aggregate producers
Lafarge initiative geared toward community enrichment
Lafarge Canada Inc. is reaffirming its commitment to communities and customers through a new initiative called Building Better Cities. According to Lafarge Canada, Building Better Cities will be applied to all internal and external marketing and communications materials across Canada.… Keep Reading
Aggregate Industries plants achieve safety milestone
Three Aggregate Industries U.S. facilities have received safety achievement awards from the Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals. The facilities were recognized for accomplishing a zero-lost-time accident rate in 2012. The accomplishment is based on a company's lost-time-injuries record, which… Keep Reading
Cemex at odds with proposed bill
Cemex says that a bill introduced April 18 to block a proposed sand-and-gravel mine in Santa Clarita, Calif., is not a viable resolution to a long-running dispute between the approved open-pit operation and local residents, reports the Santa Clarita Valley… Keep Reading
Knife River names Lambert safety director
Jeff Lambert has been promoted to safety director, effective April 28, at Knife River Corp. Lambert will report directly to President Dave Barney. Lambert joined the operation in 1999 and has been director of safety since 2007 for the operation's… Keep Reading
Lehigh Hanson plant achieves an industry first
Lehigh Hanson Inc.'s Mission Valley Rock plant in Sunol, Calif., recently became the first aggregates production site to achieve the EPA’s Energy Star Challenge for Industry. The Mission Valley Rock plant reduced its energy intensity by 12.2 percent within one… Keep Reading
Nye elected NSSGA chairman
Ward Nye, president and CEO of Martin Marietta Materials, has officially been elected the 2013-14 chairman of the board for NSSGA. Nye's election came during the NSSGA board of directors meeting at the association’s annual convention in San Antonio on March… Keep Reading
Zelnak chosen for NSSGA’s top award
The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) named Stephen P. Zelnak Jr. as recipient of the 16th annual Barry K. Wendt Memorial Commitment Award for his dedication to the aggregates industry, his family and his community. Zelnak is chairman… Keep Reading
Holcim, Aggregate Industries mark centennial with service
Holcim U.S. and Aggregate Industries U.S. launched an employee volunteer initiative to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its parent company, Holcim Ltd. To mark the milestone, the company launched Together for Communities, an initiative in which employees led local volunteer… Keep Reading
Holcim, Aggregate Industries name new president and CEO
Holcim U.S. Inc. has named Filiberto Ruiz as the company's president and CEO. Ruiz will also serve aggregate industries U.S. in the same positions. Additionally, Bernard Terver, who is currently a member of the Holcim Ltd. executive committee and a former… Keep Reading
