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While hiring has improved in recent years, Capital Aggregates’ Jamie Jones says more needs to be done to educate the public about the benefits of working in the aggregate industry. Photo: Pit & Quarry

Strategies to address the industry’s workforce woes

Industry leaders share their approaches to hiring in a stagnant job market. Keep Reading

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Perspectives: Assessing the state of the industry

Aggregate producers, equipment manufacturers and others share their views on the industry’s health and what they’re keeping an eye on. Keep Reading

What’s transpiring industrywide in Missouri, Arkansas

Capital Aggregates’ Jamie Jones discusses the impact of weather to start 2025 while looking to the months ahead in the company’s markets. Keep Reading

Ogletree Deakins’ Margo Lopez says she’s seeing an uptick in Mine Safety & Health Administration inspector misconduct of late. As Lopez describes: “It is sometimes former disgruntled employees as an inspector, or sometimes people just having the wrong mindset to be out there in the field.” Photo: Pit & Quarry

Roundtable attendees talk MSHA inspections (Part 2)

In a discussion at the Pit & Quarry Roundtable & Conference, industry leaders shared their experiences of late with the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA). Keep Reading

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Capital Aggregates talks state, federal funding

Chris Williams and Jamie Jones of Machinery Partner discuss how the aggregate industry has fared so far in 2024, highlighting federal funding and state DOT funds as the primary drivers for the industry. Keep Reading

The Ozark Quarry, located in the Springfield, Missouri, area, is one of 12 quarries that makes up Capital Materials, now part of Capital Aggregates. Photo: Capital Aggregates

Operations reorganize as Capital Aggregates

Several large Missouri aggregate operations combined and rebranded as one new entity that produces more than 10 million tons a year. Keep Reading

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