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MAR 2018

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2 • ROCK products • March 2018 www.rockproducts.com PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY, MANAGEMENT ISSUES AND MARKET ANALYSIS FOR AGGREGATES PROFESSIONALS VOL. 121 ISSUE 3 • March 2018 FEATURES ——————————— EQUIPMENT & TECHNOLOGY ——— ————————— EDITORIAL ———————————— NEWS By Mark S. Kuhar and Josephine Smith ————————— KEY ISSUES ————————— BACK PAGES Equipment & Technology Superior Builds Longest Road-Portable Telescoping Conveyor Drilling & Blasting BDS Pneumatic Displacement Pumps for Dewatering Drill Holes Loading & Hauling Philippi-Hagenbuch Autogate Tailgates Ensure Full Truck Utilization Crushing & Breaking Telsmith Going The Extra Mile At AGG1 2018 Material Handling & Conveying Vortex Pivoting Chute Diverter Lets You 'Shift on the Fly' Screening & Sizing Victaulic Introduces In-Line Maintenance Knife Gate Valve for HDPE Pipe Pumps & Motors Netzsch Adds Sizes To Version Of NEMO Progressive Cavity Pump Drones & Loadout AirGon Appointed Distributor for YellowScan Drone LIDAR Systems Maintenance & Wear Parts SSAB Introduces Duroxite 100 Overlay Wire 63 64 65 66 68 70 71 72 Benchmark 2018: An Exclusive Survey Rock Products' Annual Survey On the Opinions, Concerns and Buying Intentions of Producers Reveals What is On The Industry's Collective Mind. By Mark S. Kuhar Charleston Stone Finds New Energy Coles-Moultrie Electric Helped an Illinois Quarry Reduce Costs, Enhance Productivity and Reliability, and Improve Its Product. By Patrick Keegan Old Hickory Clay Flies High Ball Clay Producer Uses a Kespry Drone System For Site Surveys, Permit Application Materials, Reserve Calculations and Future Planning. By Mark S. Kuhar Quarry Services Drills Down Georgia Drilling Contractor Provides Computer-Based Confidence in Every Hole. By Mark S. Kuhar Modern Design of Sinking Cuts The Modern Design Of A Sinking Cut Requires Understanding of The Borehole Effect and How Blasting Actually Works. By Anthony Konya and Dr. Calvin J. Konya 28 34 52 ON THE MARK Trump's Infrastructure Alchemy By Mark S. Kuhar FIRST LOOK The Industry at a Glance 4 IN THE KNOW News, Events, Stats and More 1 8 MANAGEMENT By Steve Schumacher 74 COMMUNITY RELATIONS By Thomas J. Roach 75 PERMITTING By Mark S. Kuhar 76 ECONOMICS By Mark S. Kuhar 80 ENVIRONMENT By Phillip R. Bower 79 FOCUS ON HEALTH & SAFETY MSHA Updates, News and Safety Products 84 ADVERTISERS INDEX 96 LAST CALL A Concrete Solution By Mark S. Kuhar 95 #YOUNGLEADERS The Future Is Now 26 FRAC SAND INSIDER News and Market Opportunities 24 56 Cover photo by Mark S. Kuhar. LAW By Ali Nelson 77 CEMENT AMERICAS 86 60 73

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