Tag: aggregate industry

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Wingra Stone VP reflects on 2021

December 15, 2021By and

Travis Wise, vice president and general manager at Wingra Stone, looks back on the year that was for his Wisconsin company and the roadblocks it faced.

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Georgia hopes positive 2021 can parlay into strong 2022

December 15, 2021By

Jeff Wansley, executive director of the Georgia Construction Aggregate Association, shared with P&Q his expectations for the aggregate industry in the new year.

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LafargeHolcim expands in Minnesota with acquisition

December 13, 2021By

The acquisition of Marshall Concrete Products in the Twin Cities region expands the footprint of local Aggregate Industries operations, which are part of the LafargeHolcim family of companies in the U.S.

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New side dump trailer from XL Specialized Trailers

December 9, 2021By

XL Specialized Trailers says its new XL side dump trailer is built to last and is ideal for work in the aggregate industry.

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NSSGA awards Barry K. Wendt Memorial Scholarship

September 16, 2021By

Kyle Ressler, a rising senior mining engineering major at the University of Kentucky, was named the recipient of the annual scholarship.

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Will the lingering pandemic slow aggregate consumption?

August 31, 2021By

Even though the pandemic is resurging, P&Q contributor David Chereb does not expect it to hurt aggregate demand much at all. Chereb explains why during a video visit with editor-in-chief Kevin Yanik.

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Overcoming Oversize: Oversize and stiffness ratio (Part 2)

July 13, 2021By

Part 2 of P&Q’s four-part “Overcoming Oversize” series explores the bench stiffness mechanism and how improperly designed benches ultimately lead to increases in oversize.

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Quarry Faces: July 2021

June 30, 2021By

The 2021 Pit & Quarry Roundtable & Conference took place June 2-3 at the Omni Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina. Here’s a glimpse of the event.

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Mobile crushers offer short planning and installation time, reduced in-pit transport costs and added on-site flexibility, according to Wirtgen Group’s Evan Haddix. Photo: kozmoat98/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Chereb: Growth ahead for economy, aggregate industry

June 1, 2021By

Aggregate pricing strength will return by mid-2021 in most areas and do even better in 2022, forecasts P&Q contributor David Chereb.

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