Balcones Quarry Marks 50th Anniversary
Cemex marked the 50th anniversary of its Balcones Quarry in New Braunfels, Texas, holding an event to celebrate the facility’s milestone while looking toward the operation’s future.
Read MoreAggregate Producers Among NRMCA Quality Winners
The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) announced the winners of its 2018 NRMCA Excellence in Quality Awards. Winning producers have demonstrated that they followed and exceeded quality management principles over a broad range of activities from commitment to quality, materials management, managing production facilities and product quality control while maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction.
Read More