2018
Martin Marietta: Business fundamentals, demand remains strong
The company expects continued strength in the private sector, as well as increased public-sector activity, to drive shipment, pricing and profitability growth in the months ahead. Keep Reading
Vulcan: Aggregate pricing improving amid higher input costs
Higher energy costs couldn't stop the nation's largest aggregate producer from finishing 2018 strong. Keep Reading
Granite Construction poised for strong start to 2019
A federal infrastructure bill and a cooperative Mother Nature should spur growth in 2019 for Granite Construction, the company’s president and CEO says. Keep Reading
Aggregate become greater driver of U.S. Concrete’s business
Bill Sandbrook, chairman, president and CEO of U.S. Concrete, noted as much as the company released its full-year 2018 results. Keep Reading
CRH chief: 2018 brought ‘record profit delivery’
The company reports it continued to grow profitably in 2018 despite weather disruption and an inflationary cost environment. Keep Reading
Great Lakes limestone trade up in 2018
Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 28.4 million tons in 2018, a 1.3 percent increase compared with 2017, reports the Lake Carriers' Association. Keep Reading
Cemex sales grow 8 percent in third quarter 2018
Cemex's third-quarter 2018 was highlighted by an 8 percent growth in sales, the highest growth in a single quarter for the company first-quarter 2014. Keep Reading
How Granite Construction fared in third quarter 2018
Granite Construction reported a third quarter 2018 net income of $55.7 million, an increase of 21.1 percent from the same period last year. Keep Reading
USGS: Aggregate production up in second quarter 2018
An estimated 658 million metric tons of total construction aggregate was produced and shipped for consumption in the United States in the second quarter of 2018. Keep Reading
