Pit & Quarry articles from July 2004

Pit & Quarry archives from July 2004

Looking to buy? contact these advertisers for your equipment and service needs.(Directory)(Illustration)
July 1, 2004... LOOKING TO BUY? CONTACT THESE ADVERTISERS FOR YOUR EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES NEEDS Associations/Shows/Auctions MINExpo 202-463-2611 www.minexpo.com Automation/Computers Command Alkon Inc....

From the road.(Out in front: critical trends and topics from Pit & Quarry)
July 1, 2004... This year, for the first time, the Coal Prep show, an annual event for the coal industry, included a new segment called Agg Prep. Manufacturers and suppliers of equipment for the aggregates industry were included in the show. There were also...

Stock watch.(Out in front: critical trends and topics from Pit & Quarry)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
July 1, 2004... STOCK WATCH (AT PRESS TIME) THIS MONTH LAST MONTH Cemex SA d 29.65 28.25 Eagle Materials d 70.72 62.25 Florida Rock Industries d 41.08 38.63...

Essential economics.(Out in front: critical trends and topics from Pit & Quarry)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
July 1, 2004... Monthly Construction Contract Value Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rates, in Millions Apr. 2004 Feb. 2004 % Change Nonresidential Building $148,086 $145,580 +2 Residential Building ...

USGS.(Top News)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... * USGS reports that first-quarter crushed-stone production increases 11.8 percent and sand-and-gravel production increases 12.2 percent.

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) come to terms to move to conference.(Top News)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... * Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) come to terms to move to conference to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of TEA- 21 reauthorization.

Tilcon-Delaware.(Top News)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... * Tilcon-Delaware creates a unique, customized asphalt mix that meets precise U.S. Army Corps of Engineers standards for use at Dover Air Force Base (DAFB), home to the 436th Airlift Wing.

Rogers Group.(Top News)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... * Rogers Group is honored with the 2004 Tennessee American Business Ethics Award. For more producer news, see the Stockpile section on page 8. For Breaking News, visit our Web site at www.pitandquarry.com.

Survey says.(Out in front: critical trends and topics from Pit & Quarry)
July 1, 2004... LAST MONTH'S QUESTION Do you prefer to read Pit & Quarry magazine online or in print Print 64% Online 36% Note: table made from graph. Visit us online @ pitandquarry.com to participate in this month's survey.

Plan to purchase?(Mark My Words)(Pit & Quarry Buyer & Supplier Guide)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
July 1, 2004... This year's Pit & Quarry Buyer & Supplier Guide is coming to you a little earlier than usual. In previous years, we published our industry standard reference source in September. This year, we switched it to July, as September will feature our...

Tilcon-Delaware creates special asphalt mix for Dover Air Force Base.(Stockpile: the latest industry news)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Tilcon-Delaware is paving the way to help keep the 436th Airlift Wing flying high. Tilcon has created a unique, customized asphalt mix that meets precise U.S. Army Corps of Engineers standards for use at Dover Air Force Base (DAFB), home to the...

Rogers Group wins award for business ethics.(Stockpile: the latest industry news)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Rogers Group was honored with the 2004 Tennessee American Business Ethics Award (TABEA) by the Nashville Society of Financial Service Professionals (SFSP). Rogers Group, American Retirement Corp., AQUA Air Technologies Inc., Fire Sprinkler...

Vulcan Materials announces management changes in Construction Materials Group.(Stockpile: the latest industry news)
July 1, 2004... Vulcan Materials Co. announced several changes within the senior management structure of the company's Construction Materials Group. Thomas R. Ransdell retires effective July 1. He joined Vulcan in 1978 and most recently served as president...

Oglebay Norton files disclosure statement with bankruptcy court.(Stockpile: the latest industry news)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Oglebay Norton Co. and its subsidiaries have filed a disclosure statement in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in Wilmington. A hearing to approve the adequacy of the disclosure statement is expected to be...

Kruse honored for 50 years of service at National Lime & Stone.(Stockpile: the latest industry news)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Ronald W. Kruse, president of National Lime & Stone Co., Findlay, Ohio, was honored for 50 years of service at the company's annual 25 Year Service Award dinner. Carleton P. Palmer, chairman of the board and CEO, presented Kruse with two...

Events.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
July 1, 2004... July 27-29, 2004 NSSGA Noise & Dust Workshop North Branford, Conn. 800-342-1415 www.nssga.org September 27-30, 2004 MINExpo International 2004 Las Vegas 301-694-5243 www.minexpo.com

GE establishes Water & Process Technologies Division.(Manufacturer News)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... GE, a technology, media and financial services company, announced the formation of GE Infrastructure, Water & Process Technologies, a platform comprised of GE Betz, GE Osmonics and GE Glegg. The resulting company's capabilities provide a...

Caterpillar reaffirms technology path to achieve EPA non-road emissions standards.(Stockpile: the latest industry news)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Caterpillar Inc. reiterated the company's ability to meet stringent new non- road emission standards and applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announcement regarding Tier 4 standards. The company will use its ACERT...

Terex to fill large equipment order in Indonesia.(Stockpile: the latest industry news)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Terex Corp. has been awarded orders by Henry Walker Eltin to supply fleets of trucks and excavators to be used in a major contract mining operation in Indonesia. The total value of the order is in excess of $55 million. The equipment to be...

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.(Manufacturer briefs)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... * Richard J. Kramer, senior vice president, strategic planning and restructuring for The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., was named executive vice president and CFO. Kramer replaces Robert W. Tieken, who retired at the end of May.

Breaker Technology Inc.(Manufacturer briefs)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... * Breaker Technology Inc. (BTI) announced that Don Sissons has joined the organization as plant operations and engineering manager. Terry McKague has been appointed customer service manager for all BTI operations. Bill Mitchell will assume...

Command Alkon.(Manufacturer briefs)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... * Command Alkon named Monty Newport to director of customer relations.

CCG.(Manufacturer briefs)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... * CCG Advisors added Kevin O'Shea, former director of business development at APAC, to its rosters of consultants.

MDU Resources Group Inc.(Manufacturer briefs)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... * Martin A. White, chairman, president and CEO of MDU Resources Group Inc. (Knife River Corp.), Bismarck, N.D., won a Stevie Award for "best executive" in the 2004 American Business Awards. The award was presented recently during ceremonies in...

Hagglunds North American operation gears up for growth.(Stockpile: the latest industry news)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Hagglunds Drives' North American operation, Columbus, Ohio, has been aggressively adding personnel to accommodate recent new business activity and to pursue market penetration in key industry segments. The company is part of Hagglunds...

Michelin announces price increase on truck tires.(Stockpile: the latest industry news)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Michelin North America will increase its prices by 3 to 8 percent, depending on sizes, on its line of commercial truck and earthmover tires. The increase applies to both original equipment and replacement tires sold in the North American...

Metso Minerals expands crusher repair services.(Stockpile: the latest industry news)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Metso Minerals will assimilate the operations of Helser Services Inc. into its North American crushing and screening aftermarket organization. Helser Services Inc.--currently a wholly owned operating company of Metso Corp.--will become Metso...

Goodyear honors associates for inventions, patents.(Stockpile: the latest industry news)
July 1, 2004... The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has recognized more than 350 of its technical associates for their inventions and innovations. The associates, who work in the company's Technical Centers in Akron, Ohio, and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg, were...

Valuation trends in the aggregates industry: which financial factors affect the value of an aggregates business? Understanding key value drivers for your company and prioritizing accordingly is the key to maximizing that value.(Special Report)
July 1, 2004... The financial markets are heating up. The stock market is flat, but bankers and venture capitalists are beginning to loosen their purse strings. Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are also on the rise. As shown in Figure 1, M&A activity for mining...

Senate, House name transportation reauthorization bill conferees.(National affairs: key issues)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) have come to terms under which the Senate could move to conference to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of TEA-21 reauthorization. ...

FY 2005 Transportation-Treasury appropriations. slashed by $3 billion; one of only two that were cut.(National Affairs: key issues)(budget allocations)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... House Appropriations Committee Chairman Bill Young (R-Fla.) released what are known as 302(b) allocations for FY 2005 appropriations. These allocations put forth the amounts that each of the 13 appropriations subcommittees can dole out for the...

President makes recess appointment.(National affairs: key issues)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... On the last day of the Memorial Day Congressional recess, President Bush used his recess appointment power to promote Kirk Van Tine to the position of deputy secretary for the Department of Transportation. Van Tine has been serving as the...

OSHA reform bills pass House.(National affairs: key issues)(Occupational Safety and Health Administration)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The House of Representatives passed four bills seeking to make changes in how the Occupational Safety and Health Administration operates. The bills are sponsored by Rep. Charlie Norwood (R- Ga.). Since all four bills were passed along...

TRIP issues reauthorization report.(National affairs: key issues)(Road Information Program)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The Road Information Program (TRIP) issued a report on its on-going "Truths About Transportation" campaign to educate the public about surface transportation infrastructure conditions and funding needs. As part of the campaign, TRIP researches,...

House subcommittee restores funding for minerals data reporting.(National affairs: key issues)(House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee marked up its FY 2005 spending bill. It included a restoration of most of the funding for the minerals data reporting function conducted by the Minerals Information Team at the U.S. Geological...

Connecticut.(Northeast)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Some homebuilders in Greater Hartford are seeing as much as a 15-percent increase in the price of concrete since last fall--pushed higher by increased costs for cement and soaring fuel prices. The price increase is adding an average of between...

Pennsylvania.(Northeast)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... A quarry's plan to expand would risk the geology of a nearby state park, according to civic and environmental groups. Quality Aggregates Inc. has a permit to blast near McConnells Mill State Park in Lawrence County (near Pittsburgh), but is...

North Carolina.(Southeast)
July 1, 2004... The North Carolina Aggregates Association held its 2004 Annual Convention June 16-18 in Williamsburg, Va. The schedule included general sessions, the associate members annual meeting, a board of directors meeting and a golf outing. * A...

Iowa.(North Central)(Iowa Limestone Producers Association)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The Iowa Limestone Producers Association (ILPA) elected Chris Dinsdale, general manager, Basic Materials Corp., to the position of ILPA president. Dinsdale joined Basic Materials Corp. in 1990 and has worked in various positions including...

Michigan.(North Central)(Michigan Aggregates Association)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The Michigan Aggregates Association is moving its offices from Lancing, Mich., to new offices at: 3474 Alaiedon Parkway, Ste. 700, Okemos, MI 48864, phone: 517-381-1732, fax: 517-381-1796, e-mail: contactmaa@miagg.org, Web site: www.miagg.org.

Ohio.(North Central)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... In June, members of the Ohio Aggregates & Industrial Minerals Association, Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers and Indiana Minerals Aggregates Producers participated in their annual Washington Fly-In Grass Roots Trips. Again this year,...

Wisconsin.(North Central)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The Aggregate Producers of Wisconsin report that Governor Jim Doyle signed Assembly Bill 655 into law as WI Act 118. They say passage of the legislation is just the beginning in a long process of reforming the way the state conducts its air and...

Missouri.(South Central)(Johnson County and De Soto's points of conflict on permitting quarrying)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Staff from Johnson County Kansas and the city of De Soto have resolved one point of conflict between the city and county regarding a county permit to regulate Sunflower Quarry, but differences remain less than a month before the permit is to be...

New Mexico.(South Central)(Bureau of Land Management to conduct meeting to gather public opinion about quarry)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has scheduled a meeting to hear public opinion and concerns about the proposed 92-acre San Pedro rock quarry near the junction of N.M. 14 and N.M. 344. According to a BLM news release, the meeting will also...

Texas.(South Central)(approval of Ulland Brothers Inc.'s gravel pit construction)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Austin leaders call it a solution to a flooding problem, but some area residents call it a safety hazard. Despite several safety concerns raised by residents in the area, the Austin City Council voted six-to-one to approve a proposal by Ulland...

Colorado.(Mountain)
July 1, 2004... The Colorado Rock Products Association will hold its annual Summer Sports Outing July 22-23 at the Silvertree Hotel in Snowmass Village, Colo. The theme of this year's show is Snowmass Rodeo Barbeque.

Montana.(influence of blasting on homes causing damage)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Montana Vista residents met with the owner of a rock quarry they say has damaged their homes. Fisher Industries took over the quarry in the Montana Vista area last January. Since then, neighbors say there is constant blasting that has taken a...

Arizona.(Pacific)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The air near the Agua Fria River bordering Sun City and Peoria will soon be monitored by the Maricopa County Environmental Services Department and, in November, a study will begin to test air quality in the area. That comes as somewhat of a...

California.(Pacific)(Ammon Quarry Mine-cases)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... County supervisors unanimously decided to renew a 15-year permit for the Ammon Quarry Mine near Willow Creek and nearby residents pledged to appeal the controversial item. Several hearings and dozens of conditions later, Klamath River...

Oregon.(Pacific)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that the state cannot offer a flat fee to log, wood-chip and sand-and-gravel haulers as an alternative to the weight-mile tax on trucks. A three-judge panel partly reversed a 2002 decision by Marion County...

Utah.(Pacific)(U.S. Aggregates Inc., Bureau of Land Management, cases)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The parent company of an operator of a quarry near St. George, where sand and gravel was illegally removed from federal lands, has agreed to a $6 million claim by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), says the U.S. Attorneys office. U.S....

A message from the birds.(Safety: key issues)(analysis of adulthood and bird behavior)
July 1, 2004... "Adults are children who haven't finished growing up." That quote comes from a personal and professional friend of many years who went from junior engineer to plant manager to consultant to entrepreneur. At each step he has had to deal...

New overtime pay requirements.(Law: key issues)
July 1, 2004... Effective August 23, new U.S. Department of Labor regulations will significantly change the rules for determining who must be paid for overtime work. Following are the key requirements of the law as they exist under the new Part 541 regulations...

FMSHRC will review second denial of Georges Colliers' application.(Legal highlights: key issues)(Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission)(Georges Colliers Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission agreed June 7 to review an administrative law judge's denial of Georges Colliers Inc.'s (GCI) application for more than $45,000 in legal fees and expenses from MSHA under the Equal Access to...

MSHA has jurisdiction 'near' concrete batch plant.(Legal highlights: key issues)(Mine Safety and Health Administration)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... An MSHA inspector had jurisdiction to issue citations because a haul truck driver had climbed on top of a truck, even though the truck was located near an OSHA-inspected aggregate stockpile used to supply a concrete batch plant, ALJ Gary Melick...

Production rises in first quarter.(Economics: key issues)
July 1, 2004... An estimated 271 million metric tons of crushed stone were produced and shipped for consumption in the United States in the first quarter of 2004, an increase of 11.8 percent compared with the same period of 2003, according to the U.S....

April construction holds steady with March figures.(Economics: key issues)(construction-analysis)
July 1, 2004... New construction starts in April held within one percent of the March volume, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies. Total construction for April was reported at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of...

Coming in August.
July 1, 2004... * MINExpo Pre-Show Issue * Producer of the Year * Web Site Awards * Crushing