Tags: Aggregate Industries
Aggregate Industries quarries receive NSSGA awards
Aggregate Industries US (AIUS), a Holcim Group Co., announced that a number of its facilities were awarded the Environmental Excellence and Community Relations Awards from the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association.
“We are extremely proud of our facilities for receiving ... Read More...
Aggregate Industries US partners with Smithsonian
Aggregate Industries US (AIUS), a Holcim Group Co., partnered with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's Rock On! A Family Festival on Rocks and Geology, an educational event about geology held Sept. 29. The event featured different activities about ... Read More...
Lattimore Materials marks safety milestone
Aggregate Industries US (AIUS), a Holcim Group Co., announced that Lattimore Materials Corp. (LMC), an Aggregate Industries US company, surpassed the 2 million hour mark without a lost-time injury. LMC is a leading provider of ready mix concrete and aggregate ... Read More...
Holcim focuses on leadership development
A number of leadership changes are taking place at Holcim (US). The company announced that its president and CEO, Bernard Terver, will join the Holcim Ltd Executive Committee. Holcim Ltd is the international parent company of Holcim (US).
As part of ... Read More...
It’s All in the Mix
Aggregate Industries developed a concrete mix design that actually helps the environment.
Ready-mix producers aren’t just looking for ways to make their operations more “green” or environmentally friendly, they want to find ways to extend sustainability into their finished products and ... Read More...
Data Mining December 2011
M&A Activity remains slow, but Martin Marietta and Lafarge swap assets
The number of merger and acquisition transactions in North America was up 13 percent for the three quarters ending Sept. 30, 2011, while the total value of these transactions was ... Read More...
Aggregate Industries reopens Swampscott Quarry
Aggregate Industries, a Holcim Group Co., on Aug. 17 reopened its Swampscott Quarry located in Swampscott and Salem, Mass.
"We are very happy to be reopening the quarry," said Graham Hardwick, senior vice president, Aggregate Industries Northeast. "Bringing jobs back to ... Read More...
Editorial
Certifying Sustainability
By Therese Dunphy
Last month, our neighbors to the north brought the concept of green aggregates one step closer to the United States. Holcim (Canada) Inc. and Environmental Defence jointly established Socially and Environmentally Responsible Aggregates (SERA), a not-for-profit organization ... Read More...
State and Province News April 2011
To keep up to date with this breakdown of news in the
United States and Canada, visit www.AggMan.com for daily updates.
Alabama
Although a Limestone County woman has voiced concerns that a new gravel mine will lower her property value, the Huntsville natural ... Read More...
February 2010 – State & Province News
by Therese Dunphy, Editor-in-Chief
California
Lake Forest-based Primoris Services Corp. announced its purchase of an 88-acre quarry in Riverside County. According to the Orange County Register, the purchase of the Juniper Flats Quarry — for about $2.3 million — allowed the company ... Read More...
Enhanced Enforcement
Why U.S. targeted industries should focus on Clean Water Act compliance.
by Henry Chajet and Scott Stewart
Strengthening clean water enforcement is a high priority of the Obama Administration. On Oct. 15, 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Enforcement and ... Read More...
