Great Recession
Kraemer president discusses today’s business environment
Cody Ladd, president and COO at Kraemer Mining & Materials, touches on the industry’s growth rate in 2024 and why he prefers it over the one experienced during the boom years leading up to the Great Recession. Keep Reading
The latest on aggregate production and pricing
Pit & Quarry’s Kevin Yanik shares some takeaways from recent findings, noting that aggregate production is at highs not seen since before the Great Recession and that producers continue to make steady pricing improvements. Keep Reading
Coronavirus survey reveals shift in producers’ outlooks
Pit & Quarry surveyed aggregate producers for a second time in May on a number of business topics, and showed a shift in attitude from April. Keep Reading
Measuring the economic impact of the coronavirus
How long will the latest economic downturn last? And how might this downturn compare to the Great Recession? P&Q asked aggregate producers for their collective feelings on the matter. Keep Reading
The past 100 years of the aggregates industry
Glance back at a century of aggregates industry history as Pit & Quarry turns 100. Keep Reading
What we can expect from the next aggregate associations
The aggregates industry’s history of trade associations is fairly typical. Since 1903, it has been represented by no less than eight separate organizations. Keep Reading
