Editors’ Blog
Lafarge Midwest celebrates land protection at Cave-in-Rock plant
The Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers reports that Lafarge Midwest, Inc. celebrated its protection of some of Illinois’ highest-quality limestone natural communities with students from Hardin County High School. “These areas owned by Lafarge Midwest represent living museums of our… Keep Reading
Will Martin Marietta ever succeed in taking over Vulcan?
It’s the question that’s had the aggregates industry, as well as the financial analysts and law specialists following Martin Marietta Materials Inc. and Vulcan Materials Co., on hold since the two companies entered friendly merger talks back in 2010. Following… Keep Reading
No more multi-year highway bills?
In his Innovation NewsBriefs e-newsletter, public policy consultant Ken Orski suggests the days of multi-year transportation bills may be over. "Long term authorizations have been a longstanding feature of the federal-aid transportation program," Orski says. "They have been justified by the need… Keep Reading
As seen on TV
In a television commercial for the Audi A6 automobile, the company extols the virtues of its “intelligent” car in a world that’s less than perfect for driving. “Across the nation, over 100,000 miles of highways and bridges are in disrepair,”… Keep Reading
Aggregates demand to increase sharply after 2013
The drop in aggregates consumption during the past five years has been unusually large owing to the recession (of course) and the sharp decline in aggregates intensity. Aggregates intensity has dropped by more than 37 percent since 2006. No doubt… Keep Reading
Change for the better
Pit & Quarry has been around for a long time—nearly 100 years. Just before I first started on the magazine in early 1988, the parent company was Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich (HBJ). Beginning soon after, as is often the case in the… Keep Reading
More than a magazine
Two big news stories have been in play as we’ve gone to press with each issue this year. There is Martin Marietta Materials’ hostile takeover bid for Vulcan Materials Co., and then there’s the ongoing political struggle to get a… Keep Reading
The industry is changing
Pit & Quarry magazine has been around for nearly 100 years, and looking through old issues, I’m struck not by how much things have changed, but by how much things have stayed the same. Go to the “Looking Back” page at… Keep Reading
Finding perspective
The last five years as senior editor of Pit & Quarry magazine have taught me to view things differently today. It’s easy to take our nation’s infrastructure for granted – most noticeably the roads and bridges that keep us connected as well… Keep Reading
