Sept. 6, 2024 – Politicians need to see plants. To that end, California Construction and Industrial Minerals Association (CalCIMA) teamed with Assembly member Juan Carrillo for a tour of member facilities in Assembly District 39 (Palmdale). Participants talked about innovations in decarbonization, sustainability, distance matters, impacts of policies like Joshua Tree on the cost of public infrastructure, and mineral availability. In…
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Martin Marietta Looks Ahead
Nov. 1, 2023 – In its just released quarterly report, Martin Marietta Materials provided a preliminary look at what it expects in 2024. The company stated, “Aggregates shipments are expected to be relatively flat, as strong demand from public infrastructure and heavy nonresidential projects of scale will partially offset an anticipated softening in the interest-rate sensitive, private light nonresidential and…
Read MoreConstruction Spending Dips in June; Highways Up Year-to-Date
The U.S. Census Bureau announced that construction spending during June 2018 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,317.2 billion, 1.1 percent (±1.0 percent) below the revised May estimate of $1,332.2 billion. The June figure is 6.1 percent (±1.6 percent) above the June 2017estimate of $1,241.3 billion.
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