Editors’ Blog
Own a drone?
Not just for the military anymore, now just about any business, including your aggregates operation, can own its own drone. Lehmann Aviation offers the LA300, a new automatic drone for aerial photos and video, and it's targeted to the mining… Keep Reading
A $100 billion company without a finance department
Accounting. Finance. Human resources. Information technology. All four of these areas are vital for multimillion-dollar companies to function, but Cemex, as Fast Company reports, outsourced those functions last year to IBM as part of a 10-year, $1 billion contract. "What… Keep Reading
‘Pothole Robin Hood’
The infrastructure of the United States is deteriorating, and there are signs that the public is beginning to take notice. I see more and more stories in the mainstream media about the need for infrastructure improvements. My favorite was about… Keep Reading
Transportation secretary wants more bang from taxpayers’ buck
Anthony Foxx, the newly sworn-in transportation secretary, emphasized a need to improve the efficiency and performance of the existing U.S. transportation system in a blog post on the Department of Transportation's (DOT) website Thursday. "That's no small challenge," Foxx writes.… Keep Reading
Secondary and tertiary options
Portable rock crushers are often used to provide the material needed to maintain primary roads because they have large production capabilities and they're able to meet Department of Transportation (DOT) requirements. These same crushers are also options to provide material… Keep Reading
Notes from Caterpillar’s Quarry Days
Caterpillar hosted customers at its second Asia Pacific Quarry Days in Japan. A handful of aggregates trade magazines from around the world, including Pit & Quarry, were also invited to participate in classroom-style presentations and demonstrations about Cat's latest equipment… Keep Reading
Practicing what you preach
MSHA inspectors are finding fewer hazards at Conmat Inc., and the hazards they are finding are less severe than the ones they used to come across at the operation's limestone quarries in northwest Illinois. So what's making the difference? It's… Keep Reading
John Deere demos new offerings
John Deere hosted a Coal Valley Rally last week in the Quad Cities area of Illinois and Iowa. More than two dozen journalists attended the event, where we learned about the company's new E-Series skid steers and compact track loaders,… Keep Reading
Damage control
Just about every summer, my wife and I spend time at the Jersey Shore. She grew up in Eastern Pennsylvania, and my first job out of college was in Philadelphia, so the shore is a familiar, happy spot for us… Keep Reading
