On March 22, a 42-year-old lead man with six years of mining experience was fatally injured at a Martin Marietta Materials plant when he was struck by fly rock from blasting operations. The lead man was parked in his pickup truck at a location to prevent others from accessing the blasting site. He was approximately 1,200 ft. from the blast…
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FIRST LOOK – MARCH 2016
TOP NEWS Martin Marietta Has Record Fourth Quarter; Full-Year Martin Marietta Materials Inc. reported consolidated net sales of $780.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2015, compared to $779.5 million in the previous year’s fourth quarter; and $3.3 billion for the full year, compared to $2.7 billion in 2014. Heritage aggregates business net sales were up 8 percent for the…
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Aggregate Producers, The Kansas Department Of Transportation’s “Approved List” And The Effects Of The Tenth Circuit’s Recent Decision. By: Erik Dullea and Breyana A. Penn, Jackson Lewis P.C.
Read MorePERMITTING – FEBRUARY 2016
New Enterprise Seeks Quarry Expansion Concerned over potential impact to the town water supply, the Kutztown, Pa., borough council has directed its engineers to analyze a proposed expansion of the Kutztown Quarry in Maxatawny Township owned by Eastern Industries, a division of New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. According to the Reading Eagle, the company has applied to the state…
Read MoreMartin Marietta Acquires Colorado Properties
Martin Marietta Materials has acquired two Colorado-based companies, growing its workforce by about 400 people, strengthening its long-term position in the state’s southern market and complementing its already substantial presence in the metro Denver area, according to the company. The larger of the two acquisitions, Colorado Springs-based Rocky Mountain Materials & Asphalt and Rocky Mountain Premix, was finalized on Feb. 6. It…
Read MoreMartin Marietta Has Record Fourth Quarter; Full-Year
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. reported its results for the fourth-quarter and year ending Dec. 31, 2015. The company is reporting consolidated net sales of $780.8 million in the fourth quarter, compared to $779.5 million in the previous year’s fourth quarter; and $3.3 billion for the full year, compared to $2.7 billion in 2014. Heritage aggregates business net sales were up…
Read MoreFirst Look – January 2016
TOP NEWS FAST Act Becomes Law In a major victory for the aggregates industry, both chambers of Congress voted to approve, and President Obama signed, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation, or FAST Act. Boxley to Sell Boxley Materials will sell its West Virginia cluster of facilities and is considering the sale of the company as well. Ab Boxley, president and…
Read MoreFirst Look – December 2015
TOP NEWS Transportation Bill Imminent At press time, a House transportation-funding measure was being reconciled with the Senate version of the bill via a conference committee consisting of House and Senate members and chaired by House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.). Vulcan Has Positive Third Quarter Vulcan Materials Co. announced results for the third quarter ending Sept.…
Read MoreRock Products’ Aggregate Industry Market Report
In This Exclusive Third-Quarter Analysis Prepared For Rock Products, Headwaters MB Looks At Current Market Trends Such As Mergers And Acquisitions, Aggregate Production And Pricing. By Brian Krehbiel
Read MoreKey Aggregates Producers Praise FAST Act
President Obama has signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act into law, a bill that sends a signal to the construction markets that five years of growth are ahead.
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