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Rear ejects address carryback and other areas of efficiency. Photo: Philippi-Hagenbuch

Seeking solutions to combat carryback

Philippi-Hagenbuch’s Josh Swank provides equipment solutions to reduce carryback and improve hauling efficiency. Keep Reading

The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association hosted its 2023 Legislative & Policy Forum at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill from Sept. 24-27. Photo: P&Q Staff

NSSGA amplifies the aggregate industry’s message

The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) brought key issues to lawmakers this year in tandem with sister organizations. Keep Reading

The more control blasters have on the front end of a detonation, the less likely an incident is to occur on the back end. Photo: Xesai/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Utilizing technology to produce safer blasts

Buckley Powder’s Brett Richter details how newer tools are making a blaster’s job easier. Keep Reading

McNamara Contracting’s new horizontal screen was installed on a portable chassis that includes wide walkways, dual access ladders and a sliding discharge chute for improved accessibility. Photo: McLanahan

McNamara Contracting details benefits of recent screen investment

Read about McNamara Contracting's experience following an investment at a Minnesota operation. Keep Reading

Photo: P&Q Staff

Quarry Faces: October 2023

Check out photo highlights from some of the magazine’s recent stops, including visits with representatives of Conn-Weld, Sykes Supply and The Sunrock Group. Keep Reading

After a successful 2022, industry stakeholders are optimistic that, given the right conditions, 2023 with be another bountiful year. Photo: P&Q Staff

Assessing the mood of the aggregate industry

While this year probably won’t be one for the record book, P&Q’s Kevin Yanik says producers are once again exhibiting the resiliency that gutted them to success during the early years of the decade. Keep Reading

Crush Mode’s Micah Tysver, third from left, recently partnered with IRock Crushers in the Upper Midwest. Photo: IRock Crushers

Six questions with Crush Mode’s Micah Tysver

P&Q paid Crush Mode president Micah Tysver a visit to discuss his start-up company in the Upper Midwest, his new partnership with IRock Crushers and more. Keep Reading

Says PPI’s Jeff Poe: “You can have a conveyor track perfectly in the center for years, and then all of a sudden it will want to track to the left or the right.” Photo: P&Q Staff

How producers are performing at the end of the third quarter

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FMI Capital Advisors leaders write that the producing companies in their Construction Materials Index continue to outperform the general market. The gap, however, has narrowed. Keep Reading

Says BMC Enterprises’ Nathan McKean: “We’ll do pure ready-mix deals and pure [aggregates] deals, but it’s aggs first.” Photo: BMC Enterprises

BMC Enterprises making moves in the Midwest

BMC Enterprises CEO Nathan McKean discusses his company’s 2023 M&A activity, the overall dealmaking environment and the industry at-large. Keep Reading

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