Aggregates Manager Digital Magazine
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AGGREGATES MANAGER / January 2017 7 VERMONT The owners of Georgia's Rainville Quarry have applied to the District Environmental Commission to expand their quarry by just under 5 acres. According to the Milton Independent, the application would not extend the time allowed for operations, just the footprint. The application states that the operation would maintain its existing setbacks. WISCONSIN After it withdrew an application for a zoning variance with the Village of Rockton, Northern Illinois Service Co. filed another ap- plication with the Winnebago County Zoning Board of Appeals for a special-use permit to allow for the construction of an as- phalt plant on its 42-acre Rockton Rock Quarry. The Beloit Daily News reports that a village trustee who is opposed to the asphalt plant, Dave Winters, has directed the village attorney to draft a resolution in opposition to the plant and present it to the county. PROVINCE NEWS In November, Atlantic Minerals Ltd. announced that it had locked out 130 unionized employees from its Newfoundland's Port au Port Peninsula. According to CBC News, the company said that it had "no choice" but to lock out employees after the union remained in legal strike position for nearly a week and it began to lose business from cargo ships that did not want to dock with the company due to the risk of a strike. The company and union had been in negotiations since spring time and had brought in a mediator, but had a "huge gap" on wages. The company said it had offered a "reasonable increase to (its) employees," but the union wanted a raise that would be higher than comparable contracts in the province. VERMONT VIRGINIA Police were searching for the driver of a car that steered into a fully loaded dump truck which was hauling crushed stone at the time of the accident. The Burlington Free Press reports that the truck driver, Bernard Savard, Jr., was hospitalized for multiple injuries. Investigators say a small silver or gray sedan struck the dump truck, sending it into a guardrail where it remained perched precariously above an embankment. A crew stabilized the truck, which was a total loss, by using a specialized wrecker. Luck Stone announced plans to open a new quarry in Prince Edward County. According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the quarry is expect- ed to open for business this summer. Luck is partnering with Mellott Co. to produce aggregates at the site, which will be its first greenfield site in a decade. "This is natural growth opportunity for us, as the 460 corridor is continuing to grow," Jim Van Ness, regional vice president for Luck Stone's central region, told the newspaper. E X C E L M A C H . C O M 8 0 0 - 8 5 8 - 4 0 0 2 What can Excel Machinery Build for You ? • Turn-Key Aggregate Plant Manufacturing • Plant Upgrades • Conveying Systems • Crushing & Screening Systems • Custom Apron Feeders • Portable Plant Designing & Manufacturing • Washing Systems Surplus Aggregate Equipment ? We Buy Used Equipment ! • Competitive Offers • Quick Cash • Trade-Ins Welcome • Large Inventory of New & Used Equipment in Stock