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A worker handles modular synthetic media in a middle deck. Photo courtesy of Polydeck

Screening: Solutions to hazards

Considerations to make when working around screening equipment. Keep Reading

Mining at Memphis Stone & Gravel’s Sawyer Property in DeSoto County, Mississippi, was completed within the last several years. Photo: Kevin Yanik

Making a case for a mine permit

Memphis Stone & Gravel’s Alan Parks details the growing difficulties producers face to obtain necessary permits while offering some practical strategies that can position others for success. Keep Reading

Several members of Congress, plus EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, addressed the second annual Legislative & Policy Forum hosted at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy of NSSGA

What’s happening in Washington

Five takeaways from the aggregate industry’s lobby day on Capitol Hill. Keep Reading

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

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