Pit & Quarry, November 2018

UPtoSPEED ICYMI I N C A S E Y O U M I S S E D I T GOVERNMENT A FORMER NSSGA VP DIES William Bill Ford former senior vice president of the National Stone Sand and Gravel Association NSSGA died due to complications from Alzheimers Ford joined NSSGA in 1990 serving as senior vice president before his retirement Ford in 2011 MANUFACTURERS EVOQUIP TO HOST SHOWCASE EVENT EvoQuip a Terex brand will host its first U S open day in Nashville Tennessee where the company EvoQuips open house will feature three new products on display will display three new products to expand its compact crushing and screening portfolio The event ISMODE will feature live working demos of EvoQuips Cobra 230R and Cobra COM 290 impact crushers the Colt 1000 scalping screen and company ISTOCK experts discussing each product RIGHT PRODUCTION GREAT LAKES LIMESTONE EVOQUIP TRADE UP Shipments of limestone on the TEREX Great Lakes totaled 36 million tons in September an increase of 37 percent LEFT compared to the same period CSSGA of one year ago CRUSHED STONE SAND GRAVEL USGS Aggregate production up in second quarter n estimated 658 million metric tons Mt of total construction aggregate were produced and shipped for consumption in the United States in the second quarter this year The total represents a 7 percent increase compared with the same quarter from one year ago according to the United States Geological Survey USGS The five leading states in descending order of production for consumption were Texas California Pennsylvania Florida and Ohio These five states combined represented 30 percent of the total U S production equating to 196 Mt For the first six months of 2018 total production increased by 5 percent compared to the same period in 2017 CRUSHED STONE Specifically 393 Mt of crushed stone was produced and shipped for consumption in the U S in the second quarter of 2018 a 7 percent increase compared with the same period one year ago In descending order of production the five leading states were Texas Pennsylvania Florida North Carolina and Ohio These five states combined represented 33 percent of total U S production totaling 129 Mt Total crushed stone production for the first six months of 2018 increased 3 percent compared to the same period in 2017 CONSTRUCTION SAND GRAVEL Total construction sand and gravel production in the second quarter was 265 Mt an increase of 6 percent compared with the same period one year ago The five leading states in descending order of production for consumption were California Texas Arizona Michigan and Washington Combined production from these five states equated to 972 Mt representing 37 percent of all U S production Production for consumption for the first six months of 2018 increased by 7 percent compared with the same sixmonth stretch of 2017 STATE ASSOCIATIONS CSSGA hosts annual industry tour The Colorado Stone Sand Gravel Association held its yearly event Colorado Springs Colorado Legislative and regulatory officials and staff toured a quarry rail offloading facility concrete plant and asphalt plant 8 PIT QUARRY November 2018 pitandquarry com