Why passage of a long-term highway bill is unlikely this year
There goes the industry’s chance this year for a long-term highway bill. That was my reaction upon reading […]
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Publication exhibits poor judgment in attack on industry
People trespass into abandoned quarries every now and then. Occasionally, trespassers get injured or killed because of the […]
Read MoreThe quarry or the trespasser: Who’s to blame?
A number of stories appear in newspapers every summer about people who are injured or killed after trespassing […]
Read MoreChaos reigns on Capitol Hill
Talk is cheap. And boy do members of the House and Senate like to talk. Especially when it […]
Read MoreFormer mining site takes on unique new life
Golf courses. Parks. Residential communities. These are a few of the things former aggregate sites and other mines […]
Read MoreSenate bill would boost business with tax break on equipment, property
Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., introduced legislation to amend the U.S. tax code and make permanent a 50 percent […]
Read MoreMummy found at Indiana quarry
Land surveyors working at a planned quarry site near Lowell, Ind., stumbled onto a mummified body that archaeologists […]
Read MoreVulcan’s Hill reinforces positive outlook for 2015
Tom Hill, president and CEO of Vulcan Materials Co., offered an updated outlook of 2015 for his company […]
Read MoreNye looks forward, back for Martin Marietta
Ward Nye, chairman, president and CEO of Martin Marietta Materials Inc., offered some perspective on the company’s recent […]
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