Tags: gravel
Harald, LLC requests permit to remove sand, gravel from Plymouth site
Harald, LLC's property is located on Home Depot Drive (highlighted in red). (Photo: Google Maps)
Harald, LLC has requested a special permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals in Plymouth, Massachusetts, that would allow the company to remove thousands of ... Read More...
County in Oregon rejects Delta gravel mine expansion proposal
(Photo: sandbergingrid / Flickr)
The Lane County Board of Commissioners in Oregon on Tuesday rejected Delta Sand and Gravel’s bid for a hearing on the company’s proposed pit expansion, according to The Register-Guard.
Delta’s proposal calls for a 70-acre expansion of its ... Read More...
Volunteers use sand, gravel to provide clean water in Nicaragua
Not an example of the filtration system built by the Rotary members. (Photo: Grant Carlson / Flickr)
Members of several local Rotary Clubs--a group of people providing humanitarian services--have joined together to provide residents in the rural mountain areas of ... 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...
State and Province News May 2012
To keep up to date with this breakdown of news in the United States and Canada, visit www.AggMan.com for daily updates.
By Therese Dunphy, Editor-in-Chief
Arkansas
The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department selected the winning bids on $92.3 million in road projects, including ... 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...
Data Mining
Disappointing economic indicators threaten M&A activity
Analysts and investors were busy recently with the U.S. debt ceiling crisis and a steady stream of disappointing economic indicators. The result was a continued drop in stock prices for construction materials producers. This, together ... Read More...
Plant Profile
On the shores of Puget Sound
CalPortland’s Washington-based DuPont Pit delivers high-quality gravel to ports as far away as Alaska.
By Kerry Clines, Senior Editor
CalPortland’s DuPont Pit, located near the small town of DuPont, Wash., was ranked number 2 in sand and ... Read More...
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