Martin Marietta Materials Inc. announced that its board of directors has elected Roselyn R. Bar, senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, an executive vice president of the company. Bar joined the company in 1994 as assistant general counsel and assistant corporate secretary. She was promoted to corporate secretary in 1997 and associate general counsel in 1998. She became deputy…
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Martin Marietta Boasts Record Third-Quarter Net Sales
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. reported record results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2015, including consolidated net sales of $1.0 billion compared with $917.9 million, an increase of 9.5 percent.
Read MorePERMITTING – OCTOBER 2015
Singleton Stone Moving Forward Approval of the final permit needed by Singleton Stone LLC to operate a stone quarry in Eagle Creek Township, located in south Lake County, Ind., was granted despite mounting opposition from both the states of Illinois and Indiana, according to the Chicago Tribune. In a letter from Brian Wolff, branch chief of surface water, operations and…
Read MorePermitting – September 2015
Cemex Granted Permit Approval in Ohio The Fairborn, Ohio, city council overruled an earlier city planning board decision and granted Cemex rezoning of two Xenia Twp., Ohio, parcels. The decision allows the company to use the land located 250 feet from residential properties on West Enon and West Hyde Roads as quarries. Mining operations are estimated to begin in 2019.…
Read MoreTake a Senator to Work Day
Aug. 28, 2015 – Maybe it should have been called “Take a Senator to Work Day.” In its ongoing push for congressional action on a multi-year surface transportation reauthorization, the North Carolina Aggregates Association helped organize a tour for Republican Sen. Thom Tillis. Martin Marietta hosted the tour at the Garner Quarry in Garner, N.C. Participants of the tour were able…
Read MorePERMITTING – AUGUST 2015
Critical Minerals Bill Includes Aggregates A bill to ease permitting for domestic mines providing strategic and critical minerals, which includes aggregates used in infrastructure projects, advanced in Congress despite partisan objections, according to the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA). The National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2015, H.R. 1937, introduced by Rep. Mark Amodei (R-Nev.) was…
Read MoreRain, Rain, Go Away
August 4, 2015 – While parts of the West are suffering from historic drought conditions, other parts of the country experienced massive rainfall earlier this year. So much so, that the rainy conditions were mentioned in both the Vulcan Materials and Martin Marietta second-quarter reports. Ward Nye, chairman, president and CEO of Martin Marietta, said, “According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
Read MoreVulcan, Martin Marietta Look to Second Half of Year
Both Vulcan Materials and Martin Marietta Materials noted in their respective second-quarter results, that significant rainfall impacted what could have been even-better reports. What is the outlook for the second half of the year?
Read MoreSelect Sands Appoints New COO
Select Sands Corp. appointed Zig Vitols as chief operations officer of the company. Vitols, a resident of Houston, has served as the president, Mid-South Division, of Martin Marietta Materials Inc. Vitols also worked as the Northeast Regional Manager for W. R. Grace & Co.
Read MoreFirst Look – June 2015
Vulcan Reports Aggregate Gains – Young Leaders Meet – Martin Marietta Registers Huge Increases
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