IN THIS SPECIAL YEAR-LONG SERIES CELEBRATING OUR 120TH YEAR PUBLISHING MILESTONE, ROCK PRODUCTS PRESENTS A HISTORY OF THE AGGREGATES INDUSTRY. In This Issue, We Cover The Years 1971-1980. As Rock Products entered its 75th year of covering the aggregate and cement industries, the U.S. Bureau of Census released a report stating that nearly 30 percent of all U.S. households had…
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Rock Products 120th Anniversary – Part 8
IN THIS SPECIAL YEAR-LONG SERIES CELEBRATING OUR 120TH YEAR PUBLISHING MILESTONE, ROCK PRODUCTS PRESENTS A HISTORY OF THE AGGREGATES INDUSTRY. In This Issue, We Cover The Years 1960-1969. The first part of our historical account of the 1960s appeared in the January issue. This is Part Two. – Ed. For many years, aggregate producers examined new equipment at two separate…
Read MoreRock Products 120th Anniversary – Part 7
IN THIS SPECIAL YEAR-LONG SERIES CELEBRATING OUR 120TH YEAR PUBLISHING MILESTONE, ROCK PRODUCTS PRESENTS A HISTORY OF THE AGGREGATES INDUSTRY. In This Issue, We Cover The Years 1960-1969. The first part of our historical account of the 1960s appears in this issue, part two appears in the February 2016 issue. – Ed. In the first half of the 1960s, the rock products…
Read MoreRock Products 120th Anniversary – Part 6
IN THIS SPECIAL YEAR-LONG SERIES CELEBRATING OUR 120TH YEAR PUBLISHING MILESTONE, ROCK PRODUCTS PRESENTS A HISTORY OF THE AGGREGATES INDUSTRY. In This Issue, We Cover The Years 1950-1959. As the 1950s began, the rock products industry, as well as other road-building groups, intensified efforts to increase federal funding for highway construction. “Most of the main highways were built 20 or…
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Dec. 8, 2015 – Each year, Rock Products asks its readers to participate in a year-end Benchmark Survey designed to gauge reader response to questions regarding production, operations and other issues of interest to stone producers. Please take this year’s survey and help us gather the critical information we need to give the industry a better understanding of where it is at the…
Read MoreRock Products 120th Anniversary – Part 5
IN THIS SPECIAL YEAR-LONG SERIES CELEBRATING OUR 120TH YEAR PUBLISHING MILESTONE, ROCK PRODUCTS PRESENTS A HISTORY OF THE AGGREGATES INDUSTRY. In This Issue, We Cover The Years 1940-1949. In 1939, German troops entered Poland to begin a string of seemingly unstoppable invasions that extended German Dictator Adolph Hitler’s control over much of eastern and western Europe. It was the start…
Read MoreRock Products, AEM Team Up in Chile
I just returned from Santiago, Chile, where the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) kicked off its new ConExpo Latin America trade show.
Read MoreConExpo Latin America Has Strong Debut
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) strategic focus on the Latin American market took a giant step forward with the debut of ConExpo Latin America in Santiago, Chile, Oct. 21-24. ConExpo Latin America offered attendees 40,000 sq. meters of exhibits, education and networking, including more than 300 exhibitors from around the world. Nearly 32,600 registrants from more than 90 countries attended the event,…
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Oct. 19, 2015 – I will be blogging live this week from ConExpo Latin America, Santiago, Chile, where Mining Media International and Rock Products, as part of an exclusive partnership with AEM, is sponsoring an aggregates seminar for attendees. ConExpo Latin America will offer a number of high-quality training sessions, seminars, professional conferences and educational workshops. Speakers will be international experts from…
Read MoreRock Products 120th Anniversary – Part 4
IN THIS SPECIAL YEAR-LONG SERIES CELEBRATING OUR 120TH YEAR PUBLISHING MILESTONE, ROCK PRODUCTS PRESENTS A HISTORY OF THE AGGREGATES INDUSTRY. In This Issue, We Cover The Years 1930-1939. The Wall Street crash in October 1929 sent the country spiraling downward into what became known as the Great Depression. Between 1929 and 1932, approximately 11,000 United States banks failed, and about…
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