OSSGA recognizes reclamation project with its highest honor
The Ontario Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (OSSGA) issued its Bronze Plaque to the Wildwood Pit within the Wildwood Conservation Area in St. Marys, Ontario, Canada. According to OSSGA, the Bronze...
View ArticleVulcan receives Wildlife Habitat Council award
Vulcan Materials Co. was awarded the Conservation Education Award at the Wildlife Habitat Council‘s (WHC) 26th annual symposium. According to a press release, the Conservation Education Award...
View ArticleRenewable energy
Like some other types of mining, change comes very slowly to the aggregates industry. Pick up a 1950s-era photo of an aggregates plant from our extensive photo archive, and unless a vehicle is in the...
View ArticleNSSGA members lobby against EPA water rule
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is developing its Waters of the United States rule, which the agency says is designed, in part, to reduce confusion about the Clean Water Act. The...
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Rock replay: Processing C&D materials
In 2014, Nelson Aggregate recycled more than 200,000 tons of C&D materials. An Ontario company realizes important environmental goals, customer satisfaction and higher profits by processing C&D...
View ArticleReclaimed pit took center stage as US Open host
Click to view slideshow. The 2015 U.S. Open Championship, one of four men’s major golf championships this year, was played on a reclaimed sand-and-gravel site. The site, now the Chambers Bay Golf...
View ArticleReclamation plan to turn quarry into giant water reservoir
The Bellwood Quarry, a 100-year-old granite quarry in Atlanta, has generated a lot of talk in Georgia lately. The quarry will soon undergo construction to be converted into one of the nation’s largest...
View ArticleFormer mining site takes on unique new life
Golf courses. Parks. Residential communities. These are a few of the things former aggregate sites and other mines have been restored to over the years. They’re also among the more traditional uses of...
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