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SEP 2015

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2 • ROCK products • September 2015 www.rockproducts.com 2 • R O C K p r o d u c t s • S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 5 PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY, MANAGEMENT ISSUES AND MARKET ANALYSIS FOR AGGREGATES PROFESSIONALS VOL. 118 ISSUE 9 • September 2015 FEATURES ——————————— EQUIPMENT & TECHNOLOGY ——— ————————— EDITORIAL ———————————— NEWS By Mark S. Kuhar and Josephine Smith ————————— KEY ISSUES ————————— BACK PAGES Drilling & Blasting Atlas Copco's SmartROC T45 Features Site-Navigation System Loading & Hauling Volvo Crawler Excavator Has New Features Crushing & Breaking Weir and Trio Merger Offers Customer Solutions Material Handling & Conveying NORD Screw Conveyor Drive Compact, Reliable Screening & Sizing Weir Minerals Celebrates Durex Golden Anniversary Automation & Energy Emerson Simplifies Wide-Area Plant Network Deployment Loadout & Transportation Michelin Offers Tires; Management Solutions Maintenance & Wear Parts Universal Flow Monitors' Variable Area Flowmeters Upgraded 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Loadout and Transportation New Products and Innovations to Keep Operations Moving Efficiently. By Mark S. Kuhar Material Handling Troubleshooting Conveyor Malfunctions To Keep Downtime in Check. By Gary R. Loke The Rock 100 The Nation's Top Crushed Stone Producers. By Mark S. Kuhar Rock Products 120th Anniversary In This Special Year-Long Series Celebrating our 120th Year Publishing Milestone, Rock Products Presents A History Of The Aggregates Industry. In This Issue, We Cover The Years 1921-1930. 14 22 24 ON THE MARK Help Us Celebrate 120 Years of Rock Product By Mark S. Kuhar FIRST LOOK The Industry at a Glance 4 IN THE KNOW News, Events, Stats and More 1 6 MANAGEMENT By Steve Schumacher 40 COMMUNITY RELATIONS By Thomas J. Roach 42 PERMITTING By Mark S. Kuhar 43 ECONOMICS By Mark S. Kuhar 46 ENVIRONMENT By Mark S. Kuhar 48 FOCUS ON HEALTH & SAFETY Best practices, advice, opinion and legal high- lights by Randy Logsdon and Ellen Smith 49 ADVERTISERS INDEX 59 LAST CALL If You Build It . . . By Mark S. Kuhar 60 #YOUNGLEADERS The Future Is Now 13 FRAC SAND INSIDER News and Market Opportunities 12 28 Cover Photo courtesy of Caterpillar. LAW By Mark Savit, Jackson Lewis P.C. 44

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