Pit & Quarry articles from November 2000

Pit & Quarry archives from November 2000

Five critical priorities.(in mining operations)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... At the recent MINExpo show in Las Vegas, Caterpillar Chairman and CEO Glen A. Barton spoke to a group of industry trade-press editors about the things mining operations must do to stay competitive. According to Barton, Caterpillar research has...

USGS reports record second-quarter production.(U.S. Geological Survey )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The estimated output of crushed stone produced and shipped for consumption in the second quarter of 2000 was 437 million metric tons, an increase of 4.0 percent compared with the same period of 1999. The estimated output of construction sand...

Cemex to acquire Southdown in $2.8 billion transaction.(Cemex S.A. de C.V.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... CEMEX AND SOUTHDOWN announced that the companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Cemex will acquire all of the outstanding stock of Southdown for US$73.00 in cash per share, or a total of about US$2.8 billion...

Florida Rock elects new executive vice president, CFO.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... FLORIDA ROCK INDUSTRIES INC. announced the election by its Board of Directors of John D. Milton Jr. as executive vice president and CFO, to be effective January 1, 2001. Milton has practiced tax and corporate law with the Jacksonville law firm...

Hanson acquires operations in Indiana and Texas.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... HANSON BUILDING MATERIALS America has completed two bolt-on acquisitions in the United States, boosting Hanson's existing market positions in Indiana and Texas. The total acquisition price is $18.5 million, including the assumption of $1.5...

Coreslab Structures gets Structual Precast from Rogers Group.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... IN A MOVE DESIGNED to strengthen its position in its core businesses of aggregates and asphalt, Rogers Group Inc. has sold its Structural Precast Products LLC business in Conway, Ark., to Coreslab Structures. "Precast is a small portion of...

Oglebay Norton buys J.M. Huber limestone operation.(Oglebay Norton Co., J. M. Huber Corp.)
November 1, 2000... GLOBAL STONE CORP., a wholly owned subsidiary of Oglebay Norton Co., has acquired the assets of the J.M. Huber Corp. limestone processing facility located near Portage, Ind. The purchase price was approximately $12 million. Global Stone intends...

Better Minerals names Butch Reeves president, COO.
November 1, 2000... BETTER MINERALS & AGGREGATES Co. (BMAC) announced that R. D. "Butch" Reeves, currently president and COO of BMAC's Stone Materials unit, has been named president and COO of BMAC. Reeves will continue to report to Richard E. Goodell, who cedes...

TXI names Stephen D. Mayfield vice president, aggregates.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... DALLAS-BASED TXI announced that Stephen D. Mayfield has been named vice president, aggregates. Currently, TXI has crushed stone and sand and gravel operations in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Mayfield most recently held the...

Construction contracting eases one percent in August, according to F.W. Dodge.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... New construction contracts slipped one percent in August to an annual rate of $436.9 billion, it was reported by the F.W. Dodge Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies. Nonresidential building and public works lost momentum, but residential...

Vulcan completes acquisition of Tarmac operations.(Vulcan Materials Co., Tarmac America Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Vulcan Materials Co. announced that it has completed its purchase of the aggregates production and distribution assets formerly owned by Tarmac America Inc. in South Carolina, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Vulcan acquired the assets from Titan...

The Colorado Rock Products Association.(planning conference for 2002)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... * The Colorado Rock Products Association (CRPA) reports it is planning Expo 2002. Originally planned to be held in 2001, the CRPA says the expo is so big it will take until 2002 to plan it. Designed to draw both the ready mixed and aggregates...

The Construction Materials Association of California.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... * The Construction Materials Association of California (CMAC) is expanding its Truck ID program, initiated by producers in the Sacramento area, to the San Francisco Bay area. "Producers in the Sacramento area saw a real need to simplify the...

The Arizona Rock Products Association.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... * The Arizona Rock Products Association (ARPA) has had a couple of busy months hosting its: 2000 Annual Convention, its second annual Scottish Open golf tournament and trying to defeat a Sierra Club anti-growth initiative that will appear on...

A lack of innovation.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... With the possible exception of keeping a happy marriage healthy there is nothing that requires more 'innovation' than preventing injury and property loss. Innovation was one of the 17 categories measured by the Office of Personnel Management...

How MSHA Inspectors Talk to Miners.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... There are a number of occasions when MSHA inspectors may seek to talk to miners. Inspectors may talk to miners both on and off the job and, generally speaking, there are no significant limitations on such communications, regardless whether they...

People and politics.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... This community relations column began as a series entitled "It's About People." The intended purpose was to emphasize the obvious: that communities are about the people who live and work in them. Somehow this simple concept got lost and the...

Mergers and Acquisitions (Part 2) : The construction-materials industry faces a host of post-acquisition integration challenges.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... This is the second article in a series about mergers and acquisitions. In the first article, we examined the financial issues of post-acquisition integration and summarized different integration styles used by consolidators under various...

Largest Nordberg jaw crusher gets custom treatment.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... "It's movable, not portable." That's how the largest Nordberg jaw crusher in use in the United States is described by Craig Harman, area sales manager of the Central Region for Nordberg. Harman explaines that the customized Nordberg C160...

Mobile material washer/screen plant can help reduce hauling expenses.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Producers can eliminate sand-hauling costs with the highly mobile Aggre-Washer and Screening Plant, according to the manufacturer, Columbus, Neb.-based GreyStone Inc. The portable plant can be relocated and ready for processing fine materials...

TAS monitoring system can cut your tire costs.(from Fuller Bros. Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The TAS Giant Tire Monitoring System from Fuller Bros. Inc. can help producers monitor critical tire-performance criteria, such as Contained Air Temperature (CAT) and air pressure. The TAS measures tire temperature and pressure using...

Alternative to explosives.(patent for hydraulic fracturing of ore bodies)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The Earth is frequently reluctant to give up the resources we are after, especially mineral or aggregate resources. Since the days of Alfred Nobel the preferred method of dealing with this problem has been to blast. Whence probably came the...

Cemex gets e-enabled.(Cemex's CxNetworks developing online construction marketplaces; also items about Komatsu America International Company and IronPlanet Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... When Cemex -- one of the largest cement producers in the world -- announced the launch of CxNetworks, a new e-business subsidiary, the company took an enormous step into the future. "CxNetworks aims to become the leading provider of...

5th Annual EQUIPMENT & TECHNOLOGY : SUPPLIER ROUNDTABLE.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Held this year in Scottsdale, Ariz., our annual roundtable featured representatives of industry manufacturing firms discussing topics ranging from e-commerce to energy efficiency. Next month in Pit & Quarry, read transcripts from our first...

Excavator Enhancements : Programs and accessories for excavators give producers more punch.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... In today's demanding work environment, equipment suppliers cannot simply sell a machine and forget about it. Quality customer support can be an almost equally important deciding factor when producers start shopping for equipment. Many suppliers...

Going the distance (Part 2) : Alternative controlled-start techniques for long overland conveyors.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... This is the second in a two-part series about controlled start techniques for long, overland conveyors. The first part defined specific problems. In this part, the author offers solutions. - Ed. Long conveyors, especially those with steep...

Timing is everything : Proper blast timing is an essential element in blasting success.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... You have developed a good blast design for your situation. You have chosen the right explosive for the job, drilled the holes accurately and loaded them according to the design. The blast result will be good, right? Not necessarily. If the...

Flow meter.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... FloCat offers the WA40 series positive displacement flow meter used to measure volumetric flow of medium and high viscosity fluids. This rugged flow meter is simple to use and to install as there is no need for additional straight run piping...

Articulated haul trucks.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Volvo Construction Equipment offers two new articulated haulers, the 387-hp A35D and 420-hp A40D. These haulers offer improved capacities, improved braking systems, significantly reduced service intervals, a new body and cab design, and...

Metal Detectors.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Transmission Supply and Service Co. (TSS) offers metal detection systems based on an oscillator powered by a constant current source and where the sensing coils are the inductive component of the oscillator circuit. The system is designed to...

Power take-off.(equipment)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2000... Chelsea Auxiliary Power Group of Dana Corp.'s Drivetrain Service Division offers a Power Take-Off (PTO) design for use on Allison 1000, 2000 and 2400 series transmissions. The new 250 Series PTO marries the latest in Chelsea's power shift...

Demolition excavator.(equipment)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2000... Komatsu America International Co. offers the 306-hp PC450LCD-6 excavator for demolition and material handling. The 118,915 -lb. excavator uses a Komatsu-designed super long-front boom. With an 82-ft. maximum work height and more than 40 ft. of...

Radial tires.(equipment)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2000... Michelin North America's Earthmoving Group offers tires for loaders, graders, dozers, rigid dumpers, end dump trucks and other equipment. These tires include the XZSL for skid-steer loaders; the XLDD2, a directional L4/L5 radial tire for wheel...

Screening plant.(equipment)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2000... Nordberg America's heavy-duty, self-contained Senator comes equipped with three on-board stacking conveyors and a 5-in. x 11-in. four-bearing hydraulically adjustable screen, which allows for more material and therefore higher production. An...

Dewatering pump.(equipment)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2000... Godwin Pumps of America Inc., offers its HL6M Dri-Prime Pump with maximum flow rates to 2,300 gpm and discharge heads to 320 ft. or 140 psi. The Godwin HL6M Dri-Prime pump is particularly suited to quarry and mine dewatering. Like all Godwin...

Engineered structures.(from Grasan Equipment Company Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Grasan offers custom-engineered structures for all or part of virtually any quarry application. Accuracy is such that field assembly normally is accomplished without the use of a cutting torch and welder. AutoCAD software is used for design and...

Electronic truck scale.(from Alliance Scale Inc.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2000... Alliance Scale Inc.'s pitless truck scale, the Active/Alliance Modular Electronic Vehicle Scale, features modular assemblies that are simply bolted together at the site, without the need for welding. Features include pre-built deck modules that...

Rock drills.(American Pneumatic Tool (APT) adds 2 new models to its line of rock drills)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... American Pneumatic Tool (APT) adds the 138A and the 155A to its current line of rock drills. These two ergonomic rock drills have been developed for extended operation jobs that demand ergonomic tools to minimize vibration and noise to the...

Truck scale.(from Rice Lake Weighing Systems)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Rice Lake Weighing Systems' Survivor OTR works in above ground or pit applications and is a low profile, mid-duty truck scale. Both concrete- and steel-deck models are rigidly constructed with 12-in. main beams that minimize deflection and...

Electric pump.(from Enerpac)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2000... Enerpac offers a modular electric pump designed for bending, pressing, pulling, punching, clamping, lifting, moving and cutting. Modular in design, the Hushh 2000 offers low cost customization options as an economical alternative to specially...

Wet dust collection.(AAF International video CD features its Type W RotoClone wet centrifugal dust collector)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... AAF International offers a free video CD featuring its Type W RotoClone wet centrifugal dust collector. The Type W RotoClone is a wet dust collector that provides high collection efficiencies with minimal water usage. This scrubber is ideal for...

Material handling literature.(from Martin Engineering)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Martin Engineering offers product literature focused on ways to improve bulk materials handling in the crushed stone/sand and gravel production operations. The Bulk Materials Handling For The Aggregate Industries literature discusses common...

Pinch valve.(from Red Valve Co.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2000... Red Valve Co.'s Type A Pinch Valve consists of a two-piece body and an elastomer sleeve. The Type A features a full-port opening and straight-through flow path to eliminate turbulence when open. Fabricated sleeves offer maximum wear resistance...

Centrifugal filters.(for diesel engine oil)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Fleetguard/Nelson Inc. offers Centriguard centrifugal filtration, a heavy-duty oil filtration system. Fleetguard's centrifugal filters, designed for all 18-liter and larger diesel engines, reduce emissions, extend drain intervals and remove...

Power box grader.(Glenmac Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Glenmac Inc.'s Harley tractor drawn and powered Power Box Grader levels uneven shoulders. Available in 6- and 8-ft. widths for tractor or skid-steer mount, the power box grader features a pure carbide tooth roller that rotates at 270 rpm...

Hydraulic hammer.(Rammer from Sandvik Tamrock)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2000... Rammer's updated S 25N hydraulic hammer has a working weight of 940 lb. The S25N uses the Rammer Constant Blow Energy system that assures all blows are at the full impact rate regardless of hydraulic pressure. The unit can accept a wide range...