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NSSGA breaks down the latest Trump regulatory agenda
The agenda offers encouraging signs for the aggregate industry, according to the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA). Keep Reading
Cemex joins monarch butterfly initiative
Cemex USA will be participating in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Wildlife Habitat Council’s Monarch Partnership. Keep Reading
Government agencies expand definition of ‘critical habitat’
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services and National Marine Fisheries Service expanded the definition of "critical habitat" from “an area occupied by species at the time it is listed” to include areas that a species may occupy in the future… Keep Reading
For the birds
Nebraska’s aggregates industry has established a successful partnership with environmental agencies to protect fragile bird populations. There are two tiny problems Nebraska sand-and-gravel companies deal with each year near the beginning of the mining season: threatened piping plovers and endangered… Keep Reading
Lafarge turns over mining rights across 1,300 acres
Lafarge North America has come to terms with government agencies and jurisdictions to turn over land leases in an effort to preserve the land in and around the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge. Lafarge held leases to extract sand and… Keep Reading