Ontario Auditor General Criticizes Province’s Aggregate Enforcement

Ontario, Canada’s Acting Auditor General Nick Stavropoulos released a report titled “Management of Aggregate Resources” that calls out the province’s track record in enforcing the aggregates industry. “Limited inspection and enforcement, and the lack of experienced inspectors, means the province is not doing enough to maintain a balance between the need for aggregates for Ontario’s growing population, and the need to…

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Permitting Update: Michigan

The Raisin Township Planning Commission recently held a Special Meeting to hear a presentation about aggregate extraction…sand and gravel pits. There was an application submitted for a sand and gravel pit at the northwest corner of Occidental Highway and Gady Road last year. WLEN News spoke with the Raisin Township Planning Commission Chairman Marcus McNamara after the meeting. He talked…

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News from Minnesota, Montana

According to Finance and Commerce, since the early 20th century, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been dredging the Mississippi River annually to keep the channel open. The city of Wabasha, Minn., wants to build a barge terminal to facilitate the transfer of sand from river barges to trucks for transport to off-site facilities. It can then be used…

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Permitting Update: Illinois

In August, the McHenry, Illinois, city council rejected a controversial plan to annex a proposed gravel mine to the city. On Thursday, the same business owner who submitted that proposal, Jack Pease, joined McHenry County officials for a tour of gravel pits. There is no connection between the two events, said Ron Raupp, co-chairman of the McHenry County Gravel Advisory…

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Doing More with a Product Partner

Elkhart County Gravel Increases Screen Wear Life and Boosts Plant Efficiency With High-Quality Screens. By Mark S. Kuhar Elkhart County Gravel, headquartered in New Paris, Ind., operates four Indiana and Illinois Department of Transportation certified sand and gravel pits in northern Indiana that produce landscape stone, asphalt blends and concrete mined from a bench below water.  As Plant Manager Arnie…

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Mergers Up North

Jan. 19, 2022 – Mergers and acquisitions are also a hot topic in Canada, according to an article in the Journal of Commerce. The British Columbia Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (BCSSGA) is concerned that small family-owned gravel pits are being replaced by larger out-of-town mega-aggregate operations that result in longer commute times for trucks and cause more harm to the environment…

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Frac Sand – Industry Briefs

Two challengers out-polled incumbent Trempealeau County, Wis., supervisor Tom Bice in a recent primary election, leaving the frac sand mining proponent off the April general election ballot. Jon Schultz and Daryl Kramer received 61 and 55 votes, respectively, according to the LaCrosse Tribune. Bice, the District 5 supervisor since 2010 and former chairman of the Environment and Land Use Committee,…

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