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With UAV mapping efficiently producing such precise maps, there's no reason to be putting human lives on the line for this task.

Investing in your first UAV

Four reasons to switch to industrial drone mapping once you're ready to dive in to the technology. Keep Reading

Using drone technology, Memphis Stone & Gravel can survey an entire site in a more efficient and safer manner. Photo courtesy of Memphis Stone & Gravel

Memphis Stone & Gravel’s drone experience

Drones are revolutionizing the aggregate industry for the better, but understanding the data is essential to the change. Keep Reading

Resolves Aggregates’ wash plant is a five-machine wet processing system comprised of CDE’s M4500 modular wash plant, the AggMax portable log washer, the Counter Flow Classification Unit (CFCU), an EvoWash fines recovery unit and an AquaCycle thickener. Photo courtesy of Keith Newell

Inside the heart of Texas at Metroplex Sand & Gravel

Inside Metroplex Sand & Gravel, an up-and-coming operation with big goals in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Keep Reading

The Volvo Uptime Center in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, takes about 1,000 phone calls per month, aiming to reduce downtime for customers. Photo courtesy of Volvo CE

Volvo CE showcases the next generation of fleet management

A day at Volvo CE illustrates how telematics has evolved in the last decade to help aggregate producers. Keep Reading

Dozens of exhibitors displayed their latest drone technologies at this year’s Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas. Photo: Zach Mentz

What you missed at Commercial UAV Expo

Takeaways for aggregate producers from the annual commercial drone trade show. Keep Reading

An electric motor with a V-belt drive into a shaft-mounted reducer typically turns the screw shaft of a fine material screw washer. V-belts should be periodically inspected for wear. Photo courtesy of McLanahan Corp.

Maintaining your classifying tank, fine material screw washer

Tips and tricks to keep your classifying tank and fine material screw washer up and running. Keep Reading

Photo courtesy of the National Institute for Occupational Safety Health

Why MSHA suspicion isn’t enough in court

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Ogletree Deakins' Bill Doran and Margo Lopez explore why the Mine Act does not permit a citation based on mere speculation that a violation – that has not yet occurred – could happen in the future. Keep Reading

A conveyor can create a host of regulatory issues depending on its location on a mine site. Photo courtesy Mine Safety Assistance LLC

Conveyor safety: Going beyond guarding

Guarding the conveyor’s head, tail and V-belt drives is just the start of compliance. Keep Reading

Photo courtesy of Lippmann-Milwaukee

P&Q Profile: McCloskey International’s John O’Neill

A conversation with the vice president of sales at McCloskey International on his company's acquisition of Lippmann-Milwaukee – and much more. Keep Reading

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