Heidelberg Materials North America to Build Terminal in S.C.

Heidelberg Materials North America announced it is growing its South Carolina footprint with a new aggregates distribution terminal in Colleton County. Heidelberg Materials will construct a 71-acre aggregates-distribution terminal, located at 1616 Red Bank Road in Walterboro, to market crushed stone. With direct access to the Palmetto Railways Salkehatchie Subdivision rail line, the new operation will enhance the company’s Southeast…

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When Rocks Get Pricey

How Tariffs And Market Volatility Shake Up Construction. By Barry Hudson and Chris Summers The world of construction is built on a foundation of, well, rocks. Specifically, construction aggregates: crushed stone, sand and gravel. These seemingly humble materials form the backbone of everything from roads and bridges to homes and skyscrapers. But what happens when the cost of these essential…

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Rogers Group Acquires Albany Quarry, Albany Asphalt, Jamestown Stone

Rogers Group Inc. (RGI), the largest privately held construction aggregates company in the United States, has expanded its presence in Eastern Kentucky and the Upper Cumberland area of Tennessee with the acquisition of Albany Quarry, Albany Asphalt and Jamestown Stone.  This move grows RGI’s footprint in these areas, enhancing its ability to serve local communities with high-quality construction materials. The…

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Chaney Enterprises, Patuxent Companies Form Pax-Shore Aggregates

Patuxent Companies and Chaney Enterprises announced a new partnership on the western portion of the Eastern Shore of Maryland as Pax-Shore Aggregates. With locations operated under the sites known as Bridgetown and Faulkner, the new partnership looks forward to supplying quality aggregates to the market. Patuxent Companies and Chaney Enterprises have rich histories in aggregate production, and logistics; the combined…

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Breedon Acquires Lionmark for $238 Million

Breedon Group plc announced the acquisition of Lionmark Construction Companies LLC for an enterprise value of $238 million. Lionmark Construction Companies, located in St. Louis, is one of Missouri’s largest and most diversified privately held companies. Its family of companies has been providing construction and material services for infrastructure projects throughout the Midwest since 1932 and continues to be an innovative,…

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USGS Revises 2023 Production; Names Top Producers

According to Jason Christopher Willett of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) revised production statistics for 2023 have been released. A total of 2.52 billion metric tons (Gt) of construction aggregates were produced for consumption in the United States in 2023, revised up from 2.50 Gt, valued at $36.8 billion.  The top construction aggregate producing companies in 2023 were, in descending order of tonnage,…

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2025 Outlook/Forecast

The Aggregates Industry is at a Transition Point as 2025 Begins. So Where Will We Go From Here? By Mark S. Kuhar and Josephine Patterson As we head into 2025, we do so with encouragement, but also uncertainty. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) – which made the single largest dedicated investment in American transportation infrastructure since the construction…

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