Pit & Quarry Weekly Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

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LEADING OFF

LafargeHolcim expanding into roofing business

LafargeHolcim’s $3.4 billion acquisition of Firestone Building Products from Bridgestone Americas paves the way into this new business area. Find out what’s ahead for the company.

NEWS

MSHA: 29 miners died in 2020

2020 marked the sixth consecutive year mining fatalities were below 30, the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) reports.

Dodge Momentum Index ends 2020 on high note

The Dodge Momentum Index was up more than 9 percent in December. For 2020, it lost nearly 5 percent. Learn more about the Dodge Data & Analytics index – a monthly measure of the first report for nonresidential building projects in planning.

Aggregate railcar loads dip in December

Report: Construction employment up in December

Sandvik acquires DSI Underground

Major adds dealer in Northwest

AED Summit rescheduled for late May

Hillhead Digital pushed back three weeks

Leadership changes at Clyde Companies

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Stedman Machine Co. listens first to develop size-reduction solutions

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ROAD TO RECOVERY

Sponsored: MSHA’s shifting approach to COVID-19

Ogletree Deakins’ Bill Doran expects a COVID-19 emergency temporary standard to emerge from the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) soon after Joe Biden takes up the presidency. When exactly might the temporary standard surface, and what might it consist of? Doran offers perspective.

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Road to Recovery
Check out Pit & Quarry's special series dedicated to helping producers navigate the economic downturn.

CUTTING EDGE

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Cutting-edge approach to achieve the perfect ton

Check out how artificial intelligence can enhance everything from blast design and drilling plans to fragmentation and flyrock prevention.

Plus: New methodology to optimize blasts

FROM

MAGAZINE

How aggregate producers performed in 2020

Despite lockdowns and other pandemic-induced challenges, those producing crushed stone, sand and gravel last year performed rather remarkably.

FEATURES

Screening insights: How producers are riding the smart tech wave

Equipment suppliers share how the latest solutions are transforming screening operations and what’s ahead in technology.

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Legacy scale software can't compete in the modern cloud era

Fortunately, with the rise of cloud technologies like Fast-Weigh, companies in the bulk materials industry no longer have to make large, up-front investments to make a change.

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EDITORS' BLOG

AGC, Sage Construction release
2021 outlook

Contractors expect 13 of 16 market segments to shrink this year, according to a report from the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and Sage Construction & Real Estate. Find out what contractors had to say about markets, project delays and cancellations, and labor.

FROM THE MAGAZINE

View the latest digital edition of Pit & Quarry magazine

Visualizing the future of industry trade shows

What’s ahead for aggregate industry trade shows is somewhat uncertain as aggregate producers adapt to new ways of doing business.

2021 industry calendar unlike past years

Trade shows and conferences typically dominate the first quarter, but cancellations, postponements and virtual events are now part of the norm. Find out what’s ahead in the new year.

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