John Deere announced the continuation of its planned building-block approach to meet U.S. Final Tier 4 and European Union Stage IV emissions regulations. Final Tier 4/Stage IV regulations for off-highway diesel engines begin as early as 2013 for engines 74 hp and below. Regulatory dates for engines...More>>

Employees at Lafarge’s Bow River Aggregates and Lafarge Meadows sites in the Calgary, Alberta, Canada area received international recognition for their contributions to wildlife habitat conservation at the Wildlife Habitat Council’s 23rd Annual Symposium – People, Partnerships and Pathways.More>>

Lafarge North America’s Resource Recovery Mine was honored with the Jack Starner Memorial Reclamation Award, the company announced. The Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board and the Colorado Stone, Sand and Gravel Association presented the award in recognition of Lafarge’s reclamation...More>>

NSSGA recognized two Lehigh Hanson aggregate facilities in Texas for their environmental efforts, the company announced. Its Bridgeport Quarry in Chico, Texas, and its Arena Sand & Gravel Plant in Garwood, Texas, both received the NSSGA’s Environmental Excellence Gold Award, the association’s...More>>

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development released Guidelines on Quarry Rehabilitation, which provides practical guidance for managing the impacts of quarrying activities and ensuring that environments are properly revitalized. Led by the Cement Sustainability Initiative, the project...More>>

Lafarge Canada Inc. launched a new range of high standard recycled aggregates called Aggneo, the company announced. Aggneo is a Lafarge Group global initiative with the goal to offer a reliable and sustainable construction solution. Aggneo is a consistent and reliable alternative to virgin...More>>

Employees at Lafarge’s Stonewall Aggregates received international recognition for their contributions to wildlife habitat conservation at the Wildlife Habitat Council’s (WHC) 23rd Annual Symposium – People, Partnerships and Pathways.More>>

Siemens Industry added another megawatt of solar power to its portfolio as Granite Construction Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Granite Construction Inc., commissioned one of the nation’s first solar-powered aggregate and hot-mix facilities, located in Coalinga, Calif.More>>

In a decision beneficial to the aggregates industry, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicated that it will retain the current coarse particulate (PM10) national ambient air quality standard. According to NSSGA, this is of major importance to members because a reduced standard would...More>>

Lafarge North America kicked off an innovative NetZero energy home (duplex) project on National Precast Day by giving a private media tour at the Lafarge Precast Concrete Plant in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The project is in partnership with Stantec and will showcase their support of Habitat for...More>>