VOL. 116 ISSUE 7 • JULY 2013
PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY, MANAGEMENT ISSUES
AND MARKET ANALYSIS FOR AGGREGATES PROFESSIONALS
EDITORIAL
ON THE MARK
Feather in Our Cap
By Mark S. Kuhar
FEATURES
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16
SKILLS PAY THE BILLS
Is Management Education Worth The Investment? If It
Results In An Increase In The Efficient Management Of
Plants, Projects And Employees, The Answer Is Yes.
By Dr. Joe McGuire, Dr. Lisa Breja and Billy Snead
THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN
In this new column, Rock Products
will focus on developments relating
to the March 2014 ConExpo-Con/Agg
Show in Las Vegas.
EQUIPMENT & TECHNOLOGY
By Mark S. Kuhar and Josephine Smith
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DRILLING & BLASTING
High-Tech Q&A; on DTH
20
LOADING & HAULING
Articulating a Truck Buy
24
CRUSHING & BREAKING
New Weir Crusher
25
MATERIAL HANDLING & CONVEYING
Conveyor Pulley Lowers Cost of Ownership
26
SCREENING & SIZING
Hybrid Screen Solves Blinding Problems
28
AUTOMATION & ENERGY
PlantPAx Automates Procedures
30
LOADOUT & TRANSPORTATION
Advanced Scale Systems Improve Operation Efficiency
32
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MAINTENANCE & WEAR PARTS
Diesel to Surpass Gasoline as Transportation Fuel
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NEWS
FIRST LOOK
1
IN THE KNOW
6
The Industry at a Glance
News, Events, Stats and More
FRAC SAND INSIDER
10
CEMENT AMERICAS
50
News and Market Opportunities
Trends, Topics and Technology For
the North and South American
Cement Industry
By Josephine Smith
KEY ISSUES
MANAGEMENT
By Steve Schumacher
34
COMMUNITY RELATIONS
By Thomas Roach
36
ECONOMICS
By Mark S. Kuhar
38
PERMITTING
By Mark S. Kuhar
40
LAW
By Mark Savit
42
ENVIRONMENT
By Mark S. Kuhar
44
FOCUS ON HEALTH & SAFETY
Best practices, advice,
opinion and legal highlights
by Randy Logsdon and Ellen Smith
46
BACK PAGES
ADVERTISERS INDEX
55
LAST CALL
56
Lafarge: 'Building Better Cities'
to Meet Demand of Urbanization
By Mark S. Kuhar
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