Aggregates Manager Digital Magazine
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by Kerry Clines | Senior Editor PLANT PROFILE 10 AGGREGATES MANAGER / March 2018 J ust northwest of Phoenix in the town of Peoria, Ariz., is a fairly new Southwest Rock Products sand and gravel operation. The pit has been there since 1978, but Southwest Rock Products didn't purchase it until 2015. After the acquisition, the company set about upgrading the operation and improving the quality of the material produced there. Southwest Rock Products has ex- panded quite a bit in the Phoenix area over the past few years. "There are 11 active mining operations, and a few of these operations started new just within the last few years," says John Palmer, environmental, health and safety director for Southwest Rock Products. "Most of our operations are portable. Increased portability means that we can quickly and effi ciently provide aggregate material to Digging in Digging in Digging in Southwest Rock Products tackles challenges in the Agua Fria Basin of Arizona.