Hanson Aggregates’ Southern California facilities were experiencing significant downtime and maintenance issues due to blinding and excessive wear on their wire screen setup. It can be easy to grow accustomed to what has always been done, but Hanson Aggregates was willing to explore their options when they realized they were spending an average of an hour per day cleaning their…
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Lehigh Hanson Becomes Heidelberg Materials
Lehigh Hanson Inc. announced it has now changed its brand to Heidelberg Materials effective immediately. Previously announced in September of last year, this new brand identity goes into effect for the company’s corporate office and its core brands of Lehigh Cement and Hanson Aggregates. The majority of the company’s other subsidiaries in the United States and Canada will change their…
Read MoreHanson Buys Arizona Parcel for Aggregates Operation
Hanson Aggregates, a subsidiary of Lehigh Hanson Inc., bought 1,425 acres of land west of Buckeye, Ariz., for $16.5 million, according to real estate database Vizzda. Trey Champie of Headquarters West was the broker for the deal, and the seller was Resource Land Holdings, a private equity firm based in Denver.
Read MoreHanson Plant Joins Indiana Partners for Pollution Prevention
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management’s Partners for Pollution Prevention (Partners) welcomed Hanson Aggregates into the program.
Read MoreEducated Investment
Sept. 10, 2019 – Lehigh Hanson Inc. announced that its Hanson Aggregates subsidiary in Columbia, S.C., will donate up to $500,000 to Columbia International University (CIU) in support of the university’s revitalization efforts along Monticello Road, the corridor to the CIU campus. The company, which has operations near Monticello Road, presented an initial donation of $100,000 to the university Aug. 20, according to…
Read MoreLehigh Hanson Donates Reclaimed Mine to Carolina Waterfowl Rescue
Lehigh Hanson Inc. announced that its Hanson Aggregates Marlboro Sand & Gravel site in Bennettsville, S.C., has donated approximately 200 acres of reclaimed mining property to Carolina Waterfowl Rescue (CWR), a non-profit wildlife rescue organization that provides sanctuary, rescue and rehabilitation for wildlife, farmed and exotic animals.
Read MoreLehigh Hanson to Acquire Saunders Companies
Lehigh Hanson Inc. announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire all operating assets of the Saunders Companies. These assets include 13 fixed ready mixed concrete plants, two portable ready mixed concrete plants and nine aggregate operations.
Read MorePERMITTING – FEBRUARY 2017
Cemex Operation Target of Protestors, Regulators Cemex’s Lapis Lustre Sands in Marina, Calif., has been in operation in a dredge pond on a beach above the tide line since around 1965. Its sands have served municipalities, water filtration systems, gardens and nurseries, golf courses, well drillers, sandblasters, recreational facilities and many construction uses. The California Coastal Commission, which has been…
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Luck Stone, Mellott Partner on New Quarry Project Luck Stone announced that the company will open a new quarry in Prince Edward County, approximately five miles west of downtown Farmville, Va. Luck Stone anticipates that the site, which is located along U.S. Route 460, will be open for business in the summer of 2017. Land development activities are planned to begin…
Read MoreThree Hurt From Underground Mine Air Blast
Three workers were hurt after ground apparently shifted at an underground limestone mine in western Pennsylvania causing a rush of air through the mine’s entrance, according to a report by the Associated Press.
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