The Utah Critical Infrastructure Materials Coalition announced a partnership with Burgex Mining Consultants as an associate member to bolster support for Utah’s construction aggregate industry. The Coalition represents Utah producers and is dedicated to ensuring a sustainable supply of construction – a critical material necessary for the state’s continued growth. As local reserves are increasingly depleted, production is being pushed…
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AggNexus Digital Innovation Conference Frames Data As ‘The New Oil’
Rapid evolution of the artificial intelligence model – and data capture or analytics methods that are transforming construction material producer field, plant or back-office operations – underpinned the inaugural AggNexus Digital Innovation Conference, attended by almost 100 industry professionals. The event – held Sept. 9-10 on the University of Texas, Austin campus, and sponsored by SEMCO Publishing, parent company of Rock…
Read MoreAggNexus Livestream a Success
Sept. 10, 2024 – Today at the AggNexus Digital Innovation Conference – co-sponsored by Rock Products’ parent company SEMCO Publishing – held at Thompson Conference Center at the University of Texas at Austin, the session “Buying or Creating Your Software? Challenges and Opportunities in Digitalization for the Industry,” was livestreamed to an international audience. Panelists for the session included:
Read MoreAggNexus Kicks Off in Texas
More than 100 senior U.S. aggregates industry figures and a dozen cutting-edge industry software companies and IT consultancies are gathering in Austin, Texas, for AggNexus, The 2024 Digital Innovation Conference. Held in the University of Austin’s Thompson Conference Center, the first-of-its-kind event is being staged by SEMCO Publishing—the parent company of Rock Products, Concrete Products, Cement Products, and North American Mining magazines—in collaboration…
Read MoreAggNexus Digital Innovation Conference Spotlights Emerging Tech
SEMCO Publishing – parent company of Rock Products, Concrete Products, Cement Products, and North American Mining magazines – is pleased to announce a collaboration with On The Rocks Digital on a new live event: AggNexus. The event will take place Sept. 9-10, at the Thompson Conference Center at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. AggNexus is an exciting new…
Read MoreSand Shortage or Not? A Realistic View on the Construction Sand Market
Recently, I traded my office chair for the sandy shoreline of a picturesque lake where I had the delightful opportunity to enjoy one of my favorite summertime hobbies: fishing. As I stood on the fine sandy surface, basking in the serene environment and reeling in a particularly feisty trout, a thought occurred to me: the debate surrounding the impending “sand…
Read MoreCelebrating 125 Years
Rock Products recently achieved an important milestone. We have now been serving the aggregates and cement industries for more than 125 years. We trace our beginnings to the launch of Cement and Engineering News, which was formed in 1896, and in 1924 merged with Rock Products, which itself had been founded in 1902. I like to think I was handed…
Read MoreProjected Aggregates Production 2022-2026
Feb. 3, 2022 – Rock Products and Burgex Mining Consultants continue to team up to bring the aggregates industry critical information and resources. We previously announced our collaboration to produce an all-new digital version of our Aggregates Atlas, and you will continue to hear more about that. Today we are releasing Burgex’s updated projections for aggregates production through 2026. The information is presented in both…
Read MoreBurgex Produces Southeastern Aggregate Production Map
By Mark S. Kuhar As part of its ongoing efforts to improve its mineral market analysis, mining consulting and exploration services, the Geographic Information System (GIS) team at Burgex Mining Consultants has developed a comprehensive interactive geospatial model of construction aggregate supply and demand in the southeastern United States.
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