August 2003

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Management

What is Your Land Worth?
Determining the fair market value of your aggregate reserves or operation involves a number of factors.

News Across the Nation

Operations

Going Underground.
Producing aggregate in underground mines can be the key to gaining the ability to access reserves in markets.

Tech Trends: Electronics Enhance Hydraulic Muscle. Computer-controlled power management and system diagnostics boost excavator productivity and reliability.

Success in the Field: Sand Demand Poses Pond Problem. Installation of a fines processing system clarifies plant wash water and eliminates settling pond dredging.


ON THE WEB

State by State
State Contract Activity

Marketing

Consistency is Key to Customer Satisfaction.
Tight stone specs help Aggregates Industries, West Central Region win an award for commercial paving.

Regulations

Rock Law: Regulations That Fit Your Needs.
A variance allows a producer to develop a regulation tailored to his operation, if protection is comparable.

On Review: Imminent Danger Order Vacated.
ALJ overrules inspectors who cite “fishtailing” bulldozers operated more than 200 ft. away.

People

Mind Over Management: Caution — No Falling Asleep at the Wheel.
Key life areas are like the spokes of a wheel. They need to be maintained in balance with one another.

Carved in Stone

The Polo Extrattivo.
An Italian province develops an innovative approach to aggregate resource management.


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