One of the key indicators of an expanding construction-materials market is merger and acquisition activity. We are starting to see a little bit of that right now.
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Vulcan Materials Elects Steiner to Board
Vulcan Materials Co. announced that it has elected David P. Steiner to its board of directors, effective immediately. Steiner will serve on Vulcan’s Safety, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee and the Governance Committee.
Read MoreVulcan Materials Touts Aggregates Shipments, Price Improvements
Vulcan Materials Co. announced results for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2016. The company’s fourth quarter results reflect solid price growth in aggregates and higher gross profits in the company’s Asphalt and Concrete segments, partially offsetting the earnings effect from a 3.5 percent decline in aggregates shipments.
Read MoreVulcan’s Irwindale Facility Achieves ISO 14001 Re-Certification
The Western Division of Vulcan Materials Co. has been recognized by The International Organization of Standardization (ISO) with 14001 recertification for its Reliance facility, located in Irwindale, Calif.
Read MorePERMITTING – JANUARY 2017
Luck Stone, Mellott Partner on New Quarry Project Luck Stone announced that the company will open a new quarry in Prince Edward County, approximately five miles west of downtown Farmville, Va. Luck Stone anticipates that the site, which is located along U.S. Route 460, will be open for business in the summer of 2017. Land development activities are planned to begin…
Read MoreVulcan Quarry in Virginia to Become Water Storage Reservoir
Over the next 70 years, a Vulcan Materials quarry in Lorton, Va., will be transformed into a water storage reservoir.
Read MoreASTM Aggregates Committee Honors Graves
Robin E. Graves, corporate manager of technical services with Vulcan Materials Co. in Birmingham, Ala., received the Katharine and Bryant Mather Award from ASTM International Committee on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates (C09).
Read MoreVulcan to Acquire Tennessee Operations
Vulcan Materials Co. has signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire Lebanon, Tenn.-based LoJac Holdings Corp.’s asphalt, construction, safety and Monterey operations, according to The Tennessean.
Read MoreFIRST LOOK – December 2016
TOP NEWS Martin Marietta Sets Records Martin Marietta Materials Inc. reported results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2016. The company set new records for consolidated net sales, gross profit and net earnings, even as aggregates product line shipments to the infrastructure market, which comprised 42 percent of quarterly volumes, decreased 7.2 percent. Infrastructure shipments in the third quarter…
Read MoreVulcan Materials Approved for Major Aggregates Reserve
Vulcan Materials Co. announced that the Kern County, Calif., board of supervisors voted by unanimous consent to approve its San Emidio Quarry expansion.
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