Pit & Quarry articles from April 2000

Pit & Quarry archives from April 2000

ISEE holds conference in Anaheim.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... The International Society of Explosives Engineers held its 26th Annual Conference on Explosives & Blasting Technique February 13-16 at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, Calif. With approximately 800 visitors at the show, exhibits,...

It's About People.(first in a series of special community-affairs articles)
April 1, 2000... This is the first in a series of special community-affairs articles that will appear in the pages of Pit & Quarry. These articles -- which will describe an exclusive approach to community affairs called "It's About People" -- was developed by...

Coll Pavement : Light-colored aggregate can help roads beat the heat.
April 1, 2000... Aggregate producers can sell more product and save communities money while helping to alleviate air pollution--and reduce heat-based stress on electrical power grids--by pitching their roadway materials as an environmentally correct solution to...

Revolution #2.(eBusiness)(Column)
April 1, 2000... Welcome to eBusiness, a new column you'll find monthly in Pit & Quarry. eBusiness is all about the Internet, including e-mail, the World Wide Web, e-commerce. It's also about intranets, hardware, software and other electronic technologies that...

2000 Producer Web Site Awards.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Once again this August, Pit & Quarry will crown the winners of our yearly Success Story Awards competition. In addition to Producer of the Year honors, Pit & Quarry will announce the winners of its Second Annual Producer Web Site Awards. ...

Record production reported in 1999.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) numbers are in, and they're big ones. Estimated annual production of crushed stone shipped for consumption in the United States in 1999 was 1.56 billion metric tons, a 3.3 percent increase compared with 1998....

Don't repeal the motor fuel tax.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... The current version of the U.S. Congress may go down in history as the biggest do-nothing collection of loafers and back-biters in history. Has there ever been a group of legislators who have done so little with their time? Coming on the heels...

Getting the Most Out of the Lease : For many quarry owners, equipment leasing can benefit bottom-line finances.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Quarry operations of all sizes are finding that leasing, rather than buying, their pieces of equipment can lend a helping hand to the firm's bottom line. Over the past few years a trend toward leasing has been embraced by the aggregates...

Mobile plant.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Svedala Industries offers the DU 1208 jaw crushing mobile plant. The new DU 1208 is a mobile primary crushing plant consisting of a Svedala MV-55120 vibrating grizzly feeder, a Svedala JM 1208HD jaw crusher and a Svedala delivery belt conveyor....

Radio remote control.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Stellar Industries Inc. offers the use of radio remote controls as a standard feature on all Stellar cranes larger than 12,000 ft.-lb. The use of radio remote control will allow the crane operator to keep a safe distance from the crane and the...

Link/tubular system.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Bucyrus International Inc. offers The Link for its 49R Blasthole Drill. The Link is a standardized, cleated link and tumbler system that improves durability, productivity and all-around performance for the 49R series drills, says the company....

Screen cloth.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Major Wire Industries offers a 100-percent satisfaction guarantee to its customers on the initial purchase of a Flex-Mat self-cleaning screen cloth. If a customer is not completely satisfied with the performance, the cost difference between the...

Vertical shaft impact crusher literature.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Kolberg-Pioneer offers a 12-page brochure that reflects its models of vertical shaft impact crushers and plants. This easy technical brochure illustrates the interior components to include material actions of the impact crusher in a 3-D layout...

Industrial helmets.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Mine & Process Service Inc. offers the Max System of Industrial Helmets. The Max System fully integrates respiratory, head/face and hearing protection in one lightweight unit. A powered air-circulation system with electrostatic dust filter,...

Wear protection.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Kenco Engineering Inc. offers its tungsten carbide impregnated Half-Arrow Segments, which are designed to virtually eliminate abrasive moldboard wear that occurs between rock bucket teeth. In addition, the Half-Arrow Segments feature beveled,...

Product catalog.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Tri-Mer Corp. offers a product catalog that profiles all its major lines, including the Cloud Chamber for the collection of sub-micron particulate. Also included are new developments in packed bed systems for NO-NO2 control, incinerator...

Magnets.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... GEM's Mastermag's HD2 Series permanent magnets feature Tri-Polar Magnetic Circuitry. An inherent problem with permanent magnets, until the introduction of the HD2 Series, says the company, has been the magnetizing of steel frames, rollers, and...

Hydraulic breaker system.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Breaker Technology Inc. (BTI), formerly Teledyne Specialty Equipment CM Products, offers the RC Series portable breaker system developed specifically for the recycle and light-aggregate markets. Designed to ensure consistent material flow when...

Through port valve.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Stainless Valve Co.'s Stargate 0-Port through port valves are designed as a rugged high-performance alternative to ball valves, knife gate valves, and butterfly valves. The design of the Stargate 0-Port valves makes them ideal for handling high...

Dust control technology.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Chemco Manufacturing Co. offers its ADD filter cartridge for the collection of dusts and powders as small as 0.3 microns. The Chemco cartridge is manufactured using Advanced Dual Dimple Technology, a new manufacturing technique developed by...

Urethane classifier shoes.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Martin Engineering offers Clearchoice urethane classifier shoes for use as wear parts on classifiers and screw conveyors. Urethane shoes are installed on the leading edges of classifier screws and augers used in handling abrasive material. The...

Under beam lift.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Hendrickson Trailer Suspension Systems offers a compact, lightweight Under Beam Lift (UBL) for increased flexibility and reliability. The UBL design allows fleets and owner operators to put the advantages of Intraax to work in their liftable...

Awash in New Equipment : At Glasscock Co.'s Sumter County Sand, a new washing/classifying plant increases production and reduces work hours.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... In Sumter, S.C., Glasscock Co. Inc.'s Sumter County Sand has been running its 15-year-old sand-processing plant 24 hours a day, seven days a week -- for more than three years. Afraid of unscheduled downtime and having to turn away customers for...

January construction contracts rise 2%.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... The value of new construction starts advanced 2 percent in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $433.1 billion, it was reported by the F.W. Dodge Division of the McGraw-Hill Companies. Moderate improvement was shown by housing and...

Congress reaches aviation compromise.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... After months of intense negotiations, House and Senate conferees reached a compromise for a three-year reauthorization for the programs of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) including the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). The agreement...

Bad material cited in Italy building collapse.
April 1, 2000... Cheap materials and slipshod construction caused Italy's deadliest building collapse in decades, according to a preliminary investigative report. The Nov. 11 disaster killed 67 people, including the builder. Authorities had looked at other...

Rogers Group takes on Big Hairy Audacious Goal.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Rogers Group Inc. has a mission: "Together we create opportunities for people to succeed." Building upon strengths established during its 91-year history, the company decided that a program of aggressive growth is the best way to create...

Martin Marietta completes acquisitions.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Martin Marietta Materials Inc. announced the completion of four separate transactions that will add about 3.3 million tons of annual capacity to its aggregates business and 600,000 tons to its asphalt business. The company completed the...

Aggregate Industries Inc. acquires four operations.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Aggregate Industries Inc. has acquired four businesses for $38.3 million as part of its strategy for ongoing expansion in the United States. "We are very pleased to add these high-quality companies to our Central and North Central regions,"...

Ejaz A. Khan.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Vulcan Materials Company announced that its board of directors has elected Ejaz A. Khan to the position of vice president, controller and chief information officer. The board's action adds the role of chief information officer to Khan's current...

Charles Hodgkiss.(Tony Price)(David Trippany Sr.)(Roger Smiley)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Four executives have been promoted at the National Lime & Stone Co. Charles Hodgkiss has been named director of marketing, construction materials; Tony Price, director of marketing, mineral products; David Trippany Sr., director of operations,...

Earl A. McCaskill.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Earl A. McCaskill, president of Medford Ready Mix Inc. and Southern Oregon Underground Inc., has been promoted to president of Hawaiian Cement.

Florida Rock invests in Canadian quarry.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Florida Rock Industries Inc. has consummated a cash transaction to purchase a 50 percent interest in a granite quarry and aggregate distribution venture located at a deep water port on the St. Croix River in Bayside, Charlotte County, New...

Centex Construction relocates headquarters.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Centex Construction Group (CCG) has relocated its headquarters from Dallas to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. This move positions CCG and its Florida subsidiary, Centex Rooney, for even further growth in the Florida and Southeastern construction market....

Correction.(Correction Notice)
April 1, 2000... In an article entitled "High-Tech Permitting," on page 56 of the January issue of Pit & Quarry, the author refers to a program called ERIIS. That program no longer exists, as all of its assets and operations were acquired last year by Vista...

The 2000 Michigan Aggregates Association (MAA).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... The 2000 Michigan Aggregates Association (MAA) Annual Meeting will take place April 17-18 at the Soaring Eagle Resort in Mt. Pleasant, Mich. The meeting will feature three timely and important presentations: Michigan Department of Natural...

At its recent board of directors meeting in Albuquerque, the New Mexico Ready Mix Concrete and Aggregates Association.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... At its recent board of directors meeting in Albuquerque, the New Mexico Ready Mix Concrete and Aggregates Association announced its 2000 board of directors and officers. Individuals named to the board include: Layne Waresback, San Juan...

Being held in conjunction with the first ever California Construction Exposition, the Construction Materials Association of California (CMAC).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Being held in conjunction with the first ever California Construction Exposition, the Construction Materials Association of California (CMAC) held its 2000 Annual Conference February 15-17 at the Hyatt Regency and Sacramento Convention Center...

Layman's guide to litigation (Part 1).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... This is the first in a two-part series about what to expect from the process of litigation. -- Ed. To the average person, or anyone who has been lucky enough to have avoided being a defendant in a lawsuit, the process of litigation may...

Tips & Techniques: Wheel Loaders.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... The following feature is the first in an ongoing series of "Tips & Techniques" special features that will run in Pit & Quarry. You'll learn about innovations such as The Cartopper rail-car-unloading system and the latest loaders to hit the...

Getting Your Bearings : Proper selection and maintenance of bearings will keep critical equipment in peak operating condition.
April 1, 2000... If properly selected, handled, lubricated and maintained, bearings will play a vital role in sustaining reliable operation. If, however, they are neglected, the health of the operation will suffer. This is one area where a small investment in...

Komatsu kicks off Field Days.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Komatsu International Co.'s 2000 Field Days took place in Chattanooga, Tenn. The first of several Field Days events spanning a weeks-long period brought in dealers and customers from around the country for a plant tour and in-field equipment...

Energetic Solutions changes name.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Energetic Solutions, Denver, changed its name to Orica USA Inc. The name change took effect on March 1. "By adopting the Orica name, we open up opportunities to market and brand ourselves as a member of the group of companies that make up...

Bacou, Uvex reach milestone.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Bacou USA and its Uvex Safety Division marked the 10th anniversary of the Uvex Astrospec 3000 protective eyewear line, which has sold more than 100 million pairs. "We'd like to think that each pair we've sold has helped save someone's...

FMI.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... * FMI, management consultants to the construction industry, elected Wes Brooker, Tony Perrone, and Denise Proctor directors of the firm.

North Safety Products acquired Arkon Safety Equipment.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... * North Safety Products acquired Arkon Safety Equipment, a Montreal, Canada, manufacturer of safety equipment.

Philippi-Hagenbuch and Euclid-Hitachi have entered into an agreement.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... * Philippi-Hagenbuch and Euclid-Hitachi have entered into an agreement for various vehicle-management systems patents.

Nicely joins Barlow.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Barlow Marketing Group (BMG) has appointed Deborah Nicely vice president of the company. She comes to BMG from Nordberg, where she spent 15 years managing and executing Nordberg's marketing efforts and five years managing various segments of...

Rising to the Challenge : Abrasive rock and high winds are two of the challenges facing Meredian Aggregates at its new Sierra Blanca, Texas, plant.(Statistical Data Included)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Planning and installing a new rock crushing/screening plant entails specifying and implementing many details that can be easily overlooked. This can be especially true when designing the conveying system. There are many accessories and...

Top news.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... * The U.S. Geological Survey reports that 1999 aggregates production in the United States was a record 2.66 billion metric tons. The estimated annual production of crushed stone shipped for consumption in 1999 was 1.56 billion metric tons, a...

wire.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... NWP 44 for Mining Activities, a nationwide permit issued by the U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers, was released in its final version, much to the chagrin of the aggregates industry. The National Stone Association calls it "virtually useless" because...

RED FLAGS.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... [C] Congressional proposals to cut or eliminate fuel taxes as a means of combating the sharp national increase in fuel prices would threaten highway funding to states, delaying critical infrastructure projects. [C] The National Aggregates...

ESSENTIAL economics.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... MONTHLY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT VALUE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ANNUAL RATES, IN MILLIONS Jan. 2000 Dec. 1999 % Change Nonresidential Building $155,627 $157,627 -1 Residential Building ...

STOCK watch.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... (at press time) This Month Last Month Centex Construction Prod. 25 71/48 29 71/416 Florida Rock Industries 34 51/48 34 131/416 Hanson Plc 32 111/416 30...

American Vulkan Corp.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... With a variety of designs and materials, American Vulkan can supply a coupling for new or existing applications. Flexomax Jaw Couplings feature rubber or urethane elements and handle up to 428,000 lb.-ft. torque. Shaft-to-shaft and...

Weigh-Tronix.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Multi-Platform Truck Scales utilize multiple independent scales in a common foundation to provide axle weights and a certified gross weight in a single weighment. Scale modules, in 10-ft., 12-ft., 20-ft. or 24-ft. lengths, can be configured in...

Air Blast Inc.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2000... The Belt Wiper is designed to blow off granular material from an endless belt. Product features increased belt life. No adjustments required. Contains no wearing parts. Mechanical splices and pleats don't hit. Features a high-velocity air-jet...

Breaker Technology Inc. (BTI).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... The TB1280X hydraulic hammer from Breaker Technology Inc. (BTI) completes the company's large breaker conversion to the long piston, long stroke design. The BTI breaker offers excellent power-to-weight ratio for efficient operation across a...

Grasan.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2000... The Grasan KRH1515 primary impact crusher plant with hydraulic controls provides reduction ratios of as much as 30 to 1 in closed circuit with 15 to 20 percent greater production than a same-size conventional impactor. Also smoother operation...

Kolberg-Pioneer/JCI.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... A new catalog featuring Kolberg-Pioneer and JCI's entire line of services, products and support is now available. The 20-page, full-color brochure explains everything from material and process-flow analysis through factory training and...

Housekeeping.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)(Column)
April 1, 2000... For the benefit of both readers who have read this far, I will finish the column. Housekeeping is a turn-off, but it is, was and will continue to be important. So what brought this subject up? In my own effort at housekeeping, I found an...

Blue Circle eliminates blinding problem.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... In Acton, Ontario, Canada, Blue Circle was having trouble with blinding and clogging in its oil cloth screen. For Don Barr, operation manager for Blue Circle, this was unacceptable in an operation pushing 3 million tpy of limestone through its...

Cyclone processor designed for sensitive sites.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2000... Tramac's Cyclone processor is a rotating, single-drum, rock processor that enriches the company's line of rock- and concrete-demolition, quarrying and processing equipment. The Cyclone grinding drum processor represents an alternative...

Fibrous rock filtration used in pollution-control devices.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Albarrie Canada has released its latest findings from laboratory and field studies on a breakthrough technology utilizing manmade fibers from basalt rock in the manufacture of filter bags for industrial air pollution control (APC) devices. The...

Kolberg-Pioneer offers solution for saving fines.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... According to Alan Egge, Kolberg-Pioneer product manager, fines can be lost in the slurry overflow from sand-dewatering screws for several reasons: * Screw is too small for the duty. In this case, excessive spiral speeds are required to...

You want to dig where?(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)(Column)
April 1, 2000... With three-quarters of the planet covered by water, it was only a matter of time before someone besides fishermen and petroleum companies started looking toward the briny depths for natural resources. Minerals, gems, metals and even fossil...

Asking the Right Questions : Answering a few basic questions before making a purchase helps assure successful vehicle scale selection.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Any buying decision can be made easier and will more likely be a satisfying one if you first determine your specific application needs. The same holds true for vehicle scales. The following checklists for application, site selection and...