Tag: Summit Materials

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Tom Hill: 2024 Pit & Quarry Hall of Fame inductee

March 26, 2024By

Tom Hill, the founder of Summit Materials always aimed big and, more often than not, delivered on his goals.

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Tom Hill started Summit Materials after nearly three decades with CRH. Photo: Tom Hill

P&Q Hall of Fame Profile: Thomas W. Hill

March 14, 2024By

The founder of Summit Materials always aimed big and, more often than not, delivered on his goals.

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In its latest quarterly report on aggregates, the U.S. Geological Survey says aggregate production was up 3 percent in the third quarter. Photo: P&Q Staff

What public producers are saying about their fourth quarters

March 5, 2024By

Find out how a number of public aggregate producers – including Vulcan Materials and Martin Marietta – fared in the fourth quarter of 2023.

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Fragmentation monitoring systems can offer insight on fragmentation in loader buckets, on conveyor belts and in other key places in the mine process. Photo: P&Q Staff

How Summit Materials’ aggregate business is performing

February 15, 2024By

Summit, which released its fourth-quarter and full-year 2023 financial results Thursday, says it established annual records for revenue and profitability.

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The new plant produces two spec sands. Photo: P&Q Staff

CRH remains atop USGS’s sand and gravel producer rankings

February 7, 2024By

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) released its latest top 100 list ranking the nation’s sand and gravel producers by their volumes. CRH Americas Materials tops the list. Find out about the other 99.

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Vulcan tops USGS’s 2024 crushed stone producers list

February 6, 2024By

Vulcan Materials is still No. 1 on the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) ranking of the nation’s top crushed stone producers, but several new companies crack the top 100 this year.

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Summit Materials makes leadership appointments

January 18, 2024By

Jason Kilgore, Charles DePriest and David Loomes now respectively serve as executive vice presidents of Summit’s East, West and cement segments.

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Summit Materials completes merger with Argos USA

January 15, 2024By

The $3.2 billion combination, which the companies announced back in September, was approved this month.

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Pit & Quarry unveils its 2024 Hall of Fame class

January 10, 2024By

The magazine will welcome Tom Hill, Neil Hise, Louis Johnson and Charlie Luck into its Hall of Fame later this year during a black-tie induction ceremony in Nashville.

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