Aggregates Manager Digital Magazine
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by Jason Christopher Willett TOP PRODUCERS TOP PRODUCERS • 16 I n 2015, 1,410 companies produced or sold crushed stone from 3,498 operations with 4,617 quarries and 352 sales and (or) distribution sites. Domestic production data for crushed stone were derived by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from voluntary sur- veys of U.S. producers. A total of 1.47 billion short tons of crushed stone was produced for consumption from surface and underground mines, an increase of 6 percent from the total production in 2014, but 25 percent less than the record high of 1.96 billion short tons in 2006. The value of the crushed stone produced was $14.0 billion, an increase of 10 percent compared with that of 2014. The average unit value for crushed stone increased by 3.5 percent compared with the average unit value for 2014. The total number of employees working at construction aggregate mines has decreased every year since 2006 until 2015. Employment increased slightly to 67,100 employees work- ing at operations identifi ed by the Mine Safety and Health The Nation's Top 25 Crushed Stone Producers