Editors’ Blog
A few minutes with Metso
Metso hosted dealers and customers at its 2013 Quarry Solutions & Industry Knowledge Expo, a training and demonstration event in Columbia, S.C. This was the second straight year Metso hosted the event. Pit & Quarry sat down during the expo… Keep Reading
KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens hold dealer conference
KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens hosted more than 60 authorized North American dealers at their annual National Dealer Conference (NDC), held Sept. 16-19 in Eugene, Ore. Each year, KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens launch new products and sales tools for… Keep Reading
Liebherr ADTs on the way
Liebherr introduced a 30-ton articulated dump truck (ADT) at its media open house Sept. 12 in Newport News, Va., and it offered performance comparisons of a crawler tractor and a wheel loader against competitive equipment. The 30-ton ADT the company… Keep Reading
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
