Features
The permitting process: Part 1
This two-part series educates producers on avoiding pitfalls and adopting best practices in their pursuit of permits. Read "The permitting process: Part 2" here. Maneuvering around the potential pitfalls in the permitting process may be likened to playing a fierce… Keep Reading
Are you red or green?
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) introduced a new web display. It reports operator performance regarding Rules to Live By (RLB) compliance. Operators who have a higher-than-average rate of RLB safety violations are marked in red. Those who have… Keep Reading
P&Q Hall of Fame Profile: Glen Barton
Executive paved Caterpillar’s way into mining, spurred tremendous growth. Glen Barton was destined to “bleed yellow” since he was five years old, when his father purchased the first family tractor. “At six or seven, I could drive it and do… Keep Reading
Continuous opportunities for a Colorado quarry
An economically healthy Colorado keeps things moving at Pete Lien & Sons’ Owl Canyon Complex. The off-colored rock visibly streaks along the quarry face, calling special attention to itself because of the sharp-contrasting red rock above and below it. The… Keep Reading
P&Q Hall of Fame Profile: Eli Whitney Blake
Inventor revolutionizes road-building industry with stone crusher. Two hundred years ago, building a two-mile macadam road was a daunting task. Today, it’s not a problem because of Eli Whitney Blake’s stone crusher. Born in 1795 in Westborough, Mass., Blake had… Keep Reading
HSI on the move
A Texas company uses a track-mounted impactor to process virgin aggregates, as well as recycled building materials. Producers crushing on the run know there are two key ingredients to running any successful contracting business: versatility and reliability. For Mesa Equipment… Keep Reading
State taxes
Aggregate producers should be prepared for unexpected audits or additional taxes. The Council on State Taxation (COST), a Washington, D.C., think-tank, recently released the results of a study showing business taxes accounted for 45 percent of all state and local… Keep Reading
Growing family: Expanding a family-owned business
Having started small, family-owned Conners Crushed Stone now operates five quarries near Waco, Texas. The Conners family settled into the aggregate business by way of a spontaneous purchase at an auction. Gary Conners, patriarch and founder of Conners Crushed Stone,… Keep Reading
Moving mountains with an overland conveyor system
An energy-generating, downhill overland conveyor system boosts safety, savings and sustainability. Moving mountains of upper-ledge rock material to ground-level crushing and processing operations had once posed a significant transport challenge at Geneva Rock Products’ Point of the Mountain site in… Keep Reading
