TOP 25 Construction Aggregates Producers in the United States

Rankings are based on 2009 production data provided to the U.S. Geological Survey. Information courtesy of Jason Christopher Willett, construction aggregates commodity specialist, and Wally Bolen, construction sand and gravel commodity specialist.

1 Vulcan Materials Co.

2 Martin Marietta Aggregates

3 Oldcastle Materials, Inc.

4 Lehigh Hanson, Inc.

5 Cemex S.A.B. de C.V.

6 Lafarge North America Inc.

7 Holcim Group/Aggregate Industries Management, Inc.

8 Rogers Group, Inc.

9 MDU Resources Group, Inc.

10 Carmeuse Lime & Stone

11 New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc.

12 Mitsubishi Materials Corp.

13 Chemical Lime Co.

14 Ash Grove Cement Co.

15 Dolese Bros. Co.

16 Texas Industries, Inc.

17 Mulzer Crushed Stone, Inc.

18 CalPortland Co.

19 Granite Construction, Inc.

20 Luck Stone Corp.

21 Colas Inc.

22 Ready Mix USA Holding Co.

23 Fred Weber, Inc.

24 Eucon Corp.

25 Fisher Industries

Top Crushed Stone and Sand & Gravel Operations

The 10 leading quarries and the owner companies, in descending order of total output of crushed stone, were the following:

1. Martin Marietta Aggregates, Beckmann Quarry, Bexar County, Texas;

2. Lehigh Hanson, Inc., Bridgeport Plant, Wise County, Texas;

3. Tower Rock Stone Co., Ste. Genevieve Quarry, Ste. Genevieve County, Mo.;

4. Cemex S.A.B. de C.V., Balcones Quarry, Comal County, Texas;

5. Vecellio & Grogan, Inc., White Rock, Miami-Dade County, Fla.;

6. Texas Crushed Stone Co., Inc., Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas;

7. Vulcan Materials Co., McCook 378, Cook County, Ill.;

8. Martin Marietta Aggregates, Three Rivers Quarry, Livingston County, Ky.;

9. Cemex S.A.B. de C.V., F.E.C. Quarry, Miami-Dade County, Fla.; and

10. Mississippi Lime Co., Peerless Mine Underground, Ste. Genevieve County, Mo.

The 10 leading pits/yards and the owner companies, in descending order of total output of sand and gravel, were the following:

1. Las Vegas Paving Corp., Lone Mountain Pit, Clark County, Nev.;

2. CalPortland Co., Dupont Pit, Pierce County, Wash.;

3. CalPortland Co., Santosh Aggregate Plant, Columbia County, Ore.;

4. Trinity Industries, Inc., Wills Point, Kaufman County, Texas;

5. All American Asphalt, Corona Plant, Riverside, Calif.;

6. Gila River Indian Community, Maricopa Pit, Pinal County, Ariz.;

7. Southern Aggregates, LLC, Plant 1, St. Helena Parish, La.;

8. A. Teichert & Son, Inc., Perkins Plant, Sacramento County, Calif.;

9. Mitsubishi Materials Corp., Lone Mountain Pit, Clark County, Nev.; and

10. Mitsubishi Materials Corp., Rialto, San Bernardino County, Calif.

The Top 50 Crushed Stone Producers in the United States

2009      2008

1           1 Vulcan Materials Co.

2           2 Martin Marietta Aggregates

3           3 Lehigh Hanson, Inc.

4           4 Oldcastle Materials, Inc.

5           5 Cemex S.A.B. de C.V.

6           6 Lafarge North America Inc.

7           7 Rogers Group, Inc.

8           8 Holcim Group/Aggregate Industries Management, Inc.

9           9 Carmeuse Lime & Stone

10         10 New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc.

11         11 Chemical Lime Co.

12          12 Luck Stone Corp.

13          13 Dolese Bros. Co.

14           52 U.S. Forest Service

15          15 Ash Grove Cement Co.

16          16 Ready Mix USA Holding Co.

17          22 Mulzer Crushed Stone, Inc.

18          18 Buzzi Unicem USA Inc.

19           20 Fred Weber, Inc.

20           14 Texas Industries, Inc.

21           24 Eucon Corp.

22           25 National Lime & Stone Co.

23           17 MDU Resources Group, Inc.

24           23 The H&K Group

25           19 Graymont Ltd.

26           21 Vecellio & Grogan, Inc.

27           27 Mississippi Lime Co.

28           33 Titan America LLC

29           29 Tower Rock Stone Co.

30           38 Bureau of Land Management

31           28 Eagle Materials Inc.

32           26 Texas Crushed Stone Co., Inc.

33           30 Boxley Materials Co.

34           44 Colas Inc.

35           36 Franklin Industries, Inc.

36           59 Capitol Aggregates, Ltd.

37           35 3M Co.

38           82 Mitsubishi Cement Corp.

39          39 Omya Inc.

40          37 ESSROC Cement Corp.

41          40 Wake Stone Corp.

42          50 Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc.

43          31 Hunter Industries, Inc.

44          32 CalPortland Co.

45          42 Schildberg Construction Co., Inc.

46          46 Hoover, Inc.

47           41 American Infrastructure

48           45 Great Lakes Aggregates, Inc.

49           57 Hinkle Contracting Corp.

50             43 Irving Materials, Inc.

Boxley was recognized for:

• Recycling hundreds of gallons of water that is blasted into the drums of concrete trucks to wash out unused mix;
• Reducing waste concrete by about 20 percent by forming it into bulky block barriers that can be sold;
• Replacing all interior lighting with high-efficiency bulbs;
• Providing ceramic coffee mugs to employees to eliminate the use of styrofoam cups; and
• Launching a program to recycle mixed paper, aluminum, and plastics.