Monthly trade journal provides news and information for aggregates producers, with special features including the quarterly "Aggregate Industry Market Report" which provides insights into M&A activity, capital markets, and aggregates production trends and the annual "Outlook/Forecast" and "Regional Reports" (Jan./Dec.) which provide information on aggregates production and construction activities.
Monthly trade magazine features news and information for aggregate mining professionals, with topics covered in each issue including business news, mine operations, equipment reviews, safety and legal issues, and new technology, and special features including the "State of the Industry Report", "Market Reference Guide", "Technology & Plant Automation Report", and "Safety and Environmental Report".
Stone, Sand & Gravel Review
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Bimonthly trade publication serves as a communications forum for aggregates producers, equipment manufacturers,
and service providers, with topics covered in various issues including NSSGA news and events, technology
trends and developments, government policies, legislation, and regulations, environmental and sustainability
practices and initiatives, and workplace safety and health concerns.
Aggregates Handbook
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Comprehensive reference guide covers all aspects of the aggregates production industry, with major topics
covered in the guide including the production process for aggregate materials from mining and processing
to transporting to end-users, construction and nonconstruction uses and applications for aggregate materials,
and aggregate specifications, standards, quality control, sampling, and testing.
Crushed Stone Statistics and Information
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Publications available in this section include the annual "Mineral Yearbook: Stone (Crushed)" chapter
and annual "Mineral Commodity Summaries" and quarterly "Mineral Industry Surveys"
for this mineral sector, with topics covered in these publications including production, consumption, prices,
trade, and outlook, and statistical data available by state, geographic region, major use, and size of operation.
Construction Sand & Gravel Statistics and Information
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Publications available in this section include the "Mineral Yearbook: Sand and Gravel (Construction)" chapter
and annual "Mineral Commodity Summaries" and quarterly "Mineral Industry Surveys" for this mineral sector,
with topics covered in these publications including production, consumption, prices, trade, and outlook,
and statistical data available by state, region, major use, and size of operation.
Market analysis report provides industry statistics for a user-defined area on a national, state, county, metro area, or zip code level, with data provided including number of companies, market volume and sales trends, average company sales, sales per employee, staffing and employment trends, average employee wage, and business start up activity and failure rates. Sample report can be viewed online.
Financial benchmarking section of these reports provides an analysis of industry income and expenses as a percentage of revenues for firms that produce crushed stone used in construction, industrial, and agricultural applications, dimension stone used for architectural applications, sand and gravel used for construction, hydraulic fracturing, and industrial applications, and kaolin, common clay, and bentonite.
Biennial compensation survey provides wage and benefits information for fifty-one salaried and fourteen hourly job positions, with survey data broken out by type of aggregate mined, annual tonnage produced, annual sales volume, and geographic region, and salaried job positions covered in the survey including chief operating officer, chief financial officer, vice president of operations, and area operations manager.
Compensation survey provides salary, hourly wage, incentive bonus, and fringe benefits information for personnel employed by quarries and mines in the aggregates and construction materials sector, with survey results for salaries, wages, and benefits broken out by type of mine or quarry operation, size of operation, total number of employees, union or non-union workforce status, and geographic location.
Free online service provides salary, bonus, and hourly wage rate data for job positions in this sector such as operations manager, environmental manager, quarry rock splitter, front end loader operator, and dump truck driver, with employers for which compensation data is provided including Aggregate Industries, PLC, Carmeuse Group, Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., and Vulcan Materials Company.