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Vulcan Materials’ Bartow County quarries generate $5 million in capital investment
Vulcan Materials produces crushed stone material at its Bartow County operations. (The crushed stone pictured did not originate from Vulcan Materials’ Bartow County quarries.)
Vulcan Materials generates $5 million in capital investments from its Bartow County operations alone, the Daily ... Read More...
The Nation’s Top 25 Construction Aggregates Producers
2011 marked the first increase in production since 2006, with slight price increases as well.
U.S. production of construction aggregates in 2011 was 2.17 billion short tons, valued at $17.2 billion, free on board (f.o.b.) at plant. Construction aggregates production decreased ... Read More...
2012 Closes with a Burst of M&A Activity
By George H. Reddin
As expected, 2012 ended with a flurry of merger and acquisition activity. The outlook for deal activity in 2013 is good; however, there remains some concern and uncertainty about how Congress and the White House will deal ... Read More...
A Christmas Story — It’s a Clinker!
While The Old Man may not have appreciated it, clinker is a welcome product in some parts of the world.
By Bill Langer
One of my favorite passages from the movie A Christmas Story (1983) goes like this:
The Old Man (Ralphie’s father): ... Read More...
The Devil Made Me Do It
What you see is what you get — in reel life and in real life.
While eating dinner the other day, my wife asked what my next Carved In Stone article was going to be about. “What you see is what ... Read More...
Joints, Humpback Whales and Quarries
Knowledge of geological joints is essential in assuring the economic extraction of crushed stone from quarries, and detailed studies of joints and other planes of weakness should be included in the exploration and quarrying process.
A few years ago, I had ... Read More...
The Nation’s Top 25 Construction Aggregates Producers
In 2010, the market appeared to bottom out with production continuing its downward trend and average unit values down for the first time since 1998.
U.S. production of construction aggregates in 2010 was 2.14 billion short tons valued at $17 billion, ... 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
W is for Weathered Rock
An old-school sound test demonstrates the difference between soil, core stones, and solid bedrock.
Early in my career, I worked on a project in the northern Virginia province of Piedmont. I was preparing a map and report ... Read More...
Stockpile Analysis
3D mobile laser scanning offers quick and accurate inventory measurements
Performing physical inventories of material stockpiles is a task that most aggregate companies see as a necessary evil — it is something that has to be done for accounting purposes, but ... Read More...
Polaris Minerals Q2 results = $4.72 million
Canada-based Polaris Minerals Corp. on Aug. 9 reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010. (Note: All financial results are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.)
Sales in the second quarter of 2010 were 344,000 tons generating revenue of ... Read More...
Granite Construction’s Liberty Quarry could mean millions for California
Granite Construction's proposed Liberty Quarry would help refill California’s depleted coffers, pouring millions of dollars into state and local governments and helping to fund the struggling California State Teachers Retirement System.
The nearly bankrupt Golden State is facing a $20 billion ... Read More...
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