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A Caterpillar 777D haul truck operator traverses a pit at Hanson Aggregates’ Bridgeport Plant in Chico, Texas. The plant, in operation since 1956, utilizes a series of 777Ds and other Cat equipment in the pit. Photo courtesy of Lehigh Hanson

Quarry Faces: March 2019

A look around the aggregate industry. Keep Reading

2019 Pit & Quarry Hall of Fame

Check out videos from the 2019 Pit & Quarry Hall of Fame, which took place Feb. 11 in Indianapolis. Keep Reading

This mobile crusher at Graniterock’s A.R. Wilson Quarry in Aromas, California, is a sight to see. Weighing 750 tons, the mammoth machine is said to be the largest self-propelled rubber tire crusher in the world. Learn more about “the Krupp,” as Graniterock’s employees lovingly call the crusher, in the March 2019 edition of Portable Plants, sister magazine to Pit & Quarry. Photo: Aaron Witt

Quarry Faces: February 2019

Snapshots from around the aggregate industry. Keep Reading

Photo courtesy of IRock

P&Q Profile: IRock Crushers’ Fred Gross

P&Q talks business and equipment developments with Fred Gross, the director of sales and business development at IRock Crushers. Keep Reading

The top 20 sand and gravel producers in the nation accounted for nearly 270 million metric tons in 2016, USGS reports. Photo: Kevin Yanik

Vulcan Materials, Martin Marietta, U.S. Concrete, CRH, others share 2018 results

A number of companies released their 2018 results. Find out how each of them performed. Keep Reading

Photo: P&Q Staff

P&Q University Lesson 5: Loading, Excavating & Dredging

Lesson 5 of Pit & Quarry University describes equipment and safety practices when loading, excavating and dredging. Keep Reading

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P&Q Profile: Route 82 Sand & Gravel’s Stewart Petrovits

A conversation with the owner/vice president of Route 82 Sand & Gravel. Keep Reading

Photo: iStock.com/Sean Pavone

Live from the 2019 AGG1 Aggregates Academy & Expo

Check out industry news, exhibitor listings, Indianapolis tourism information and more from AGG1 and the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association's Annual Convention. Keep Reading

Pit & Quarry Managing Editor Zach Mentz, left, with Paul Manning of Omya at Cemex’s Balcones Quarry in New Braunfels, Texas. The visit to Balcones Quarry was part of Quarry Academy, co-hosted in late 2018 by Dyno Nobel and Sandvik Mining & Rock Technology. Manning is a geologist for Sylacauga, Alabama-based Omya.

Quarry Faces: January 2019

Snapshots from around the aggregate industry. Keep Reading

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