Launched in 1916, Pit & Quarry magazine covers the multi-billion-dollar aggregate mining industry. It serves as the leading equipment and technology media source for the crushed stone and sand-and-gravel industries, providing aggregates industry news to producers, dealers, manufacturers, and fellow professionals.
Based in Cleveland, Ohio, Pit & Quarry‘s editorial content draws on extensive research and first-hand expert insight. Our team covers the industry from the field, traveling thousands of miles each year to visit quarries, sand and gravel plants, as well as attend industry trade shows and conferences. Supported by contributing authors, guests, and partners, Pit & Quarry utilizes its wide breath of resources to provide aggregates industry updates through a wide variety of media, including the monthly Pit & Quarry magazine, the pitandquarry.com website, digital editions, weekly/monthly/special coverage email newsletters, social media presence on all major platforms, and more.
Editorial Team
Kevin Yanik, Editor-in-Chief
kyanik@northcoastmedia.net | (216) 706-3724
Kevin Yanik, editor-in-chief, joined Pit & Quarry in 2012. Kevin is also the editorial advisor of Pit & Quarry’s sister magazine, Portable Plants. A Cleveland native and graduate of John Carroll University, Kevin has spent over 15 years in B2B publishing.
Jack Kopanski, Managing Editor
jkopanski@northcoastmedia.net | (216) 706-3756
Jack Kopanski is managing editor for Pit & Quarry magazine and editor-in-chief for Portable Plants magazine. A Strongsville native, Jack graduated from Kent State University in 2018 and spent three years working in newspapers before joining North Coast Media in August 2021.
Marie Emerick, Digital Media Specialist
memerick@northcoastmedia.net | (216) 706-3747
Marie Emerick is the digital media specialist for Pit & Quarry magazine. She has a bachelor’s degree in digital media production from Kent State University. In addition to Pit & Quarry, Marie previously served as the digital media specialist for GPS World magazine.
Columnists
Bill Doran, MSHA & Law Columnist
william.doran@ogletree.com
Bill Doran’s practice is concentrated in safety and health law and litigation at the law firm Ogletree Deakins. Doran represents and advises companies with respect to issues arising under federal and state safety and health statutes. He represents companies in accident investigations, special investigations, audits and discrimination investigations conducted by MSHA and OSHA, as well as state agencies. He also represents companies in litigation before the Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission, the Federal Mine Safety & Health Review Commission and the federal courts. Doran advises and represents companies and trade associations on local and national issues within the purview of federal agency administrators.
Margo Lopez, MSHA & Law Columnist
margaret.lopez@ogletree.com
Margo Lopez is the managing shareholder of the Washington, D.C. office of Ogletree Deakins, and is a long-time workplace safety lawyer representing mining companies in the coal, metal, stone, sand and gravel industries. She is a highly successful litigator and regularly presents company and industry cases before administrative law judges, Federal Review Commissions and the U.S. Court of Appeals. Lopez represents mine operators in federal investigations and cases arising out of mine incidents and agency enforcement actions under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act. She has been lead counsel in the aftermath of serious mine accidents and she represents companies and witnesses in MSHA special investigations and safety discrimination cases.
George Reddin, Economics Columnist
george.reddin@fmicorp.com
George Reddin, Pit & Quarry’s economics columnist, is a managing director with FMI Capital Advisors, FMI Corp.’s registered investment banking subsidiary. Reddin specializes in mergers, acquisitions and financial advisory services. He works with companies in the construction materials industry, including aggregate, hot-mix asphalt, ready-mix concrete and concrete product producers, as well as contractors involved in road-building construction. Reddin is also a member of the National Asphalt Pavement Association; the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association; the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association; and the National Precast Concrete Association.
Rob Mineo, Economics Columnist
rob.mineo@fmicorp.com
Rob Mineo is a managing director with FMI Capital Advisors, Inc., FMI Corporation’s registered investment banking subsidiary. Mineo specializes in mergers and acquisitions for the construction materials industry. Prior to becoming an investment banker, Mineo worked as a mechanical design engineer and holds a professional engineering license as well as a LEED AP certification for sustainable building practices. He holds a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Business Administration from Cornell University.
Evan Coughlin, Economics Columnist
evan.coughlin@fmicorp.com
Evan Coughlin is a vice president with FMI Capital Advisors, Inc., FMI Corporation’s registered investment banking subsidiary. Coughlin is responsible for executing merger and acquisition advisory for a variety of companies across the engineering and construction space. He specializes in the construction materials industry, including aggregate, hot mix asphalt, ready-mixed concrete and concrete product producers.
Steve Fuller, Safety Columnist
steve@stevefullercompany.com
For the past 20 years, Steve has worked with a variety of industries in operational leadership roles, and safety leadership roles. Steve now represents Steve Fuller Company. Managing a safety culture is challenging, and touches on many facets of leadership, communication, teamwork, and more.
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