Tag: Ohio Aggregates & Industrial Minerals Association

A Caterpillar 777D haul truck operator traverses a pit at Hanson Aggregates’ Bridgeport Plant in Chico, Texas. The plant, in operation since 1956, utilizes a series of 777Ds and other Cat equipment in the pit. Photo courtesy of Lehigh Hanson

Quarry Faces: March 2019

April 1, 2019By PQ Staff

A look around the aggregate industry.

Pit & Quarry Managing Editor Zach Mentz, left, with Paul Manning of Omya at Cemex’s Balcones Quarry in New Braunfels, Texas. The visit to Balcones Quarry was part of Quarry Academy, co-hosted in late 2018 by Dyno Nobel and Sandvik Mining & Rock Technology. Manning is a geologist for Sylacauga, Alabama-based Omya.

Quarry Faces: January 2019

February 4, 2019By PQ Staff

Snapshots from around the aggregate industry.

MSHA's Ed Elliott addresses the 2018 OAIMA Annual Meeting & Trade Show in Columbus, Ohio.

MSHA’s 2019 priorities

November 19, 2018By Kevin Yanik

Ed Elliott, a senior advisor to the assistant secretary at the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA), outlined areas of focus at an industry meeting.

The Ohio Aggregates & Industrial Minerals Association celebrated its centennial in 2018. Photo: Kevin Yanik

Safety, zoning challenges addressed at OAIMA meeting

November 16, 2018By Kevin Yanik

The Ohio Aggregates & Industrial Minerals Association (OAIMA) hosted its Annual Meeting & Trade Show, drawing hundreds of attendees to Columbus, Ohio, for a centennial celebration, education and more.

P&Q Profile: Ohio Aggregates & Industrial Minerals Association’s Pat Jacomet

May 11, 2018By Joe McCarthy

An interview with executive director of the Ohio Aggregates & Industrial Minerals Association.

Producers, manufacturers reflect on 2017

April 28, 2018By PQ Staff

Producers, manufacturers and others look back on one of the industry’s best performing years in the last decade.

Pit & Quarry on the road in 2017

November 20, 2017By Kevin Yanik

Pit & Quarry’s staff made some educational stops on the road over the last couple of months. Find out what we learned from them.

Q4, OAIMA to host leadership development program

November 22, 2016By Allison Barwacz

Q4 Impact Group and the Ohio Aggregates & Industrial Minerals Association (OAIMA) are set to host a leadership development program Feb. 6-9, 2017.