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Astec touts ‘first of its kind’ screening tech at AGG1
Astec Industries’ reimagined screen deck addresses blinding, utilizing a structured frame paired with a live, free-moving deck. Keep Reading
TCI expands operations with Oklahoma facility
TCI Manufacturing plans to initially focus its new 45,000-sq.-ft. facility in Pryor, Oklahoma, on conveyors and portable material handling equipment. Keep Reading
Thayer Scale introduces WeighPoint integrator
The Series 7200 model is the latest addition to the company’s portfolio of instrumentation. Keep Reading
Purvis Industries purchases PTE Drives
Purvis says the acquisition reinforces its presence in northern Ohio. Keep Reading
Final crystalline silica rule emerges from MSHA
Get details on the Mine Safety & Health Administration’s (MSHA) final rule on respirable crystalline silica exposure. Keep Reading
How autonomy might redefine the quarry
Autonomous hauling has been getting a lot of love lately on the pages of Pit & Quarry. And rightly so. Our intensified coverage extends back to the magazine’s February 2023 edition, which featured Luck Stone on our cover and a companion piece inside detailing the company’s mission to bring autonomous hauling to aggregates. The magazine has periodically explored autonomy in the 14 months since that Luck Stone story – and this month is no different. This month, we present a Q&A with SafeAI founder and CEO Bibhrajit Halder, whose company partnered with CRH on an autonomous hauling project. I found our visit with Halder enlightening, as he plainly laid out how the nation’s largest aggregate producers are arriving at autonomy and what he expects to transpire in the years to come. “Transformation” is the keyword on the autonomy front. Producers are right now doing the legwork with their technology partners to determine how aggregate operations can be reimagined for the better. By Halder’s account, three factors are driving producers toward… Keep Reading
Martin Marietta-Blue Water deal complete
Twenty Blue Water Industries aggregate operations in the Southeast transition to Martin Marietta. Keep Reading
SRM Materials adds Summit quarry through M&A
The company acquired a Summit Materials site northwest of Amarillo, Texas. Keep Reading
Chaney Enterprises acquires Chandler Concrete
The deal for Chandler Concrete Co. includes 44 ready-mixed concrete plants, three block plants and one building supply store. Keep Reading
