Kimball Equipment expanded its territory for Cedarapids (a Terex Brand) in California and is now the authorized dealer for the counties south of Del Norte, Siskiyou and Modoc counties and north of Kern County. Through the partnership, Kimball will offer the Cedarapids line of crushing and screening products within its new equipment and rental fleets. “We are very pleased to enter this…
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Cemex Earns Six Arizona Rock Products Association Safety Awards
Cemex in Arizona recently received six 2017 Safety Awards from the Arizona Rock Products Association (ARPA) in recognition of safety practices at ready-mixed and aggregates operations across the state, including recognition for David Carter, Cemex’s safety manager for Country Arizona, as 2017 ARPA Safety Professional of the Year.
Read MoreALLU Holds Successful Global Dealer Network Meeting
ALLU held a meeting of its global dealer network during the second week of February in Finland. Close to 100 people, representing more than 30 ALLU dealers, enjoyed a series of events aimed at providing them with the latest developments and application thinking concerning ALLU products. In addition to seminars, workshops and a highly informative walk-through of the production process, ALLU…
Read MoreAthabasca Lands Big Order
Athabasca Minerals Inc. announced that the corporation has been awarded a Cdn $1.6 million order for aggregates from a major oil sands entity. Aggregates will be provided from the corporation’s 100-percent-owned corporate stockpile site located near Conklin, Alberta, Canada. It is anticipated that deliveries will commence in April 2018.
Read MoreMotion Industries to Open Distribution Center in Pacific Northwest
Motion Industries, Inc. announced that it will open a new distribution center in Auburn, Wash., in late spring 2018. Enhancing Motion Industries’ logistical network, the new distribution center (DC) will serve 24 area Motion Industries branch locations daily, as well as the entire Motion Industries North American footprint (500+ locations) as needed. Covering just over 62,000 sq. ft., the DC…
Read MoreKelly Tractor Co. Joins Metso Distributor Network
Kelly Tractor Co. is now the exclusive distributor of Metso’s mobile and stationary crushing and screening products in South Florida, with locations in Miami, Davie, West Palm Beach, Clewiston and Ft. Myers. Kelly Tractor Co. will rent and sell Metso equipment, and provide spares, wears and services to existing Metso customers. “Kelly Tractor Co. is a well-respected and longstanding distributor…
Read MoreU.S. Concrete Acquires Texas Aggregates Operation
U.S. Concrete Inc. acquired the assets of Golden Spread Redi-Mix, Inc. located in Amarillo, Texas. The acquisition includes 10 fixed ready-mixed concrete plants and a portable ready-mixed concrete division, consisting of five plants. The acquisition also includes an aggregates operation with extensive reserve life that is in close proximity to the Amarillo market.
Read MoreUSGS: No Growth in Total Aggregates Production for 2017
An estimated 572 million metric tons (Mt) of total construction aggregates was produced and shipped for consumption in the United States in the fourth quarter of 2017, an increase of 6 percent compared with that of the same period of 2016, according to Jason Willett, USGS crushed stone commodity specialist. The estimated total output of construction aggregates produced for consumption…
Read MoreCabinet Secretaries Address Infrastructure
Five Cabinet secretaries on March 13 faced questions from the U.S. Senate on the administration’s principles of infrastructure investment, testifying before the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, reported the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association.
Read MoreNew Report Finds Quarries Do Not Reduce Home Values
Sand, rock and gravel are literally the foundation of economic development, but their extraction process can generate dust, noise, vibration and truck traffic. While modern technologies and methods have greatly reduced quarries’ impact, the environmental and economic consequences of quarry operations receive considerable attention, often in the form of adversarial “not in my backyard” (NIMBY) campaigns. A key complaint is…
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