The Phoenix Center released its 2025 Aggregates Industry Scorecard on April 9. The Scorecard assessed the aggregates industry’s impact on the U.S. economy at the national, state and county levels. This is an update to the center’s 2017 Scorecard, as it provides a new look at the economic advantages after the passage of the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA)…
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New Report Finds Quarries Do Not Reduce Home Values
Sand, rock and gravel are literally the foundation of economic development, but their extraction process can generate dust, noise, vibration and truck traffic. While modern technologies and methods have greatly reduced quarries’ impact, the environmental and economic consequences of quarry operations receive considerable attention, often in the form of adversarial “not in my backyard” (NIMBY) campaigns. A key complaint is…
Read MoreNew Study Quantifies Economic Impact of Aggregates Industry
To better understand the effect of the U.S. aggregates industry on the economy and jobs, the Phoenix Center released a new economic “Scorecard” entitled “The Economic Impact of the Natural Aggregates Industry: A National, State, and County Analysis.”
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