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Testing a new screening system amid intense market pressures

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Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a story that began in last month’s issue of Pit & Quarry about sand-and-gravel producer Nels Ostero Ltd. in Taylor, British Columbia, Canada. The first installment discussed Nels Ostero’s need to beef… Keep Reading

Oldcastle Materials site receives special award for improving biodiversity

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Reclaiming a spent sand-and-gravel mining facility is one thing. Having Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) recognize your efforts to partner with company employees, community organizations, youth groups and environmental education leaders in the process is quite another. WHC is a national… Keep Reading

How to use tax breaks to reduce employee education costs

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Education is an excellent fringe benefit producers can employ to attract and retain employees – and tax breaks can help to reduce the cost. One of the major assets for all aggregate producers is their employees. As is the case with… Keep Reading

Philippi-Hagenbuch gives back

Philippi-Hagenbuch is showing its caring side with a new Pink Tailgate Initiative. With a goal of raising money for breast cancer research and prevention, the company will donate 5 percent of all proceeds from sales of its pink tailgates through… Keep Reading

Perfect Pricing: An app helps maximize freight rate

An industry-customized app is helping Bluegrass Materials win more jobs and maximize its freight rate. Pen and paper. That’s how Pat Malaney did business with customers for the overwhelming majority of his 28 years selling aggregates. “I’m old school,” says… Keep Reading

Behemoth: Upgrading a 25-year-old dragline

Vulcan Materials Co. upgrades the Bucyrus-Erie King Midas dragline – a 25-year-old marvel. There’s nothing mythical or fictitious about King Midas, the 25-cu.yd. modular Bucyrus-Erie 680-W walking dragline that was first purchased in 1989 by Ohio’s R&F Coal Co. In… Keep Reading

New screening system enhances efficiency, lowers costs

In part one of a two-part feature, a Canadian sand-and-gravel producer tests a new screening system amid intense market pressure. Downtime is lost opportunity and profit in the fast-moving oil and natural gas fields of the Peace River region, located… Keep Reading

MSHA can take control after mine accidents

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Companies subject to OSHA are inspected after accidents, but employers are under no legal obligation to shut down all or part of their operations. In addition, companies are not required to correct conditions unless a citation is issued. And even… Keep Reading

W.S. Tyler and Kemper Equipment demo

W.S. Tyler and Kemper Equipment held a joint demonstration of the Hydro-Clean material washing system at Mason-Dixon Sand & Gravel's Cecil Plant in Port Deposit, Md. The W.S. Tyler Hydro-Clean uses high-pressure jets in a drum to liberate silt and… Keep Reading

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