The owner of a limestone quarry above Glenwood Springs has spent several years arguing that its contentious plan for an exponential expansion of the mine should be expedited under the 1872 Mining Act, which reduces regulatory hurdles to encourage mining of uncommon minerals with distinct values. It turns out, the company that owns the Mid-Continent Limestone Quarry a mile above…
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Permitting Update: Alabama
According to AL.com, the Environmental Protection Agency is currently reviewing the application for a water quality permit for a proposed limestone quarry in Alabama’s Belle Mina community. Because of that, a decision on the air pollution and water quality applications for the permits for the planned quarry off Mooresville Road near the heart of the community is weeks, “may be…
Read MoreMine Manager Pleads Guilty to Second-Degree Manslaughter
An upstate New York court accepted a mine manager’s guilty plea today to manslaughter in the second degree, a Class C felony. Anthony Valente, a mine manager at a Grafton limestone quarry, admitted to causing Darren Miller’s death in October 2022 by recklessly disregarding and overriding safety features of a crane Valente was operating, which resulted in a piece of…
Read MoreCanadian Operator Fined for Fatality, Injury
Buckhorn Sand & Gravel Inc., Trent Lakes, Ontario, Canada, the operator of a limestone quarry, has been fined $200,000 after one worker suffered fatal injuries and another was critically injured while attempting to free a truck lodged on a rock. The incident occurred May 10, 2022 at 400 Bass Line Rd. in Bobcaygeon, Ontario, Canada, according to media reports. The…
Read MoreGreat Lakes Limestone Trade Up 19.9% in April
May 24, 2024 – Shipments totaled 2.3 million net tons, an increase of 19.9% compared to a year ago. Loadings were above the month’s 5-year average by 9.6%. Loadings at U.S. ports totaled 1.9 million tons, an increase of 15.5%. Shipments from Canadian quarries increased by 42.2% to 459,393 tons. Year-to-date the limestone trade stands at 2.6 million tons, an increase…
Read MoreBURNCO Rock Products Acquires Hammerstone Quarry in Canada
BURNCO Rock Products Ltd., an aggregate construction materials company with operations in Canada and the United States, announced it has entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with Brookfield Business Partners, the flagship listed vehicle of Brookfield Asset Management’s Private Equity Group, to acquire Hammerstone Infrastructure Materials Ltd. in Northern Alberta, Canada. The transaction advances BURNCO’s growth strategy and complements its…
Read MorePermitting from South Carolina
According to the Times and Democrat, the nation’s largest producer of construction aggregates has applied for permits to establish a limestone quarry and processing plant on Addidas Road, less than four miles southeast of the town of Eutawville, S.C. A subsidiary, Vulcan Construction Materials LLC, proposes to lease multiple tracts totaling 693 acres from a sister subsidiary called Vulcan Lands…
Read MorePermitting Update: Pennsylvania
Neiswonger Construction Inc., which operates the Maggie Lynn limestone quarry in Washington County, is hoping to start extracting the rock underneath it. The company is proposing to build an underground mine that would stretch for 337 acres in Deemston Borough, roughly the area of Schenley Park. It might take 30 years to extract all that rock, cranking out 250,000 tons…
Read MorePermitting Update: Virginia
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday greenlighted Carmeuse Lime and Stone’s proposal for a new limestone quarry in Clear Brook, ending months of debate surrounding the international mining company’s plan that was strongly opposed by some neighbors. On a 5-2 vote, the board approved Carmeuse’s application to rezone 392 acres from Rural Areas (RA) to Extractive Mining (EM)…
Read MoreGreat Lakes Limestone Trade Down 2.6% in September
Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 3.4 million tons in September, a decrease of 2.6% compared to a year ago. Limestone cargos were below the month’s five-year average by 5.5%. Loadings from U.S. quarries totaled 2.8 million tons, a decrease of 2.4% from 2022. Shipments from Canadian quarries totaled 651,520 tons, a decrease of 3.5%. Year-to-date the limestone…
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