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• EDITORIAL: Take time and get it right.
• ROLLOUTS: Teres expands its portable plant line, and other new equipment for the aggregate market.
• STATE AND PROVIDENCE NEWS: A roundup of the latest news in North America.
• Safety Watch: Make safety your primary concern.
• DATA MINING: The latest financial analysis of issues impacting in the industry.
• FEATURE ARTICLE: Mining on the 'Pacific Rim" : Japanese aggregate quarries differ from those in the United States in very subtle ways.
• FEATURE ARTICLE: Innovations and Insights: Luck Stone develops technologies for remote-control loading, as well as applications to improve load planning, dispatch, and transportation for its customers.
• FEATURE ARTICLE: It's Hammner Time: Whether at the face or breaking a blockage, hammers and breakers keep production moving.
• FEATURE ARTICLE: Ten Tips for Tires: Avoid downtime and extend tire life by focusing on site conditions and proper care and handling of tires.
• Modern and Modular: Modular plants offer quick setup and ease of transportation, but often allow for larger production capabilities compares to portables.
• ROCK LAW: OSHA's proposed rule would cut permissible exposure limit to crystalline silica in half; MSHA to follow suit.
• CLASSIFIED ADS: Aggregate industry classifieds.
• ADVERTISER INDEX: See who's who and where to find their products.
• CARVED IN STONE: U.S. industrial minerals production is failing behind demand.