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Cemex Safety Week 2019 aimed to improve workplace safety
Cemex started the new year with Safety Week 2019, an annual company-wide initiative focused on achieving Zero4Life at its hundreds of facilities across the United States. Keep Reading
New construction starts drop 7 percent in November 2018
New construction starts in November 2018 slipped 7 percent from October to a seasonally-adjusted rate of $789.3 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. Keep Reading
USGS: Aggregate production increases in third quarter 2018
An estimated 694 Mt of total construction aggregate were produced and shipped for consumption in the United States in the third quarter of 2018, the United States Geological Survey reports. Keep Reading
Cemex USA hosts 5k race, donates to Boy Scouts of America
Cemex USA hosted the inaugural Quarry Quest 5k race at the company's FEC Quarry in Miami to support nearly 38,000 South Florida Boy Scouts. Keep Reading
NSSGA establishes industrial sand division
Members of the National Industrial Sand Association are joining the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) in a new Industrial Sand Division. Keep Reading
Construction spending drops in October 2018
Construction spending dipped in October compared with September, according to an analysis of new Census data from the Associated General Contractors of America. Keep Reading
Lehigh Hanson partners with wildlife rescue organization
Lehigh Hanson donated approximately 200 acres of reclaimed mining property from its Marlboro sand and gravel site in Bennettsville, South Carolina, to a non-profit wildlife rescue organization. Keep Reading
Sunroc acquires Tri County Concrete
Sunroc Corp., a construction services company serving Utah, Idaho and Wyoming, announced it has closed on its acquisition of Tri-County Concrete. Keep Reading
Natural Resource Partners to sell aggregate business
The company signed a definitive agreement to sell its construction aggregate business segment, VantaCore Partners, to an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners. Keep Reading
