USGS Releases Updated ‘Top 100 Producers Of Crushed Stone’

The U.S. Geological Survey just released its updated list of the “Top 100 Producers Of Crushed Stone In The United States.” The listing includes data available through Oct. 31, 2023. In descending order of tonnage produced, the top 100 companies, based on final 2022 production numbers are: THE TOP 100 PRODUCERS OF CRUSHED STONE IN THE UNITED STATES   2022…

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USGS Releases Updated ‘Top 100 Producers Of Construction Sand And Gravel’

The U.S. Geological Survey just released its updated list of the “Top 100 Producers Of Construction Sand And Gravel In The United States.” The listing includes data available through Oct. 31, 2023. In descending order of tonnage produced, the top 100 companies, based on final 2022 production numbers are: THE TOP 100 PRODUCERS OF CONSTRUCTION SAND AND GRAVEL IN THE…

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USGS Finalizes 2022 Production Data

The United States Geological Survey reported that throughout the United States in 2022, a total of 1,400 companies operating 3,585 quarries and 333 sales/distribution yards produced crushed stone and 3,360 companies operating 6,500 pits and 292 sales/distribution yards produced construction sand and gravel. A total of 2.49 billion metric tons (Gt) of construction aggregates (construction sand and gravel plus crushed…

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Let’s Talk Sand and Gravel

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) released its updated “Top 100 Producers of Construction Sand and Gravel in the United States” list. According to USGS Commodity Specialist Jason Christopher Willett, the top 10 leading U.S. construction sand and gravel producing companies in 2021 were, in descending order of tonnage: CRH Americas Materials Inc.; Vulcan Materials Co.; Martin Marietta Materials Inc.; Lehigh…

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Aggregates Production Increased 6 Percent in 2015

The estimated annual output of construction aggregates produced for consumption in 2015 was 2.28 billion metric tons (Gt), an increase of 6 percent compared with that of 2014, according to Jason Willett, crushed-stone commodity specialist for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). 

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