More from Therese Dunphy
What’s in a name?
Earlier this week, I was reviewing data for the 2013 Aggregates Industry Atlas. As in years past, our June issue will feature the names, locations, and maps of crushed stone and sand and gravel operations throughout the United States.
We spend ... Read More...
Diesel fuel price report: March 4, 2013
3/4/13 Change FromOne Week Ago Change FromOne Year Ago U.S. $4.130 -0.029 +0.036 East Coast $4.167 -0.034 0.000 New England $4.298 -0.046 +0.045 Central Atlantic $4.235 -0.027 -0.008 Lower Atlantic $4.092 -0.037 -0.002 Midwest $4.085 -0.036 +0.111 Gulf Coast $4.065 -0.024 +0.045 Rocky Mountain $4.047 -0.010 +0.061 West Coast $4.280 -0.019 -0.092 West Coast less California $4.207 -0.014 -0.068 California $4.341 -0.024 -0.113 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (dollars per gallon, prices include all taxes).
2012 production stats end on a low note
After a fairly robust beginning, 2012 production ended on a whimper, according to a new report from the U.S. Geological Survey.
Crushed Stone and Sand and Gravel in the Fourth Quarter 2012 indicates that an estimated 282 million metric tons of ... Read More...
Diesel fuel price report: Feb. 25, 2013
2/25/13 Change From One Week Ago Change From One Year Ago U.S. 4.159 +0.002 +0.108 East Coast 4.201 +0.002 +0.067 New England 4.344 +0.010 +0.123 Central Atlantic 4.262 +0.008 +0.054 Lower Atlantic 4.129 -0.004 +0.066 Midwest 4.121 -0.011 +0.207 Gulf Coast 4.089 +0.021 +0.097 Rocky Mountain 4.057 +0.025 +0.138 West Coast 4.299 -0.004 -0.027 West Coast less California 4.221 -0.015 -0.006 California 4.365 +0.004 -0.045 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (dollars per gallon, prices include all taxes).
Seeing the Value in Values Based Leadership
When I interviewed Charlie Luck IV, AggMan of the Year 2012, his passion for Values Based Leadership (VBL) was readily apparent. At Luck Companies, VBL is both an ideology and a set of tools that have been used to drive ... Read More...
Illinois operator’s permit request is on hold
The Woodford County Board deferred a decision on Peoria Concrete Construction Co.'s request for a special-use permit to mine farmland adjacent to its facility near Bayview Gardens. The Peoria Journal Star reports that a question on the language of the ... Read More...
Florida’s budget calls for big infrastructure investment
The state’s proposed $9.1 billion budget includes plans for an 11-percent increase in transportation spending as the state tries to increase jobs, build more roads, and get the state’s ports ready for the Panama Canal expansion.
According to the Bradenton Herald, ... Read More...
Canadian operators build new truck route
Gravel operators from Summit Sand and Gravel, Mainland Sand and Gravel, and Lafarge Sand and Gravel worked together to build a truck route that minimizes gravel trucks traveling roads in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, the Abbotsford Times reports.
Collaboration began following ... Read More...
NIMBYs gone wild
An Alabama attorney is unhappy that the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) approved Vulcan Materials Co.'s permit request for an operation in Madison County, and he's doing his level best to incite citizens to hold their feet to the ... Read More...
AED’s Mack speaks out on deficit-reduction proposal
Two former leaders of the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform and co-chairs of the Moment of Truth Project, Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, released "A Bipartisan Path Forward to Securing America's Future."
The report includes a four-step ... Read More...
Azusa wins legal battle over mine
The protracted fight between the cities of Duarte and Azusa, Calif., may be nearing an end as the second appellate district court affirmed the Los Angeles Superior Court's decision against the city of Duarte, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports.
Duarte ... Read More...
Minnesota legislators talk about frac mining
On Feb. 19, Minnesota lawmakers heard testimony on the state's silica sand mining in what may be the first phase of a potential fight over what the state's role may be, the Associated Press reports.
Although permitting decisions are typically left ... Read More...
