Pit & Quarry, November 2018
The Metroplex plant produces a variety of aggregate products including C33 sand C144 masonry sand C33 8 gravel and C33 57 gravel The ability to increase capacity or target different product specifications with bolt on additions is another real plus as is the recirculation of nearly 90 percent of plant water with the AquaCycle Keith says ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP Resolve Aggregates water management plan certainly helps to put the minds of city planners at ease The Newell familys history as stewards of the land should ease the minds of those in the Ravenna community as well Our reclamation plan just like Fort Worth begins with a philosophy of leaving the world better than how you found it Keith says In respect to the land this is sometimes difficult After all the wild and natural beauty of Fannin County is hard to improve on To do the land right the Newells start by developing a vision of the land post mining and work to that end throughout the mining process This starts by placing and compacting removed overburden behind us as we mine Keith says This grade is slowly brought back to original and then expands back out toward active pit In addition to compacting our fill areas from shale up we are careful about what soils we grade near the surface he adds These should be native soils which naturally appear near the top that are conducive to growing grasses and other vegetation To Keith any worthwhile reclamation plan should designate certain areas to remain untouched P Q OPERATIONS In a game that relies on consistent performance Rammer hammers from Allied Construction are the perfect utility players Rammer delivers simple operation better fl ow control blank fi ring protection and superior lube systems everything youd expect from Allied an experienced player VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE ALLIEDCP ALLIEDCP com 8003211046 32 PIT QUARRY November 2018 pitandquarry com CDE Consistent gradations of natural sand with equivalencies in the high 90s with low moisture have been critical to Resolve Aggregates early sales growth
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