May 2002

Highway funding was on the minds of nearly everyone attending ConExpo-Con/Agg ’02, held in Las Vegas, March 19-23. Throughout the week, association meetings featured high profile speakers such as Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), James Oberstar (D-Minn.) and Federal Highway Administrator Mary Peters. All of them seemed to carry a consistent message: Highway funding will increase. The question is “How much?”
At the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association’s (NSSGA) Government Affairs Division Meeting, Young told producers that “Reauthorization of TEA-21, TEA-03, should be our number one priority. The United States is behind the curve in transportation construction compared to our competing countries.”
He told producers that he would work to restore the $4.4 billion cut, but “after that, it is up to you if you want to raise it further.”
He also said that he advocated construction of truck lanes with speed limits set at 75 mph and a streamlined permitting package featuring simultaneous approvals with a single agency spearheading the process.
Later, at the NSSGA Board of Directors meeting, Peters said that the administration supported restoration of $4.4 billion of the spending cuts to the administration’s FY2003 budget. According to the association, it was the first public endorsement by the administration of restoration of highway funding to the level guaranteed by TEA-21.
One mechanism for increasing highway funding was proposed by Oberstar. He hinted that elimination of the ethanol exemption would provide one immediate source for increased funding. The ethanol issue received attention with Peters, who noted that the 28-percent increase in use of ethanol contributed significantly to the shortfall in projected revenues. Young also commented that the ethanol tax break amounted to about $5 billion and said that it is “not fair and not right.”
At press time, the Senate was debating the role of ethanol. Its energy legislation contains a provision for transferring .025¢ per gallon of the gasohol user fee that goes into the general treasury for debt reduction into the Highway Trust Fund.

Vulcan Makes Fortune List

Birmingham, Ala.—Vulcan Materials Co. announced it led several categories in Fortune magazine’s list of “America’s Most Admired Companies.”
Vulcan ranked first in its industry category and among the top 10 companies in the United States for social responsibility and use of corporate assets.
“We are dedicated to making sound investments for ensuring our company’s future growth, while also operating in a socially responsible manner,” said Don James, chairman and chief executive officer. “Our high rankings on Fortune’s list indicate that our efforts have placed us on the right track for future success for our company, customers and communities.”
The company’s social responsibility efforts are often focused on education, with approximately 25,000 students touring Vulcan’s operations last year. In addition, many operations partner with school groups or science classes to develop environmentally friendly projects.

U.S. Geological Survey’s Top Producers of 2000

By Valentin V. Tepordei and Feri Naghdi

Based on information reported to the U.S. Geological Survey quarterly sample survey, it was estimated that a total of 2.7 billion metric tons of aggregates—1.6 billion metric tons of crushed stone and 1.1 billion metric tons of construction sand and gravel—were produced and shipped for consumption in the United States in 2000. The quarterly sample survey collects information by company and state only, and not by individual operation. A total of 345 companies and subsidiaries representing large- and medium-sized producers operating crushed stone quarries and construction sand and gravel pits in 48 states reported to the quarterly survey during 2000. Only those companies are listed. Not all operations in this list reported production data to the quarterly sample survey, but were included to provide a complete listing for the reporting companies.

The 25 Leading U.S. Aggregate Producers (in order of output)1
	Company	Number of Active operations /yards2	States
1.	Vulcan Materials Co. 1200 Urban Center Dr. Birmingham, AL 35242 Phone: (205) 298-3000 Fax: (205) 298-2961 www.vulcanmat.com	251	Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin
2.	Martin Marietta Aggregates 2710 Wycliff Rd. Raleigh, NC 27607 Phone: (919) 781-4550 Fax: (919) 783-4695 www.martinmarietta.com	323	Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
3.	Hanson Building Materials/ Hanson Aggregates Monmouth Shores Corporate Park 1333 Campus Parkway Neptune, NJ 07753 Phone: (732) 919-9777 Fax: (732) 919-1149 www.hansonplc.com	181	Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia
4.	Oldcastle Inc./Materials Group 3333 K. St., N.W., Suite 405 Washington, DC 20007 Phone: (202) 625-2122 Fax: (202) 625-2153 www.oldcastle-materials.com	152	Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming
5.	Lafarge Corp. 12950 Worldgate Dr., Suite 500 Herndon, VA 20170 Phone: (703) 480-3600 Fax: (703) 796-2218 www.lafargenorthamerica.com	77	Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
6.	Cemex, Inc. 1200 Smith St., Suite 2400 Houston, TX 77002 Phone: (713) 881-1000 Fax: (713) 653-8053 www.cemex.com	49	Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia
7.	CSR America, Inc. (now dba as Rinker Materials Corp.) 1501 Belvedere Rd. West Palm Beach, FL 33406 Phone: (561) 833-5555 Fax: (561) 820-8425 www.rinkermaterials.com	30	Florida, Georgia, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington
8.	Florida Rock Industries, Inc. 155 E. 21st St. Jacksonsville, FL 32206 Phone: (904) 355-1781 Fax: (904) 355-0817	31	Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Virginia
9.	Rogers Group, Inc. 421 Great Circle Rd. Nashville, TN 37228 Phone: (615) 242-0585 Fax: (615) 780-5606 www.rogersgroupinc.com	57	Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia
10.	Aggregate Industries, Inc. 6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 500 Bethesda, MD 20817 Phone: (301) 284-3600 Fax: (301) 284-3645 www.aggregate.com	40	Colorado, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Virginia,
11.	Ashland Oil, Inc./APAC, Inc. 900 Ashwood Parkway, Suite 700 Atlanta, GA 30338 Phone: (770) 392-5300 Fax: (770) 392-5393 www.apac.com	47	Alabama, Arkansas,Florida, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri,North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee
12.	RMC Industries Corp. (now dba RMC Pacific Materials) P.O. Box 5252 Pleasanton, CA 94566 Phone: (925) 426-8787 Fax: (925) 426-2225 www.rmcpacific.com	31	Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas
13.	Meridian Aggregates Co. (acquired by Martin Marietta)	24	Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Texas, Washington, Wyoming
14.	Blue Circle America, Inc. (acquired by Lafarge Corp.)	20	Alabama, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina
15.	General Dynamics Corp. (now dba Materials Service Corp.) 222 N. LaSalle St., Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60601 Phone: (312) 372-3600 Fax: (312) 443-7096	12	Illinois
16.	Peter Kiewit Sons’, Inc. 1000 Kiewit Plaza Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: (402) 342-2052 Fax: (402) 271-2829	24	Arizona, California, Nebraska, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming
17.	U.S. Aggregates, Inc. (filed Chapter 11, signed agreement to sell substantially all of its assets to Oldcastle Materials, Inc.)	59	Alabama, Arizona, California, Idaho, Mississippi, Nevada, Tennessee, Utah
18.	TXI Operations, L.P. 1341 W. Mockingbird Lane Dallas, TX 75247 Phone: (972) 647-6700 Fax: (972) 647-3878 www.txi.com	21	Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas
19.	The National Lime & Stone Co. P.O. Box 120 Findlay, OH 45839 Phone: (419) 422-4341 Fax: (419) 422-3952 www.natlime.com	10	Ohio
20.	Luck Stone Corp. P.O. Box 2982 Richmond, VA 23242 Phone: (804) 784-6300 Fax: (804) 784-6333 www.luckstone.com	17	North Carolina, Virginia
21.	Mathy Construction 920 10th Ave. P.O. Box 189 Onalaska, WI 54650 Phone: (608) 783-6411 Fax: (608) 780-4311	44	Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin
22.	New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. P.O. Box 77 New Enterprise, PA 16664 Phone: (814) 766-2211 Fax: (814) 224-6800 www.nesl.com	23	Pennsylvania
23.	Irving Materials, Inc (now dba IMI) 8032 N. State Rd. 9 Greenfield, IN 46140 Phone: (317) 326-3101 Fax: (317) 326-3105 www.irvmat.com	17	.Indiana
24.	The Dolese Brothers Co. 20 N.W. 13th St. Oklahoma City, OK 73101 Phone: (405) 235-2311 Fax: (405) 297-8205	12	Oklahoma
25.	Michigan Limestone Operations3 1035 Calcite Rd. Rogers City, MI 49779 Phone: (989) 734-2131 Fax: (989) 734-4779 www.mlo.net	2	Michigan

1 Company names and ranking provided by USGS. Other information supplied by AggMan.
2 Includes sales yards operated by aggregate producers as distribution centers.
3 Crushed stone production only.

Top 25 Crushed Stone Producers 1. Vulcan Materials Co., Birmingham, Ala. 2. Martin Marietta Aggregates, Raleigh, N.C. 3. Hanson Building Materials America/Hanson Aggregates, Neptune, N.J. 4. Oldcastle, Inc./Materials Group, Washington, D.C. 5. Lafarge Corp., Herndon, Va. 6. CSR America, Inc. (now dba Rinker Materials Corp.), West Palm Beach, Fla. 7. Rogers Group, Inc., Nashville, Tenn. 8. Cemex, Inc., Houston, Texas. 9. Florida Rock Industries, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla. 10. Ashland Oil, Inc./APAC, Inc., Atlanta, Ga. 11. Blue Circle America, Inc. (acquired by Lafarge Corp.), Herndon, Va. 12. Meridian Aggregates Co. (acquired by Martin Marietta), Raleigh, N.C. 13. General Dynamics Corp. (now dba Materials Service Corp.), Chicago, Ill. 14. The National Lime and Stone Co., Findlay, Ohio. 15. Luck Stone Corp., Richmond, Va. 16. Aggregate Industries, Inc., Bethesda, Md. 17. New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., New Enterprise, Pa. 18. Michigan Limestone Operations, Rogers City, Mich. 19. Mathy Construction Co., Onalaska, Wis. 20. Texas Crushed Stone Co., Inc., Georgetown, Texas. 21. RMC Industries Corp. (now dba as RMC Pacific Materials), Pleasanton, Calif. 22. S.E. Johnson Co., Coldwater, Mich. 23. The Dolese Bros., Oklahoma City, Okla. 24. U.S. Aggregates, Inc. (filed Chapter 11, in agreement to sell assets to Oldcastle, Inc.), Birmingham, Ala. 25. Tower Rock Stone Co., Columbia, Ill.

Top 25 Sand & Gravel Producers 1. Hanson Building Materials America/Hanson Aggregates, Neptune, N.J. 2. Vulcan Materials Co., Birmingham, Ala. 3. Oldcastle, Inc./Materials Group, Washington, D.C. 4. Martin Marietta Aggregates, Raleigh, N.C. 5. Cemex, Inc., Houston, Texas. 6. Peter Kiewit Sons’, Inc., Omaha, Neb. 7. Lafarge Corp., Herndon, Va. 8. Aggregate Industries, Inc., Bethesda, Md. 9. RMC Industries Corp. (now dba RMC Pacific Materials), Pleasanton, Calif. 10. CSR America, Inc. (now dba Rinker Materials Corp.), West Palm Beach, Fla. 11. TXI Operations, L.P., Dallas, Texas. 12. A. Teichert & Son, Inc., Sacramento, Calif. 13. Edward C. Levy Co., New Hudson, Mich. 14. U.S. Aggregates, Inc. (filed Chapter 11, in agreement to sell assets to Oldcastle, Inc.), Birmingham, Ala. 15. Florida Rock Industries, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla. 16. Glacier Northwest, Inc., Seattle, Wash. 17. Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Scottsdale, Ariz. 18. Trinity Industries, Inc., Dallas, Texas. 19. Ashland Oil, Inc./APAC, Inc., Atlanta, Ga. 20. Robertson Ready Mix, Inc., Riverside, Calif. 21. The Fordyce Co., Victoria, Texas. 22. Meyer Material Co., Kenosha, Wis. 23. Irving Materials, Inc. (now dba IMI), Greenfield, Ind. 24. Heritage Group, Indianapolis, Ind. 25. B.R. Amon & Sons, Inc., Elkhorn, Wis.

Valentin V. Tepordei is a crushed stone specialist for Minerals Information at the U.S. Geological Survey. Feri Naghdi is a data analyst.