Tag: 2018

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Martin Marietta: Business fundamentals, demand remains strong

February 28, 2019 By

The company expects continued strength in the private sector, as well as increased public-sector activity, to drive shipment, pricing and profitability growth in the months ahead.

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Vulcan: Aggregate pricing improving amid higher input costs

February 28, 2019 By

Higher energy costs couldn’t stop the nation’s largest aggregate producer from finishing 2018 strong.

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Granite Construction poised for strong start to 2019

February 28, 2019 By

A federal infrastructure bill and a cooperative Mother Nature should spur growth in 2019 for Granite Construction, the company’s president and CEO says.

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Aggregate become greater driver of U.S. Concrete’s business

February 28, 2019 By

Bill Sandbrook, chairman, president and CEO of U.S. Concrete, noted as much as the company released its full-year 2018 results.

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CRH chief: 2018 brought ‘record profit delivery’

February 28, 2019 By

The company reports it continued to grow profitably in 2018 despite weather disruption and an inflationary cost environment.

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Great Lakes limestone trade up in 2018

January 18, 2019 By

Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 28.4 million tons in 2018, a 1.3 percent increase compared with 2017, reports the Lake Carriers’ Association.

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Cemex sales grow 8 percent in third quarter 2018

November 15, 2018 By

Cemex’s third-quarter 2018 was highlighted by an 8 percent growth in sales, the highest growth in a single quarter for the company first-quarter 2014.

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How Granite Construction fared in third quarter 2018

November 13, 2018 By

Granite Construction reported a third quarter 2018 net income of $55.7 million, an increase of 21.1 percent from the same period last year.

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USGS: Aggregate production up in second quarter 2018

October 3, 2018 By

An estimated 658 million metric tons of total construction aggregate was produced and shipped for consumption in the United States in the second quarter of 2018.

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