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32 • ROCK products • March 2018 www.rockproducts.com Benchmark 2018 This year approximately 28 percent of the survey group plan to spend up to $500,000. About 24 percent plan to spend $1 million to $5 million this year. Another 23 percent of the survey group planned to spend $5 million to $10 million. Approxi- mately 21 percent planned to spend $500,000 to $1 million, a nice jump from 2018 when 16 percent chose that dollar range. And what do they plan to buy? • Equipment upgrades, 59.76 percent. • New equipment, 58.54 percent. • Plant additions, 34.15 percent. • Used equipment, 25.61 percent. • Mine development, 23.17 percent. • Technology upgrades, 21.95 percent. • Permitting and bonding, 20.73 percent. • New plant construction, 19.51 percent. • Quality control, 13.41 percent. • Exploration, 10.98 percent. • New mine start up, 10.98 percent. • Reclaim systems, 8.54 percent. • Other, 1.22 percent. Over and above consumables, such as oil, safety supplies, maintenance equipment, tires and replacement parts, the top equipment areas being considered for 2018 are: • Motors, 52.44 percent. • Pick-up/Utility Vehicles, 50.00 percent. • Pumps, 40.24 percent. • Material handling/Conveying equipment, 46.38 percent. • Screening and sizing equipment, 46.30 percent. • Drilling and blasting suppliers/Services, 32.93 percent. • Excavators/loaders/dredges, 39.02 percent. • Portable crushing/screening plants, 29.30 percent. • Washing and classifying equipment, 29.24 percent. • Haul trucks, 24.44 percent. • Scales, 24.39 percent. • Breakers, 24.33 percent. • Crushers, 21.95 percent. • Automation products, 21.95 percent. • Drones, 14.63 percent. • Energy management, 10.98 percent. • Frac sand equipment, 3.66 percent. • Other, 2.44 percent. Looking Ahead Aggregates producers are pretty confident right now that they are sitting on an acceptable amount of reserves for the foreseeable future. About 66 percent of respondents said they have adequate reserves. When asked what limits their We work with our client to design and supply performing dewatering systems. #Reliability #LetsRockTogether #DryStack info.diemmefiltration@aqseptence.com www.aqseptence.com DIEMME ® FILTRATION IS MORE THAN A PARTNER AGG1: visit us at booth #1244