aggregate producers
Fairmount Minerals recognized for community outreach again
Fairmount Minerals’ Best Sand mining facility earned an honorable mention for public outreach at the Interstate Mining Compact Commission’s 2012 Mineral Education Awards. Best Sand’s employees have made public outreach and education a priority in their day-to-day operations. Sixteen hundred… Keep Reading
Vulcan Materials releases second-quarter earnings summary
Vulcan Materials Co. shared its second-quarter earnings summary last week, announcing that its aggregates segment gross profit improved 9 percent due to increased productivity and cost-reduction initiatives. Vulcan’s aggregates shipments increased slightly on a same-store basis from the prior year… Keep Reading
Martin Marietta shares second-quarter results
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. released its second-quarter results today, noting that its heritage aggregates business-operating margin expanded 150 basis points and that the company’s specialty products group posted record second-quarter net sales. “Our second-quarter results once again reflect the powerful… Keep Reading
Graniterock CEO’s death ruled an accidental drowning
Placer County (Calif.) deputies confirmed earlier this week that Graniterock CEO Bruce Woolpert’s death was an accidental drowning, The Santa Cruz Sentinel reports. Although there were no witnesses, an investigation concluded that while near North Lake Tahoe, Woolpert fell and hit his… Keep Reading
Knife River names safety director
Sean Haggerty has been promoted to safety director at Knife River Corp. He will be based out of the company’s offices in Stockton, Calif. Haggerty joined Knife River in 2007 as safety manager for Hawaiian Cement and West Hawaii Concrete.… Keep Reading
Martin Marietta-Vulcan ruling explained further
Bloomberg reports that the Delaware Supreme Court has expanded on a May 31 ruling, concluding in a 42-page explanatory opinion that a lower court properly found Martin Marietta Materials Inc. could not proceed with a hostile takeover of Vulcan Materials… Keep Reading
Cement supplier marks centennial with service initiative
The Holcim facility in Dundee, Mich., is participating in a year-long community service initiative to mark the 100th anniversary of its parent company, Holcim Ltd. The initiative, Together for Communities, gives Holcim employees the opportunity to lead local volunteer projects.… Keep Reading
Big River Industries earns pair of safety awards
The Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI) and National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) have recognized Big River Industries Inc., a producer of expanded clay lightweight aggregate, with their annual safety awards. Big River’s plants in Erwinsville, La., and Livingston, Ala., each… Keep Reading
Cemex drops plans for Vegas-area gravel operations
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that one of the companies eyeing plans for a gravel operation at Sloan Hills in the south Las Vegas Valley is no longer pursuing the controversial project. Stephen Wild, Cemex's Southern Nevada district manager, wrote to the… Keep Reading
