Aggregates Manager

March 2018

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AGGREGATES MANAGER / March 2018 11 customers across the valley and state." The Peoria Pit, however, is set up to be more permanent, thanks, in part, to Core Ready Mix, a concrete company that has a batch plant on the site. "A large portion of the washed products that we produce go to Core's batch plant," Palmer explains. "To be able to sustain their need for aggregates, we have to have a crushing spread and a wash plant at the site full time." Dealing with challenges When Southwest Rock Products began mining the pit in 2015, some culturally sensitive areas were identifi ed. The land being mined is located in the Agua Fria Basin, which is an area that has seen Native American activity for more than a thousand years. This means no mining can be done in the areas the Desert Southwest Rock Products' Peoria Pit is located in the Agua Fria Basin northwest of Phoenix.

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