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A producer panel at the 2025 Pit & Quarry Roundtable & Conference was comprised of Duff Quarry’s Ross Duff (left), Luck Stone’s Raymond Slaughter (center) and US Aggregates’ Kristin Sweeney. Photo: P&Q Staff

Roundtable panel explores transformative aggregate tech

Leaders from Luck Stone, US Aggregates and Duff Quarry share their experience of late with modern technologies that are making a difference. Keep Reading

Tom Hill, chairman and CEO of Vulcan Materials, addressed members of the South Carolina Aggregates Association at their 2023 Workshop & Exhibition in Columbia, South Carolina. Photo: P&Q Staff

P&Q Hall of Fame Profile: J. Thomas Hill

Across several decades, Tom Hill’s hands-on approach and strong work ethic helped to bolster Vulcan Materials as the nation’s largest aggregate producer. Keep Reading

The stage is set for the 2025 Pit & Quarry Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, which will celebrate the careers of Gerry Bauer, Ron DeDiemar, Tom Hill and Edgar B. Symons. Pictured here is Maryland Materials’ David Thomey on stage during the 2022 ceremony. Photo: P&Q Archives

Four greats to be inducted to P&Q Hall of Fame this month

The industry gathers March 24 to celebrate Gerry Bauer, Ron DeDiemar, Tom Hill and Edgar B. Symons as they become the next members of the Pit & Quarry Hall of Fame. Keep Reading

Richard Luck (right) currently serves Luck Companies as president while his father, Charlie Luck IV, is chairman and CEO. Photo: Luck Companies

Luck Companies president details what’s next for the company

Richard Luck explores the road ahead for the company, as well as the company‘s plans to ‘ignite human potential’ in a technology-driven world. Keep Reading

Ron DeDiemar, pictured at right while serving as manager of Telsmith Machine Design, explained the finer points of the company’s Gyrasphere crusher during this industrial sales meeting. Photo: Jeanette DeDiemar

P&Q Hall of Fame Profile: Ronald B. DeDiemar

With an industry career path like no other, Ron DeDiemar made an imprint on crushing and screening equipment. Keep Reading

The Symons cone crusher is the defining industry legacy of Edgar B. Symons, who was selected for enshrinement to the Pit & Quarry Hall of Fame this year. Photo: Metso

P&Q Hall of Fame Profile: Edgar B. Symons

The inventor of the Symons cone crusher cemented his legacy in aggregates more than a century ago. Keep Reading

Laptops and other rugged mobile devices allow miners and operators to transition to real-time diagnostics for powered haulage equipment and machinery. Photo: Panasonic Connect

Safety | P&Q University Handbook

Read how mobile technology is reshaping the future of aggregate operations. Keep Reading

Gerry Bauer has been with EccoFab since 1978. The company was founded four years earlier. Photo: Brian Bauer

P&Q Hall of Fame Profile: Gerald F. Bauer

The longtime EccoFab president has made a career out of innovation and collaboration – and he doesn’t plan on slowing down. Keep Reading

FMI says passage of a one-time infrastructure stimulus package could catapult aggregate producers into a “super cycle” not seen in decades. Photo: MichaelUtech/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Perspectives: What economic factors are weighing on producers

Interest rates and infrastructure funding are top of mind these days for producers and those supporting them. Keep Reading

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