Feb. 10, 2015 – This little item appeared in Vulcan Materials’ recently released fourth-quarter and full-year 2014 report: “Compared to last year, fourth quarter cost of revenues for the company benefitted approximately $7 million from lower diesel fuel costs, with most of this benefit realized in the aggregates segment.”That’s a cool $7 million saved as a result of lower fuel prices. There…
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Vulcan Has Huge Fourth Quarter; Full Year
Vulcan Materials Co. announced results for the fourth quarter ending Dec. 31, 2014, and full-year 2014. Total fourth-quarter revenues increased $75 million, or 11 percent, to $755 million, while gross profit increased $52 million, or 45 percent, to $170 million. Aggregates freight-adjusted revenues increased $68 million, or 18 percent, to $455 million
Read MoreFirst Look – January 2015
Luck Stone Receives Award Luck Stone received a special achievement in GIS award acknowledging leadership, vision, hard work and the innovative use of ESRI’s GIS Technology. Eagle Materials Appoints Haack He joins Eagle from Halliburton Energy Services where he enjoyed a 17-year career with successively important operating positions. James Retires Vulcan Materials Co.’s Donald M. James, executive chairman of the…
Read MoreVulcan Touts Land Management Successes
Responsible land management is integral to sustaining Vulcan Material’s success, according to the company. “We strive to achieve a balance between the value we create through our mining activities and the value created when it’s time for our properties’ next use,” the company said.
Read MoreVulcan Heads North
Dec. 5, 2014 – Morien Resources Corp., a Canadian mining exploration and development company that holds a 25 percent interest in the Donkin Coal Project in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, and non-operating royalty interests in two other projects, noted in a release concerning environmental assessment approvals from the federal and provincial governments that rights to its Black Point Aggregate Project,…
Read MoreVulcan Materials Wins Environmental Award
Vulcan Materials Co. has been awarded the prestigious Conservation Education Award at the Wildlife Habitat Council’s (WHC) 26th Annual Symposium, Celebrating Corporate Conservation. Vulcan was recognized for its outstanding national legacy in the pursuit of excellence in wildlife habitat conservation education and outreach.
Read MoreVulcan Materials Chooses SciQuest For Automation Solutions
SciQuest, a leading provider of cloud-based business automation solutions for spend management, announced that Vulcan Materials has selected the company to help with spend analysis and management. Using SciQuest’s Spend Radar solution, Vulcan Materials now has reporting visibility into spend categories related to their Accounts Payable, Purchase Order and PCard transactions. SciQuest’s Spend Radar allows customers, including Vulcan Materials, to…
Read MoreVulcan Materials Reports Strong Growth
Vulcan Materials Co. announced results for the third quarter ending Sept. 30, 2014. The company is reporting that total revenues increased $60 million, or 7 percent and gross profit increased $50 million, or 31 percent, while aggregates freight-adjusted revenues increased $66 million, or 14 percent. Average sales price increased 2 percent. Asphalt, concrete and cement segments gross profit improved $12…
Read MoreMine Rescue Contest Crowns New Winner
Doe Run Co.’s “Maroon Team” from Viburnum, Mo., won the 2014 National Metal and Nonmetal Mine Rescue Contest held August 4-7 in Lexington, Ky. FMC Minerals’ “Red Team” from Green River, Wyo., and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant’s “WIPP Red Team” from Carlsbad, N.M., rounded out the top three.
Read MoreVulcan Completes Six Acquisitions
Vulcan Materials Co. completed six acquisitions during the third quarter of this year that “further expand the company’s footprint and reserve positions in the best markets in America,” according to the company. The most recent acquisitions include five aggregates facilities and associated downstream assets in Phoenix, Arizona and Albuquerque and Santa Fe, N.M., as well as an aggregates operation in…
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