Pit & Quarry, May 2015
INDUSTRY SNAPSHOT Luck elected NSSGA chairman plans to build on strategic plan Charles Luck IV president and CEO of Luck Cos was elected 2015 chairman of the board of the National Stone Sand Gravel Association NSSGA during the NSSGA board of directors meeting at the associations annual convention Charlies insights into what the aggregates industry faces each day coupled with his values based leadership will take NSSGA to the next level says Mike Johnson NSSGA president and CEO As chairman Luck plans to implement a Board Evolution initiative that will create a new board structure and apply rule changes to more closely align NSSGA with the Rocks Build America plan Luck says he hopes to have highly qualified representation in every state to promote the association as well as the aggregates industry Tuffex wire more than doubled our wear life Mike Strom quarry supervisor Kraemer Mining Materials Burnsville MN Half the change outs Half the overtime Half the cost of stainless steel Thats what Tuffex woven wire screens did for Kraemer Mining Materials Kraemer was replacing screens on their 6 x 18 single deck PEP screens as often as every two weeks Switching to Tuffex wire from Unifed Screening Crushing gave the Kraemer operation the longer wear life they needed Tuffex wire is manufactured with a proprietary process Tuffex Wire Screening Media that creates a higher tensile strength Elongated fne grains in the wire decrease surface rust and corrosion Tuffex wire provides more ductility and is less susceptible to breakage Mike Strom says Tuffex screens cost about as much as high carbon wire but deliver much greater savings on change out expenses When it was time for our seasonal change out we kept the same Tuffex screens They still looked good and performed very well Find out how Tuffex wire can save you money Talk to Unifed at 866 968 3697 or email info@ unifedscreening com www unifedscreening com EYE ON THE BLOG Lafarge steps up to protect endangered species Lafarge Canada Inc is working to protect coastal populations of western painted turtles which are listed as federally BY KEVIN YANIK endangered and red listed provincially in Canada According to Lafarge western painted turtles are the only remaining native freshwater turtle in British Columbia Canada Lafarge volunteers worked alongside Coastal Painted Turtle Project CPTP team members and the Lequamel Fist nations to construct turtle nesting beaches in Agassiz British Columbia in hopes of sustaining their population indefinitely Lafarge has been supporting the CPTP for a number of years helping with projects on the Sunshine Coast and south coast of British Columbia says Deanna MacTavish CPTP project leader We are very grateful that Lafarge donates nesting beach sand transports it and provides volunteers to help place it at breeding sites Lafarge says its next beach work to support the turtles will be at Burnaby Lake British Columbia www pitandquarry com May 2015 PIT QUARRY 9
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