Crushed stone, sand & gravel top guns maintain grip in USGS rankings

Sources: U.S. Geological Survey; Rock Products, CP staff

Nine publicly traded and four privately held companies populate the upper ranks of U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Commodity Specialist Jason Willett’s new “Top 100 Crushed Stone” and “Top 100 Sand & Gravel” producer surveys. Based on his analysis of 2021 shipments, here in descending order are the top players in each category:  

CRUSHED STONE
Vulcan Materials
Martin Marietta Materials
CRH Americas Materials
Heidelberg Materials NA
Holcim US
Cemex USA     
Rogers Group  
Carmeuse America
Summit Materials
Lhoist North America

SAND & GRAVEL
CRH Americas Materials
Vulcan Materials Co.
Martin Marietta Materials
Heidelberg Materials NA
Knife River Corp.
Holcim US
Cemex USA
Teichert Inc.
Summit Materials
Granite Construction

Public companies based in North America are Cemex, Granite, Knife River, Martin Marietta, Summit and Vulcan. The parent companies of CRH, Heidelberg and Holcim call Ireland, Germany and Switzerland home. The private operators represented in the Top 10 Crushed Stone and Sand & Gravel surveys hail from both sides of the Atlantic: Rogers and Teichert in Tennessee and California; Carmeuse and Lhoist in Belgium. 

The complete USGS Top 100 Crushed Stone Producers list is posted here, Sand & Gravel here.