Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 3,941,085 tons in August, a near carbon copy of both a year ago and July of this year, according to the Lake Carriers’ Association. Limestone cargos also bettered the month’s five-year average by 5.8 percent.
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Lakes Limestone Trade Strong Again in July
Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 3,985,544 tons in July, an increase of 3.1 percent compared to a year ago. The trade also bettered the month’s five-year average by 5.5 percent, according to the Lake Carriers’ Association.
Read MoreVirginia Recognizes Quarries for Safety and Reclamation
Virginia’s mineral-mining industry recognized mining operations for an exemplary safety record and for outstanding reclamation of mined land during 2017. The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) and the Virginia Transportation and Construction Alliance (VTCA) award mines and miners annually for outstanding work in these areas.
Read MoreGreat Lakes Limestone Trade Surges in June
Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 4,052,994 tons in June, an increase of more than 17 percent compared to a year ago, according to the Lake Carriers’ Association. This June also represented the first month in which loadings topped 4 million tons since July 2015.
Read MoreLakes Limestone Trade Up Nearly 4 Percent in May
Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 3.745 million tons in May, an increase of 3.9 percent compared to a year ago. May’s loadings also bettered the month’s five-year average by the same percent.
Read MoreGreat Lakes Limestone Trade Down 23 Percent in April
The coldest April since 1997 put a chill on the Great Lakes limestone trade. Shipments totaled just 1,254,226 net tons, a decrease of 23 percent compared to a year ago, according to the Lake Carriers’ Association. Loadings trailed the month’s five-year average by even more – 33.3 percent.
Read MoreNew 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 MoreVulcan Quarries in Tennessee Now Part of Blue Water Identified
Seventeen Tennessee quarries sold by Vulcan Materials to satisfy federal regulators are now part of Blue Water Industries. The $290 million sale, which closed in December 2017, completed Vulcan’s acquisition of Alabama-based Aggregates USA.
Read MoreGreat Lakes Limestone Shipments Rise in 2017
Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 28 million tons in 2017, an increase of 6.4 percent compared to 2016, according to the Lake Carriers’ Association. The 2017 loadings were also 2.1 percent above the trade’s five-year average.
Read MoreIllinois EPA Out of Bounds Targeting Quarries That Accept CCDD
The news reports certainly grabbed your attention. Four in five Illinois quarries that backfill with concrete and other demolition waste showed higher-than-acceptable levels of toxins, according to state sampling results from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA).
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