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What in the World Happened?
After the housing bubble’s burst, will aggregate production get back on trend?
By Bill Langer
It is quite likely that everybody in the aggregate industry knows aggregate sales have been severely depressed over the past few years. This article is a simple ... Read More...
Proper Dredge Maintenance Yields Higher Profits
Four key tasks should be part of a dredge maintenance plan to help ensure long-term operation.
Proper equipment maintenance is the key to long-term success, since it reduces production uncertainty by increasing availability, reducing energy consumption, decreasing or eliminating environmental and ... Read More...
Get with the Program
Keep your Interim Tier 4 diesel engines running strong with a comprehensive preventive maintenance program.
By Tim Hilvers
As the power source for an array of heavy-duty equipment, diesel engines are vital to profitable production in the aggregate industry. Producers rely heavily ... Read More...
Romancing the Stone
By Therese Dunphy
Jennifer Joy Pinniger, who focused on “romancing the stone” for nearly 16 years, will retire as president and CEO of the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) on Nov. 2. Instead, she will enjoy a well-deserved opportunity ... Read More...
Making Transportation Progress in the 21st Century
For daily news updates and web-exclusive news items, visit the “AggBeat Online” section of our website at www.aggman.com
After three years and nine extensions, the House and Senate both pass a 27-month, $105 billion surface transportation bill. Now the clock is ... Read More...
Bear With It
New bearing technology helps resolve age-old conveyor challenges.
While bulk conveyors routinely carry heavy loads for the aggregate industry, they can carry daunting operating challenges along the way, too. As an all-too familiar example, the ingress of dirt, sand, and grit ... Read More...
Forecast 2012 – Forward Momentum
The mass may be smaller and the velocity may be slower than desired, but the rock is rolling in the right direction.
Momentum is sometimes hard to define. In sports, it may be a crucial play that changes the outcome of ... Read More...
Carved in Stone
Seeking the Philosopher's Stone
From the father of soil mechanics to a fictional young wizard, many have sought mythical solutions to complex problems.
Alchemists reasoned that the transmutation of cheap metals into gold could be affected by a dry powder made from ... Read More...
Agg Man of the Year 2011
Paul Mellott, Jr. leverages his passion and persuasion to create value for his employees, customers, community, and the aggregate industry.
by Therese Dunphy, Editor-in-Chief
In an industry faced with uncertain funding streams, declining production, and constant regulatory challenges, the most successful ... Read More...
Supply Lines
The high-tech age has come to everyone, even the aggregate industry, where it means better control and efficiency, as well as increased production.
From truck scales to belt scales, automation allows operations to speed up the process and improve accuracy.
By Kerry ... Read More...
Editorial
Bigger and Better
By Therese Dunphy
A mere 20 years ago, I began covering the aggregate industry. After about a year on the job, I was tapped to spearhead the show daily for the industry’s big show — Con/Agg. Not ConExpo-Con/Agg — ... Read More...
Rock Law
Uncertainty Follows EPA Edict
Greenhouse gas endangerment finding sparks new requirements for aggregate industry customers.
By Carolyn McIntosh
On Dec. 7, 2009, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the final Greenhouse Gas (GHG) endangerment finding under Section 202(a) of the Federal ... Read More...
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