The Department of the Interior announced that, thanks to a substantial investment from The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, more than $74.6 million will be distributed in 30 states to invest in geoscience data collection, mapping, data preservation and scientific interpretation of areas with potential for critical minerals, under the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Mapping Resources Initiative, or Earth MRI. …
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The Nation’s Top Producing States
June 15, 2022 – In the recent quarterly production report by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the five leading aggregates-producing states were, in descending order of production-for-consumption, Texas, California, Florida, Missouri and Arizona. Their combined total production-for-consumption was 169 million metric tons (Mt) and increased by 10.5% when compared with that of the same period of 2021. Specifically for crushed stone,…
Read MoreUSGS: Aggregates Production Up 4.1% in First Quarter
The estimated U.S. output of construction aggregates produced and shipped for consumption in the first quarter of 2022 was 476 million metric tons (Mt), an increase of 4.1% compared with that of the same period of 2021, according to Jason Willett, commodity specialist for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The estimated production-for-consumption of construction aggregates in the first quarter of…
Read MoreFIRST LOOK – May 2022
TOP NEWS Hubacz Named First NSSGA Female Board Chair During its Annual Membership Meeting at its 2022 Convention, NSSGA outgoing Chair Darin Matson of Rogers Group Inc. handed off the gavel to the association’s first Chairwoman Karen Hubacz, president and CEO of Bond Construction. AGG1 a Huge HitMore than 11,000 asphalt paving and aggregates professionals filled a sold-out Music City Center…
Read MoreNRMCA Update
April 13, 2022 – The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) estimated ready mixed concrete produced in January 2022 at 24.4 million cu. yds., 1% lower than that in January 2021. Ready mixed concrete production is estimated from cement shipments reported by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Read MoreFirst Look – April 2022
TOP NEWS Athabasca Closes AcquisitionAthabasca Minerals Inc. closed the strategic acquisition of an operational U.S. sand mine and facilities in Wisconsin. The assets include real estate of 1,100 acres, a fully functional and staffed mine and processing plant capable of 2 million tpy of sand, fixed storage, rail transload with unit-train capability (i.e. loading/unloading 100 railcar shipments), mobile equipment and…
Read MoreThe Five Big States
March 4, 2022 – The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) just released its fourth-quarter and full-year 2021 report, finding that an estimated 647 million metric tons (Mt) of total construction aggregates was produced and shipped for consumption in the fourth quarter of 2021; and the estimated annual output of construction aggregates produced for consumption in 2021 was 2.54 billion metric tons (Gt). The five…
Read MoreAggregates Production Rises 5% in 2021
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released the report “Crushed Stone and Sand and Gravel in the Fourth Quarter 2021.“
Read MoreUSGS Releases Industrial Sand Data
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) released industrial sand data as part of its latest Mineral Commodity Summaries publication. USGS reported that in 2021, industrial sand and gravel valued at an estimated $2.3 billion was produced by 167 companies from 248 operations in 33 states.
Read MoreExclusive: The Rock Products Market Composite
Each Year, Rock Products Produces The Rock Products Market Composite, A Compilation Of Six Main Nonmetallic Minerals Sectors: Crushed Stone, Sand And Gravel, Industrial Sand, Cement, Gypsum And Lime.
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