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Missouri’s state gas tax has not increased in 23 years, but Missouri Limestone Producers Association leaders remain optimistic about the highway funding opportunity with the Missouri General Assembly over the next couple of years. Photo: iStock.com/benkrut

Highway funding still top of mind in Missouri

October 29, 2019By Kevin Yanik

There’s no shortage of issues Missouri aggregate producers want to address, but shoring up the state’s highway fund remains priority number one.

Limestone trade holding strong on the Great Lakes

September 11, 2019By Kevin Yanik

Shipments were up nearly 8 percent in July, and the limestone trade significantly bettered the month’s five-year average.

The next Pit & Quarry Roundtable & Conference is scheduled for Jan. 14-15, 2020, at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa. Photo courtesy of the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa

Pit & Quarry Roundtable shifts to Naples in 2020

March 29, 2019By Kevin Yanik

The annual event bringing aggregate producers together with manufacturers, dealers and other industry professionals, will take place Jan. 14-15 at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa in Bonita Springs, Florida.

Pit & Quarry Roundtable returning to Florida in 2019

April 16, 2018By Joe McCarthy

P&Q will cover event registration and one night’s lodging for qualified aggregate producers at the 2019 event in Miami.

Safety top of mind at OSSGA conference

January 30, 2017By Kevin Yanik

The Ontario Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (OSSGA) held its annual Operations, Health & Safety Seminar, Jan. 25-26, in Toronto.

Regulations to watch amid the presidential transition

November 28, 2016By Kevin Yanik

The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association is monitoring several developments in the regulatory arena as the presidential transition approaches.

CEMA offers update on conveying equipment sales, shipments

September 23, 2016By Kevin Yanik

The Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) reports that overall industry orders for the first six months of 2016 are down slightly.

Miles Watkins, left, succeeds Anthony Morgan as president of the Institute of Quarrying. Photo courtesy of the Institute of Quarrying

Institute of Quarrying appoints new president

September 23, 2016By Megan Smalley

The Institute of Quarrying named Miles Watkins as its new president following the completion of the outgoing president’s two-year tenure.