A team from Carlsbad, N.M., beat out 35 teams from 16 states nationwide to finish first at the 2016 National Metal and Nonmetal Mine Rescue Contest in Reno, Nev.
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Vulcan Aggregates Shipments up 9 Percent This Year
Vulcan Materials Co. announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2016. Second quarter total revenues, compared with prior year’s second quarter, increased $62 million, or 7 percent, to $957 million. Gross profit increased $58 million, or 25 percent, to $292 million.
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VULCAN NOVA SCOTIA PROJECT MOVES FORWARD According to the Guysborough Journal, proponents of Vulcan Materials’ Black Point Quarry project were in a celebratory mood when Environment Minister Margaret Miller gave environmental approval to the plan for a 355-hectare quarry, with a marine terminal and loading facility in Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. On April 26, Miller said that any adverse or significant…
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TOP NEWS Vulcan First-Quarter Revenues Leap 20 Percent Vulcan Materials Co. announced results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2016. The company said its first-quarter results reflect continued strong revenue growth and margin expansion. Martin Marietta Soars to Record Results in First Quarter Martin Marietta Materials Inc. reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2016. Ward Nye,…
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Cemex Quarry at Soledad Canyon Hits Another Snag A bill giving the Santa Clarita Valley in California a chance to speak out against the prospect of Cemex mining in Soledad Canyon was passed by a committee in Sacramento, said the bill’s author, Assemblyman Scott Wilk, (R-Santa Clarita). Assembly Bill 1986 passed the Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee, setting it on…
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May 4, 2016 –Vulcan Materials Co. held a ribbon-cutting and grand opening for its newest facility, the Savannah Sales Yard in Garden City, Ga. The new rail-served facility on Sonny Perdue Drive in Garden City is designed to better serve the growing industrial construction industry, David Grayson, president of the company’s southeast division told Business in Savannah. “Ask any economist and they…
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Vulcan Proceeding With Planning for California Quarry According to the Sierra Star, a Madera County, Calif., quarry proposed by Vulcan Materials Co. will, if approved, encompass 671 acres with 258 of it designated for a 400-ft.-deep quarry permitted for 100 years. It would be located near the southwest corner of Highways 41 and 145, about a mile west of Highway…
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TOP NEWS Martin Marietta Has Record Fourth Quarter; Full-Year Martin Marietta Materials Inc. reported consolidated net sales of $780.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2015, compared to $779.5 million in the previous year’s fourth quarter; and $3.3 billion for the full year, compared to $2.7 billion in 2014. Heritage aggregates business net sales were up 8 percent for the…
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New Enterprise Seeks Quarry Expansion Concerned over potential impact to the town water supply, the Kutztown, Pa., borough council has directed its engineers to analyze a proposed expansion of the Kutztown Quarry in Maxatawny Township owned by Eastern Industries, a division of New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. According to the Reading Eagle, the company has applied to the state…
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TOP NEWS Vulcan Launches Customer Service Website Vulcan Materials Co. is empowering customers to take direct control of their account with the launch of MyVulcan.com, a new, online customer service center that allows customers to view tickets and orders, track orders and pay bills online. HeidelbergCement Focuses on Aggregates Improvement HeidelbergCement has started a “continuous improvement” program called Aggregates-CI in…
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