USGS revises rankings of top aggregate producers

The U.S. Geological Survey has updated its “Top 100 Producers of Construction Sand & Gravel” and companion “Crushed Stone” lists, both reflecting data available through October 2023. Final 2022 production figures indicate the categories’ leading producers: CONSTRUCTION SAND & GRAVEL1. CRH Americas Materials2. Vulcan Materials3. Martin Marietta Materials4. Knife River Corp.5. Summit Materials6. Cemex USA7. Holcim US8. Heidelberg Materials9. Teichert…

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Agency charts crushed stone and sand & gravel production leaders

Sources: U.S Geological Survey; Rock Products The U.S. Geological Survey has updated its Top 100 Producers Of Crushed Stone and Top 100 Producers of Sand & Gravel lists, reflecting 2022 shipments and compiled from data available through October 2023. Seven operators—three based in North America, four Europe—are among the leaders on both lists:   TOP 10 PRODUCERS BY 2022 VOLUME Crushed…

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USGS releases crushed stone, sand & gravel producer rankings

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:  Public companies based in North America are Cemex,…

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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:  …

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Allen-Villere Partners, Rock Products take construction “Pulse”

Source: Rock Products Magazine Concrete Products’ sister publication, Rock Products, has launched “The Pulse,” a quarterly construction industry economic report, and the monthly AVP Pulse Index. Both are joint efforts with Allen-Villere Partners, leading merger & acquisition advisor to aggregate and concrete operators, and debut in the January edition. The premier Pulse is rich in data from authoritative private and public sources alike:…

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Atlas tracks sand & gravel, crushed stone sites from Maine to Maui

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Source: Rock Products

Rock Products magazine has released an exhaustive directory of sand & gravel and crushed stone operations in conjunction with its April edition. The 2020 Aggregates Industry Atlas maps more than 6,000 crushed stone, sand & gravel, and dredging operations state-by-state; plus, a companion directory provides contact details and parent company references where applicable

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Producer fragmentation higher in sand & gravel than crushed stone

Sources: U.S. Geological Survey; CP staff

Top 20 sand & gravel and crushed stone producer rankings from USGS Commodity Specialist Jason Willett show strong contrasts in market concentration and operational scale. Producers on the just-released sand & gravel ranking accounted for 30 percent of shipments in 2016, the most recent year for which consolidated figures are available. For the same period, the agency’s crushed stone ranking showed a) the top 20 producers responsible for 743 million mt or 55 percent of the 2016 U.S. output; and, b) the top 100 operators shipping 1.02 billion mt of crushed limestone and granite, or 75 percent of industry deliveries.

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Vulcan, Martin Marietta, Oldcastle top USGS crushed stone ranking

Sources: U.S. Geological Survey; Rock Products

The top 20 crushed stone producers accounted for 743 million metric tons, or 55 percent of the 2016 U.S. output, according to a report USGS Commodity Specialist Jason Willet prepared from the most current shipment data available. He also finds that the top 100 operators’ limestone and granite production totaled 1.02 billion mt, or 75 percent of industry shipments, in 2016. The 294 leading companies in his survey, representing 20 percent of operators tracked, were responsible for 1.21 billion mt or 89 percent of output. 

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MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS CONSOLIDATES ROLES FOR NYE UPON ZELNAK RETIREMENT

Stephen P. Zelnak Jr. retired from Martin Marietta Materials’

Longtime Chairman of the Board Stephen P. Zelnak Jr. retired following Martin Marietta Materials’ annual shareholders meeting late last month, but remains a director. President and CEO C. Howard (Ward) Nye assumes the chairman’s post, completing a seamless and orderly succession process.

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