Pit & Quarry, December 2011
INDUSTRY SNAPSHOT P Q AGGREGATES INDUSTRY INDEX December 213 Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2009 2010 2011 Source Pit Quarry 250 200 150 The Pit Quarry Aggregates Industry Index has been mostly level through the second half of 2011 and December shows a move in a positive direction MSHA recognizes Sentinels of Safety award winners The Mine Safety Health Administration MSHA announced the winners of its Sentinels of Safety Awards The awards recognize mining operations in various categories that record the most hours in a calendar year without a single lost time injury Winners were Quarry Group Martin Mariettas Three Rivers Quarry Smithland Ky Large and Southwest Stones Reef Mine Ferron Utah Small Bank or Pit Group Unimin Corp s Voca Plant Voca Texas Large and Cemex Construction Materials Souths Cemex Maricopa Mine Maricopa Ariz Small Underground Nonmetal Group Coolspring Stone Supply Inc s Coolspring Mining Inc Uniontown Pa Large J M Huber Corp s Miss Linda Mine Marble Hill Ga Small Open Pit Group United States Steels Keetac operation Keewatin Minn Large and New NGC Inc s MKaufman George Pit Fort Dodge Iowa Small Dredge Group Fordyce Holdings Inc s Briggs Plant Victoria Texas Large and Clayton Sand Co s Woodland Plant Chatsworth N J Small Metal Nonmetal Mill Group Basf Catalysts LLCs Edgar Plant McIntyre Ga Large Columbia Quarry Co s Dupo Plant 9 Dupo Ill Small FIRST OF MONTH OPENING NOV OCT Cemex SA 416 314 Eagle Materials 2015 1641 Martin Marietta Materials 6898 6289 Texas Industries 2900 3149 Vulcan Materials 2994 2758 Source Yahoo Finance After two months in the red most aggregate producer stock prices above showed signs of recovery at their November open Construction contracts for the first nine months of 2011 below are down from 2010 Year to Date Construction Contract Value Unadjusted Totals in Millions 9 mo 2011 9 mo 2010 Change Nonresidential Building 112907 123672 9 Residential Building 91590 94240 3 Nonbuilding Construction 109611 111506 2 Total Construction 314108 329418 5 Source McGraw Hill Construction Monthly Construction Contract Value Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rates in Millions Sep 2011 Aug 2011 Change Nonresidential Building 131820 150709 13 Residential Building 127645 130415 2 Nonbuilding Construction 160031 144184 11 Total Construction 419496 425308 1 Source McGraw Hill Construction Upcoming Events Re Con 2012 Jan 15 18 2012 Hollywood Fla Ontario Stone Sand Gravel Assn Health Safety Seminar Jan 18 20 2012 Toronto Ontario Canada NSSGA Annual Convention March 11 14 2012 Charlotte N C AGG1 Aggregates Forum Expo March 13 15 2012 Charlotte N C Canadian Institute of Mining Metallurgy and Petroleum 2012 Conference Exhibition May 3 9 2012 Edmonton Alberta Canada 6 PIT QUARRY December 2011 www pitandquarry com
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