aggregates
Martin Marietta Materials reports second quarter record net sales
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. reported its second quarter results, which include a 22 percent improvement in the West Group, a 5 percent overall increase of line pricing for aggregate products and a 13 percent increase in aggregate product line volume.… Keep Reading
Perfect Pricing: An app helps maximize freight rate
An industry-customized app is helping Bluegrass Materials win more jobs and maximize its freight rate. Pen and paper. That’s how Pat Malaney did business with customers for the overwhelming majority of his 28 years selling aggregates. “I’m old school,” says… Keep Reading
Penny for their thoughts
An Indiana newspaper reports that Rogers Group has temporarily withdrawn its bid to operate a quarry near Lafayette, as the company attempts to address the community’s concerns. The story here is an all-too-common one: Rogers Group faces reluctance on the… Keep Reading
Cemex CEO dies, successor not yet named
Cemex Chairman and CEO Lorenzo H. Zambrano died suddenly May 12 at age 70 in Madrid, Spain. Cemex spokesman Francisco Lebrija says he died of heart failure, while in town for a company meeting, according to Bloomberg News. The company… Keep Reading
Atlas Copco crusher, screen demoed at dealer event
Aggregate producers and recycling professionals saw new crushing and screening equipment in action at Pine Bush Equipment’s Holmes, N.Y., location. The event introduced Atlas Copco's PC2 jaw crusher and HS1 screen to Pine Bush customers and served as a step… Keep Reading
Labor pains
According to the U.S. Geological Survey and the Mine Safety and Health Administration, there has been about a 5 percent drop in aggregate-industry employment since four years ago. That number is due in part to more streamlined processes and the… Keep Reading
Life in the fast lane
A NASCAR career is Greg Biffle’s No. 1 work-related commitment, but the driver with 19 career victories is also at home in the mine. NASCAR driver Greg Biffle’s journey into aggregates stems from his very own crushing and screening equipment.… Keep Reading
Growth spurt
The Freedonia Group recently reported some very good news, forecasting worldwide sales of construction aggregates to increase 5.8 percent per year to 53.2 billion metric tons by 2017. And the news is good for North America, as well, with sales… Keep Reading
CalCIMA distributes awards to several members
The California Construction & Industrial Materials Association (CalCIMA) recently recognized several members who made outstanding contributions during 2013. Jim Good, retired and previously with the law firm Gresham Savage Nolan & Tilden, received the association's President's Award. Good, who served… Keep Reading
